Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
| The Countess Mountbatten of Burma | |
|---|---|
| Born | Penelope Meredith Eastwood 16 April 1953 London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
| Issue | Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne Lady Alexandra Hooper The Hon. Leonora Knatchbull |
| Parents | Reginald Eastwood Marian Hood |
Penelope Meredith Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, (née Eastwood; born 16 April 1953), known until 2005 as Lady Romsey, and until 2017 as The Lady Brabourne, is the wife of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and a British peeress. Lady Mountbatten is a known carriage driving companion of her husband's cousin, The Duke of Edinburgh.
Lady Mountbatten was born Penelope Eastwood in London, England, to Reginald Wray Frank Eastwood (1912–1980), a self-made millionaire who began his working life as a butcher at 15 and founded the Angus Steakhouse chain, and his wife Marian Elizabeth Eastwood (née Hood; b. 1928). She attended Keele University 1972 and moved to the London School of Economics in 1973.
On 20 October 1979 at Romsey Abbey in Romsey, she married Norton Knatchbull, Lord Romsey, son and heir apparent of John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne, and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and grandson of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India. The bridegroom's cousin, The Prince of Wales, served as best man. The family seat is Broadlands, Hampshire.
The wedding took place two months after the assassination of her husband's grandfather, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, by an IRA bomb which also killed three others, including his younger brother, Nicholas Knatchbull (1964–1979), and his grandmother Doreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne (1897–1979).
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