Patricia Mountbatten, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
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The Right Honourable The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE MSC CD |
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| Preceded by | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
| Succeeded by | Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
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| Born |
Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten 14 February 1924 Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 13 June 2017 (aged 93) Mersham, Kent, England |
| Spouse(s) | The 7th Baron Brabourne (m. 1946; d. 2005) |
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The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma The Hon. Edwina Ashley |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1943-1945 |
| Rank | Third Officer |
| Unit | Women's Royal Naval Service |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CBE, MSC, CD (14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017), was a British peeress and the third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife, the heiress Edwina Ashley, a patrilineal descendant of the Earls of Shaftesbury, first ennobled in 1661. She was the elder sister of Lady Pamela Hicks, and first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and the last surviving baptismal sponsor to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
Mountbatten succeeded her father when he was assassinated in 1979, as his peerages had been created by the Crown with special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. This inheritance accorded her the title of countess and a seat in the House of Lords, where she remained until 1999, when the House of Lords Act 1999 removed most hereditary peers from the House.
On 26 October 1946 she married The 7th Baron Brabourne (9 November 1924 – 23 September 2005), at the time an aide to her father in the Far East. The wedding took place at Romsey Abbey in the presence of members of the Royal Family. Her bridesmaids were Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, the bride's younger sister, and Princess Alexandra, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
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