Lord Mountbatten Family Home

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 iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.

Lord mountbatten family home. The title of count of battenberg later prince of battenberg was granted to a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt. Episode 1 of season 4 of the crown saw the death of lord mountbatten lovingly known as dickie who shared a special bond with the then young prince charles and played a father figure in his life. Our editors choose the products that we display. The 30 year violent confrontation between the ira and britain known as the troubles 1968 1998 caused many casualties but the public confrontation was perhaps no more than the death of lord louis mountbatten on august 27 1979 the grandson of queen victoria and a cousin of queen.

The unrest ended in april 1998 thanks to the good friday agreement a brokered peace. When mountbatten married the beautiful heiress edwina ashley in 1922 king george v queen mary and most members of the royal family attended while edward then the prince of wales was best man. Broadlands the mountbattens home in romsey hampshire broadlands is considered one of the finest examples of mid georgian architecture in england. The name is a direct anglicisation of the german battenberg a small town in hesse.

Is the queens private family home. The mountbatten family is a british dynasty originating as a cadet branch of the german princely battenberg family. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Alamy 23 the body of lord mountbatten is brought ashore after the ira bombing in 1979 credit.

The crown creator peter morgan admits confrontation between prince charles and lord mountbatten that has shocked royal was made up in my head. In addition to lord mountbatten and his family members roughly 3600 people died because of the troubles. Lord mountbatten and his family fishing from his boat shadow v in 1970 credit. On 27 august 1979 lord mountbatten went lobster fishing on his wooden boat shadow v in the village of mullaghmore county sligo in the west of ireland where he had a holiday home.

It stands serenely in a unique place in british history having had several distinguished owners and many of its important visitors have helped to shape the course of history.