Lord Mountbatten Family
Lord mountbatten was a british statesman and naval leader the fourth child of prince louis of battenberg.
Lord mountbatten family. Mountbatten a war hero elder. At one stage he suggested prince charles marry his granddaughter amanda who turned down his proposal. 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. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.
The mountbatten family is a british dynasty originating as a cadet branch of the german princely battenberg family. The unrest ended in april 1998 thanks to the good friday agreement a brokered peace. Mountbatten owned classiebawn castle a country house on the mullaghmore peninsula in county sligo that he inherited through the family of his wife edwina. In addition to lord mountbatten and his family members roughly 3600 people died because of the troubles.
In this role he was the chosen representative of the queen empowered to govern on. The pair had a strong relationship and lord mountbatten even coached his great nephew on his love life. Lord mountbatten also features in the. On august 27 1979 lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army ira terrorists detonate a 50 pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel shadow v.
The name was adopted during world war i by members of the battenberg family residing in the united kingdom due to rising anti german sentiment amongst the british public. He was close to the royal family and arranged the first meeting between the queen and prince philip. Lord louis mountbatten was born in windsor in 1900. He had been married to lady edwina.