The Earl Mountbatten of Burma | |
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Born |
London, England |
8 October 1947
Spouse(s) | Penelope Meredith Eastwood |
Issue | Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne Lady Alexandra Hooper The Hon. Leonora Knatchbull |
Parents |
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma |
Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 8 October 1947), known until 2005 as Lord Romsey and until 2017 as The Lord Brabourne, is a British peer.
Mountbatten was born in London as the eldest son of John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne, and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
Mountbatten was educated at Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He was subsequently educated at the University of Kent in England.
On the death of his father on 23 September 2005, he became the 8th Baron Brabourne, of Brabourne in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He also succeeded to the title of 17th Baronet Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of England. On the death of his mother on 13 June 2017, he became the 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma, also a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created for his grandfather, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India.
He is a descendant of Queen Victoria, whose second daughter Princess Alice of the United Kingdom was his maternal great great grandmother.