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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; [n 1] 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.
Dec 10, 2020 · Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India, during the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. In this role, he was the chosen representative of King George VI, empowered to...
- Sabrina Barr
- Mountbatten Was Not His Original Surname
- He Shared Close Links with The British Royal Family
- His Ship Was Immortalised in A Film
- He Predicted The Attack at Pearl Harbour
- He Oversaw The Disastrous Dieppe Raid
- He Was Appointed The Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command
- He Was The Last Viceroy of India and Its First Governor-General
- Both He and His Wife Had Many Affairs
- He Famously Provided Mentorship to King Charles
- He Was Killed by The Ira
Louis Mountbatten was born on 25 June 1900 in Frogmore House, in the grounds of Windsor Castle. He was the son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse. He lost his full title, ‘His Serene Highness, Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg’ (nicknamed ‘Dickie’ for short) – when he and other royals dropped German...
Lord Mountbatten’s great-grandmother (and indeed one of his godparents) was Queen Victoria, who attended his baptism. His other godparent was Tsar Nicholas II. Lord Mountbatten was also Queen Elizabeth II’s second cousin, and the uncle of Prince Phillip. (His older sister, Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark, was Prince Philip’s mother.) Estranged...
Mountbatten joined the Royal Navy in 1916, specialising in communications and received his first command in 1934 on the destroyer HMS Daring. In May 1941, his ship HMS Kelly was sunk by German dive-bombers off the coast of Crete, losing more than half the crew. HMS Kelly and its captain, Mountbatten, were later immortalised in the 1942 British patr...
While in command of HMS Illustrious, Mountbatten visited the American naval base at Pearl Harbour and was shocked by what he perceived as a lack of security and preparedness. This prompted him to think America would be dragged into the war by a surprise Japanese attack. At the time, this was dismissed, but Mountbatten was proved correct just three ...
In April 1942, Mountbatten was appointed Chief of Combined Operations, with responsibility for the preparation of the eventual invasion of occupied Europe. Mountbatten wanted to give troops practical experience of beach landing, and on 19 August 1942, the Allied forces launched a seaborne raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in France. Within...
In August 1943, Churchill appointed Mountbatten the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He attended the historic 1945 Potsdam Conference and oversaw the recapture of Burma and Singapore from the Japanese by the end of 1945. For his war service, Mountbatten was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma in 1946, and Earl in 1947.
In March 1947, Mountbatten was made Viceroy to India, with a mandate by Clement Attlee to oversee an exit deal with Indian leaders by October 1947, or oversee the British withdrawal with no deal by June 1948. Mountbatten’s job was to make the transition from colonial property to independent nation as seamless as possible. India was on the verge of ...
Mountbatten married Edwina Ashley on 18 July 1922, but both admitted many affairs during their marriage, particularly Edwina who is said to have engaged in 18 trysts. It is thought theyeventually agreed on a ‘discreet’ open marriage to spare the shame of a divorce. After Edwina died in 1960, Mountbatten had several relationships with other women in...
The two shared a close relationship, with Charles once referring to Mountbatten as his ‘honorary grandfather’. Mountbatten advised the then Prince Charles on his relationships and his future marriage, encouraging Charles to enjoy his bachelor life, then marry a young, inexperienced girl to ensure a stable married life. This advice contributed to th...
Mountbatten was murdered on 27 August 1979 when IRA terrorists blew up his boat while he was fishing with family off the coast of County Sligo in north-west Ireland, near his family’s summer home at Classiebawn Castle on the Mullaghmore Peninsula. The night before, IRA member Thomas McMahon had attached a bomb onto Mountbatten’s unguarded boat, the...
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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a relative of the British royal family, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and a volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Aug 27, 2021 · Who was Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma? Born: 25 June 1900, Windsor. Died: 27 August 1979, assassinated. Career highlights: Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia (1943–46), last Viceroy of India (1947), first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947–48) and Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–65)
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Nov 13, 2020 · The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the August 27, 1979, murder of Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, Earl of Burma, great-grandson of Queen Victoria, second cousin of...
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May 20, 2015 · Lord Louis Mountbatten was murdered on 27 August 1979 when the IRA detonated a bomb on his family's fishing boat in the harbour of Mullaghmore, north west Ireland.
