Earl Mountbatten
His career involved extensive naval commands the diplomatic negotiation of independence for india and pakistan and the highest military defense.
Earl mountbatten. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Lord louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma 1900 1979 takes the salute from the governor generals bodyguard at viceroy house in new delhi as he takes up his. Mountbatten was wartime supreme allied commander in south east asia at the time. Mountbatten a war hero elder statesman and second cousin of queen elizabeth ii was spending the day with his family in donegal bay off irelands northwest coast when the bomb exploded.
Mountbatten was killed along with his teenage grandson nicholas knatchbull and 15 year old paul maxwell who worked on the estate. One person who is chiefly concerned with the future of the prince of wales josh oconnor is his great uncle louis dickie mountbatten earl mountbatten of burma played by charles dance. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth ii. On august 29 1979 louis mountbatten earl of burma also known as lord mountbatten and in the crown diminutively as uncle dickie died off the coast of ireland in an ira bomb blastthe.
Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten british statesman naval leader and the last viceroy of india. The letters patent creating the title specified the following remainder. The murder of lord mountbatten by the ira on august 27 in 1979 while on board his yacht off the irish coast is the opening scene in the incredibly popular series the crown which has been watched. Earl mountbatten of burma is a title in the peerage of the united kingdom.