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.
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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