Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
| The Countess Mountbatten of Burma | |
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Edwina and her husband, early 1920s
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| Born | Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley 28 November 1901 Broadlands, Romsey Extra, Hampshire, England, UK |
| Died | 21 February 1960 (aged 58) Jesselton, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia) |
| Spouse(s) | Louis Mountbatten (m. 1922) |
| Issue |
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Lady Pamela Hicks |
| Parents |
Wilfred William Ashley Amalia Mary Maud Cassel |
Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CI GBE DCVO GCStJ (née Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960) was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last Vicereine of India as wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
She was born in 1901, the elder daughter of Wilfred William Ashley, later 1st Baron Mount Temple (of the 1932 creation), who was a Conservative Member of Parliament.
Edwina Ashley was patrilineally descended from the Earls of Shaftesbury who had been ranked as baronets since 1622 and ennobled as barons in 1661. She was a great-granddaughter of the reformist 7th Earl of Shaftesbury through his younger son, The Hon. Evelyn Melbourne Ashley (1836–1907) and his wife, Sybella Farquhar (d. 1886), a granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. From this cadet branch, the Ashley-Cooper peers would inherit the estates of Broadlands and Classiebawn Castle in Sligo, Ireland.
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