Sir Admiral of the Fleet Earl Louis Mountbatten KG GCVO OM GCB DSO KStJ GCSI GCIE
(1900-1979)
last Viceroy of India (until 1947), Member of the Royal Victorian Order (1920-1922), Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1922-1937), Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (1929-1940), Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (from 1937), Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (from 1940), Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (from 1941), Companion of the Order of the Bath (1943-1945), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1945-1955), 897th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1946), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (from 1947), Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (from 1947), Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (from 1947), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (from 1955), Admiral of the Fleet (from 1956), and Order of Merit recipient (from 1965)
Died aged c. 79
Wikidata WikipediaLouis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German descent, was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family and was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War. He later served as the last Viceroy of British India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. Mountbatten attended the Royal Naval College, Osborne, before entering the Royal Navy in 1916. He saw action during the closing phase of the First World War, and after the war briefly attended Christ's College, Cambridge. During the interwar period, Mountbatten continued to pursue his naval career, specialising in naval communications. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Mountbatten commanded the destroyer HMS Kelly and the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. He saw considerable action in Norway, in the English Channel, and in the Mediterranean. In August 1941, he received command of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. He was appointed chief of Combined Operations and a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in early 1942, and organised the raids on St Nazaire and Dieppe. In August 1943, Mountbatten became Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command and oversaw the recapture of Burma and Singapore from the Japanese by the end of 1945. For his service during the war, Mountbatten was created viscount in 1946 and earl the following year. In March 1947, Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India and oversaw the Partition of India into India and Pakistan. He then served as the first Governor-General of India until June 1948. In 1952, Mountbatten was appointed commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean. From 1955 to 1959, he was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest-serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date. During this period Mountbatten also served as chairman of the NATO Military Committee for a year. In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He received a ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey and was buried in Romsey Abbey in Hampshire.
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Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-1979 Countess Mountbatten of Burma 1901-1960 Last Viceroy and Vicereine of India lived here
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