Lord Mountbatten Of India

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Lord mountbatten of india. India is seen here with lord mountbatten her grandfather who was killed in an ira bombing. Lord and lady mountbatten had two daughters. Lord mountbatten was the great grandson of queen victoria credit. Lord mountbatten was prince charles great uncle credit.

Lord mountbatten who held titles including admiral of the fleet the first earl mountbatten of burma and the last viceroy of india was 79 years old a world war ii hero and a great grandson of. Lord louis mountbatten c mountbatten was a british naval officer who oversaw the defeat of the japanese offensive towards india during world war two. He was appointed the last viceroy of british. Gifted with high imagination sharp intellect he started his drive in this regard.

On his arrival he realised the situation is too volatile to wait for too long and decided to grant independence to india sooner rather than later. Lord mountbatten was the last viceroy of india. Son of the british royal family son of queen victorias grand daughter an able sailor soldier mountbatten knew the art of dealing with the political leaders of india in a dignified way. Patricia knatchbull 2nd countess mountbatten of burma 14 february 1924 13 june 2017 sometime lady in waiting to queen elizabeth ii and lady pamela hicks born 19 april 1929 who accompanied them to india in 19471948 and was also sometime lady in waiting to the queen.

Mountbatten became extremely hurry to come to a conclusion that partition of india was inevitable. Hulton archive getty.