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
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 March 1920
NPG x19387
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 March 1920
NPG x19388
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 March 1920
NPG x19389
by Yevonde
sepia matte bromide print, 1922
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG x26405
The Wedding of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten
by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1922 (18 July 1922)
NPG x193086
The Wedding of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 18 July 1922
NPG x32104
The Wedding of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 18 July 1922
NPG x28911
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 1928
NPG x21441
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1928
NPG x21442
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, 1937
NPG x26400
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1930s
NPG x137781
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x220206
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x220208
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x220209
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x220212
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, June 1939
NPG x9452
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1942
NPG x162974
Winston Churchill with the British delegation at the Casablanca Conference
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, January 1943
NPG x194247
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Howard Coster
bromide print on card mount, circa 1944
NPG x2072
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, January 1944
NPG x14151
Wedding of John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne and Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull
by Yevonde
bromide print, 26 October 1946
NPG x34013
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 November 1947
NPG x158911
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 November 1947
NPG x158912
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 20 November 1947
NPG x158994
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 1950s
NPG x28757
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1955
NPG x162975
by Stuart Heydinger, for Bippa
vintage print, 31 May 1956
NPG x136397
The wedding of David Hicks and Lady Pamela Mountbatten
by Yevonde
bromide print, 13 January 1960
NPG x34117
The Wedding of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 14 November 1973
NPG x126928
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1979
NPG x30168
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1910
NPG x81375
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1910
NPG x81376
Prince Henry, Prince Edward, King George VI and Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Vandyk
whole-plate glass negative, 1920
NPG x29048
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1928
NPG x34785
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Stoneman
negative, June 1939
NPG x162915
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass copy negative, April 1947 (June 1939)
NPG x188678
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 28 November 1941
NPG x178162
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 28 November 1941
NPG x178163
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 28 November 1941
NPG x178164
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
by Bassano Ltd
quarter-plate glass negative, 28 November 1941
NPG x178165
Related People
- 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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