Mountbatten Estate Hampshire

Broadlands house and estate formerly the residence of lord palmerston.

Mountbatten estate hampshire. Broadlands is the home of the earl and countess mountbatten of burma. Having recently celebrated the marriage of their youngest daughter the lady pamela mountbatten to the designer and interior decorator david hicks 1929 1998 on 13th january 1960 at romsey abbey the subsequent untimely death of edwina dealt a heavy blow to mountbatten and his family. 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. The name is a direct anglicisation of the german battenberg a small town in hesse.

The house is open to the public for guided tours on weekday afternoons in summer. 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. At the funeral of her husbands mother the late countess mountbatten lady penelope brabourne 64 was a picture of dignity and grace even as she supported the man who seven years ago left her. Grade i listed buildings in hampshire.

The mountbattens family home things have improved at broadlands with more rooms to see and a very interesting and informative guided tour just over an hour of the ground floor. Personal tragedy came to mountbatten in february 1960. However there are no refreshments available and the toilets are of the portacabin type situated in a very muddy carpark. Patricia 1924 2017 on 14th february 1924 the second anniversary of the mountbattens engagement edwina gave birth to their first child patricia edwina victoria mountbatten at brook house park lane london which she had inherited from her wealthy grandfather the rt hon.

The queens cousin and prince charless mentor and childhood friend lord brabourne has left the family estate of broadlands in hampshire once the home of his grandfather lord mountbatten of. Should the title fall from the 2nd countess mountbatten on death to her son the seat of the earldom would again be broadlands as it was in earl mountbattens time. The estate is bounded on the west by the river test famous for its trout fishing. 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.

The title of count of battenberg later prince of battenberg was granted to a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt. On 1 august 2004 irish vocal pop band westlife held a concert at broadlands as part of their turnaround tour promoting their album turnaround. Broadlands the mountbattens home in romsey hampshire broadlands is considered one of the finest examples of mid georgian architecture in england. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.