Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), known informally as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma | |
|---|---|
 Mountbatten in 1976 by Allan Warren | |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | |
| In office 13 July 1959 – 15 July 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Dickson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Hull |
| First Sea Lord | |
| In office 18 April 1955 – 19 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Rhoderick McGrigor |
| Succeeded by | Charles Lambe |
| Governor-General of India | |
| In office 15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | Himself[nb] |
| Succeeded by | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari |
| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
| In office 12 February 1947 – 15 August 1947 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Wavell |
| Succeeded by | Himself[nb] |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 28 October 1947 – 27 August 1979 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg 25 June 1900 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 27 August 1979 (aged 79) Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Resting place | Romsey Abbey |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1913–1965 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands | See list:
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| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | See list |
| n.b. ^ As Governor-General of India. | |
In 1979, along with three other people, including a grandson Nicholas, he was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which planted a bomb in his fishing boat, Shadow V, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland.[1]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "BRITAIN: A Nation Mourns Its Loss". TIME. 10 September 1979. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Wikimedia Commons
- Mountbatten at unit-histories.com Archived 2012-10-29 at WebCite
- Combined operations information
- Information on the sinking of the German submarine U-35
- Mountbatten assassination information
- mountbattenofburma.com - Tribute & Memorial web-site to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Archived 2017-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- The Mountbatten School Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Mountbatten Internship Programme
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