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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mountbatten was born in Windsor Castle, in England, as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.
Mountbatten was a favourite of Winston Churchill and in 1941 he replaced Roger Keyes as Chief of Combined Operations.
Mountbatten and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death at age 58 on February 21, 1960, in Jesselton, North Borneo of unknown causes.
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 Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 for Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India.
Lord Mountbatten of Burma's eldest daughter Patricia succeeded as Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon the former's assassination.
The subsidiary titles of Lady Mountbatten of Burma are: Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created 1946), and Baroness Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (1947).
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mountbatten also indulged in affairs, yet he and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death on February 21, 1960 in Jesselton, North Borneo.
Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount on August 23, 1946, then Earl and Baron on October 28, 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that the titles would pass to the female line.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Louis ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 - August 27, 1979), was a British statesman, uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mountbatten served in the navy during the First World War, and in the Second World War he commanded the 5th destroyer flotilla and was later Supreme Allied Commander in South-East Asia.
Mountbatten -- known within the family as "Dickie" -- was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, Charles, Prince of Wales.
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 LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, 1ST EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mountbatten was born in Windsor_Castle, in England, as ''His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg'', although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.
Mountbatten was a favourite of Winston_Churchill and in 1941 he replaced Roger_Keyes as Chief of Combined_Operations.
Mountbatten and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death at age 58 on February_21, 1960, in Jesselton, North_Borneo of unknown causes.
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Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British naval officer and last British viceroy of India.
Louis Mountbatten was educated at home until the age of ten, then attended preparatory school at Locker's Park before attending the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in 1914.
Mountbatten, heavily decorated, returned to the Mediterranean Fleet as rear admiral in command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in October 1948.
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 ipedia.com: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900–August 27, 1979 when killed by an IRA bomb), was a British statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mountbatten - known to friends and family as "Dickie" - was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, Charles, Prince of Wales.
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 Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA bomb - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
It was the middle of the morning when Earl Mountbatten and members of his family drove from their Irish home, Classiebawn Castle, down to the harbor and set out for a day's fishing in their 30-foot boat, Shadow V.
Lord Mountbatten's daughter, Lady Brabourne, her son Timothy and her mother-in-law, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, were all said to be "critical" in an intensive care ward.
The Royal Family was said to be "deeply shocked" by the murder of Earl Mountbatten, a cousin of the Queen.
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 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl Of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden Of Hughenden --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl Of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden Of Hughenden --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl Of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden Of Hughenden...
Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
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 C.U.H.&G.S. -- Earl Mountbatten of Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Earl Mountbatten of Burma was born H.S.H. Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg on June 25th, 1900, the younger son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse.
As the head of the House of Battenberg, Lord Mounbatten's father adopted the surname of Mountbatten and was raised to the peerage as Marquess of Milford Haven, Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney.
Lord Mountbatten's connection with Cambridge much predated his being President of C.U.S.G. and later being Patron of C.U.H.&G.S. He matriculated at Christ's College in 1919 and was both admitted to the degree of LL.D. honoris causa and elected an Honorary Fellow of his college in 1946.
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 Commentary Magazine - Scuttling an Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
When Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma was murdered by Irish terrorists in the summer of 1979, he was an old man full of honors, who could look back with satisfaction on a long life filled with achievement.
...Mountbatten's sudden decision to accelerate the transfer of power puts one in mind of his habits as a driver and as a captain of destroyers...
...Mountbatten's critics alleged that the resulting pictures were of great value to the British security forces for the identification of the terrorist leaders in Malaya's long-drawn-out civil war...
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 Earl Mountbatten and Constitutional Monarchy in 20th century Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79) was perhaps the last great court politician of modern Europe.
A remnant of the feudal past, he nonetheless made a decisive impact on modernity, in a manner which suggests that reports of the waning of the power of the crown are premature.
In July 2004 the University of Southampton, home to the Mountbatten papers since 1988, is hosting a conference devoted to exploring this question, and welcomes suggestions for papers from scholars worldwide.
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 Mountbatten-Windsor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Prince Louis of Battenberg changed his surname to Mountbatten (a literal English translation) during the First World War at the request of King George V.
It may also be seen as an act in honor of the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the Prince's uncle.
The Earl of Wessex has styled himself "Edward Wessex" for his television series Crown and Country since acquiring that title upon his marriage.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1r earl Mountbatten de Birmania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mountbatten - conocido a los amigos y a la familia como "Dickie" - era una influencia fuerte en la educación de su grande-sobrino, príncipe Charles, príncipe de País de Gales.
Mountbatten, complació también en asuntos, con todo él y Edwina seguían dedicados el uno al otro hasta su muerte de febrero el 21 de 1960 en Jesselton, Borneo del norte.
Desde Mountbatten no tenía ningún hijo, cuando él era vizconde creado de agosto el 23, 1946, después earl y barón de octubre el 28 de 1947, la patente de letras fueron bosquejados tales que los títulos pasarían a la línea femenina.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He took great personal pride and pleasure in serving as Chief of the Defence Staff for six years (1959 -1965), which he also took as reparation for the slur on his father who was forced to resign as First Sea Lord in 1914.
Mountbatten, too, indulged in affairs, yet he and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death on February 21, 1960 in Jesselton, North Borneo.
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 Find in a Library: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979 : historiography and annotated bibliography
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979 : historiography and annotated bibliography
Subjects: Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, -- Earl, -- 1900-1979 -- Bibliography.
Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, -- Earl, -- 1900-1979 -- Bibliography.
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 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Mountbatten was fourth sea lord in 1950–52, commander in chief of the Mediterranean fleet in 1952–54, and first sea lord in 1955–59.
Mountbatten was assassinated in 1979 by Provisional Irish Republican Army terrorists who planted a bomb in his boat.
Mountbatten, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl, Viscount Mountbatten Of Burma, Baron Romsey Of Romsey.
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 Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma on Encyclopedia.com
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 I5667: Louis Mountbatten Earl Mountbatten Of Burma (1900 - 1979)
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 woodgate - pafg62 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
George Mountbatten Marquess [Parents] was born in 1892.
Louis of Burma Mountbatten Earl Mountbatten [Parents] was born in 1900 in Windsor,Berkshire,England.
William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg King of Greece [Parents] was born on 24 Dec 1845 in Copenhagen,Denmark.
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 NPG P434; Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Jawaharlal Nehru; Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Hon Edwina ...
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Jawaharlal Nehru; Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Hon Edwina Ashley), Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Hon Edwina Ashley), Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901-1960), Wife of Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), Admiral of the Fleet.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma : Earl Mountbatten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma : Earl Mountbatten
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There was no change in her calm demeanor.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley (1901-1960), a daughter of Wilfred Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple, and his wife, Amalia Cassel.
She died in Borneo and was buried at sea.
Edwina Mountbatten reportedly had affairs with Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and American actor-singer Paul Robeson.
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 MSN Encarta - Mountbatten
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Mountbatten worked with these men and the leader of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, to devise a plan for partitioning the empire into two sovereign states, India and Pakistan.
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 University of Southampton Libraries Special Collections - Mountbatten Papers Database Structure
The first section of the Mountbatten Papers Database is a glossary of acronyms and abbreviations used in the catalogue descriptions in this database.
The summary catalogue includes brief descriptions of the papers of the late arl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, together with family papers, a series of photograph albums and photographs and BR70-99, political correspondence of William Wilfrid Ashley, Baron Mount Temple, from the Broadlands estate papers.
MB1/A-N is a mainly chronological grouping of papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
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