Lord Mountbatten The Last Viceroy

The last viceroy is a british television series which first aired on itv in 1986. As the last viceroy he would oversee the british withdrawal from india and ensure in the smooth transition to power but his efforts would fail as. The mountbattens andrew lownie.
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Lord mountbatten the last viceroy. 11 of 12 people found this review helpful. Only 1 left in stock order soon. Was this review helpful to you. It depicts lord mountbatten s time as supreme commander south east asia in the second world war and then as viceroy of india shortly after the war in the days leading up to indian independence.

From 1954 to 1959 mountbatten was first sea lord a position that had been held by his father prince louis of battenberg some forty years earlier. In this role he was the chosen representative of the queen empowered to govern on. Thomas mcmahon an ira member and experienced bomb maker set up a radio controlled explosive device on shadow v the royals boat the night before his murder as per esquire. Lord mountbatten the last viceroy nicol williamson.

Louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma was a british statesman and naval officer who was the last viceroy of india and the first governor general of india. Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma and the last viceroy of india was murdered in an attack organized by the irish republican army or ira. He was the last viceroy of india 1947 and the first governor general of independent india 19471948. Lord mountbatten was the last viceroy of india during the partition of british india into india and pakistan.

44 out of 5 stars 48. The secret history of the end of an empire alex von tunzelmann. Lord mountbatten is a controversial figure in history he was ambitious arrogant and full of himself but he was undoubtedly highly intelligent and brave as he had to be when he took on the uneviable job of being the last viceroy of india in 1947 at the time when its independence was fast approaching. Lord mountbatten the last viceroy 1986 opening and ending of an english tv movie in six episodes written by david butler directed by tom clegg starring n.

The film was shot in sri lanka. Mountbatten is still a controversial figure both in england and india over what happened as the last viceroy.