Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
(1900-1979), Admiral of the FleetSitter in 74 portraits
Great-grandson of Queen Victoria, Mountbatten joined the navy in 1913 and rose rapidly up the ranks to command HMS Kelly in 1939. He was Chief of Combined Operations (1942-3), Supreme Allied Commander, Asia (1943-6), the last Viceroy of India (1947) and Chief of Defence Staff (1959-65). He was assassinated by an IRA bomb in 1979.
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, 1937
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG P871(4)
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1941
NPG P252
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(54)
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1943
NPG P490(55)
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
bromide print, 1948
NPG P434
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by John Ulbricht
oil on canvas, 1968
NPG 4617
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1215
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1216
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1218
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 16 June 1977
NPG P1219
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Arnold Newman
colour dye transfer print, 1978?
NPG P150(26)
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 25 April 1978
NPG P1217
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven; Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG Ax26448
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven; Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG Ax26449
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG Ax26450
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG Ax29365
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Olive Edis
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1920
NPG x15506
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1920s
NPG x29130
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1920
NPG x7199
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1920
NPG x8004
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- Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (sister)
- Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne (grandson)
- Amanda Patricia Victoria (née Knatchbull), Lady Ellingworth (granddaughter)
- Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (née Mountbatten) (daughter)
- Hon. Michael John Ulick Knatchbull (grandson)
- Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenburg) (father)
- Queen Louise of Sweden (née Lady Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten) (sister)
- George Louis Victor Henry Sergius Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (brother)
- Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Ashley), Countess Mountbatten of Burma (wife)
- Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (daughter)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (mother)
- Hon. Joanna Edwina Doreen Zuckerman (née Knatchbull) (granddaughter)
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