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 | |
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![]() 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 Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland | (aged 79)
Resting place | Romsey Abbey |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | |
Parents | |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Naval officer |
Military service | |
Branch/service | ![]() |
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
- 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