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Lord Mountbatten

Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS
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First Sea Lord
In office
18 April 1955 – 19 October 1959
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by Rhoderick McGrigor
Succeeded by Charles Lambe
Governor-General of India
In office
15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948
Monarch George VI
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by Himself (Viceroy of India)
Succeeded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Viceroy of India
In office
12 February 1947 – 15 August 1947
Monarch George VI
Preceded by The Viscount Wavell
Succeeded by Himself (Governor General of India)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Governor General of Pakistan)
Personal details
Born Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg
(1900-06-25)25 June 1900
Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Died 27 August 1979(1979-08-27) (aged 79)
Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland
Spouse(s) Edwina Ashley
Children Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Lady Pamela Hicks
Parents Prince Louis of Battenberg
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Alma mater Christ's College, Cambridge
Profession Naval officer
Religion Anglicanism
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1913–65
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–65)
First Sea Lord (1955–59)
Mediterranean Fleet (1952–54)
Fourth Sea Lord (1950–52)
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–46)
Chief of Combined Operations (1941–43)
HMS Illustrious (1941)
HMS Kelly (1939–41)
HMS Wishart (1934–36)
HMS Daring (1934)
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Knight of the Garter
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of Merit
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–46). He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India (1947–48). From 1954 until 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.


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