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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 - known to friends and family as "Dickie" - was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, The Prince of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma (1170 words)

	Prince Louis of Battenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a minor German prince who married into the British Royal Family and pursued a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, eventually serving as First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914.
		He was the father of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
		Lord Milford Haven was appointed a member of the Privy Council and was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in recognition of his service to the Royal Navy in August 1921.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Louis_of_Battenberg (1153 words)

	LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, 1ST EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		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.
		Since Lord 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.
	www.witwib.com /Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma (1004 words)

	COMBINEDOPS MOUNTBATTEN
		Lord Louis Mountbatten was Combined Operations Adviser from 17/10/41 to 17/3/42 and Chief of Combined Operations from 18/3/42 to 10/43.
		Mountbatten was born on 25 June 1900 the younger son of Prince Louis of Battenberg who was Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord in 1914.
		Mountbatten's military achievements and qualities were not well understood outside naval circles and he was succeeding a man of great renown, 28 years his senior and of much higher rank.
	www.combinedops.com /mountbatten.htm (1082 words)

	MSN Encarta - Mountbatten
		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 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.
		Mountbatten, heavily decorated, returned to the Mediterranean Fleet as rear admiral in command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in October 1948.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761568855 (681 words)

	V28N1 - Personality Profile: Lord Louis Mountbatten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mountbatten undertook a wide tour of the troops and used his energy and charm to raise their morale.
		Mountbatten insisted, against all conventional views, that fighting be continued through the horrendous conditions of the five month long monsoon, in order not to allow the Japanese forces to recover from Imphal.
		Mountbatten was deeply involved in nuclear policy, particularly in the construction of Britain's first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought, even though he was horrified by the prospect of mankind's annihilation.
	www.mindef.gov.sg /safti/pointer/back/journals/2002/Vol28_1/10.htm (1138 words)

	Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA bomb - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /years/1979/mountbattenkilled.htm (249 words)

	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma : Lord Mountbatten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		He was the son of Prince Louis Battenberg[?], who had been obliged to resign as First Sea Lord on the outbreak of World War I because of his Austrian origins.
		Mountbatten -- known within the family as "Dickie" -- was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, Charles, Prince of Wales.
	www.termsdefined.net /lo/lord-mountbatten.html (590 words)

	Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cassel, who was a private financier to the future King Edward VII and one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe, left the bulk of his fortune to her.
		By the time Lord Louis Mountbatten first met her in 1920 she was a leading member of London society.
		It is speculated that Lady and Lord Mountbatten of Burma had an open relationship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwina_Mountbatten (397 words)

	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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, too, indulged in affairs, yet he and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death on February 21, 1960 in Jesselton, North Borneo.
		The author states that it "makes the case for the impeachment of the last Viceroy of India, on the grounds that his cheating over the India-Pakistan frontier and his headlong rush towards partition led to around one million deaths in Punjab and the North-West Frontier in 1947-48".
	lord-mountbatten.biography.ms (938 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Prince unveils Mountbatten plaque
		Lord Louis Mountbatten, affectionately known as Uncle Dickie by the Royal Family, lived at his Knightsbridge home until the IRA blew up his boat while he was on a fishing trip in the Irish Republic.
		Lady Mountbatten, who is also commemorated by the English Heritage plaque, died in 1960 aged 58 while co-ordinating relief and welfare in the wake of massacres and mass migrations between India and Pakistan.
		The Mountbattens were a rich and glamorous society couple, and became the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India with the job of overseeing independence from 1947 to 1948.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/807751.stm (405 words)

	Lord Louis Mountbatten
		Lord Louis Mountbatten, head of Combined Operations in World War Two, was born in 1900, the great grandson of Queen Victoria.
		When the war ended, Mountbatten continued his career in the navy and by the time World War Two was declared in 1939, he had the rank of captain, and commanded the fifth destroyer flotilla.
		On August 27th, 1979, Mountbatten was murdered by a bomb planted by the IRA on his boat while he was sailing in County Sligo.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /lord_louis_mountbatten.htm (388 words)

	Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mountbatten was a distinguished Admiral, scientifically minded, who specialized in communications.
		Mountbatten attended the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 and the Quebec Conference in July.
		Another problem facing Mountbatten was that although he was expected to reconquer Burma he was not given extra equipment.
	www.expage.com /wwiigen53 (364 words)

	The British Factor and Asia in the Twentieth Century
		Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten was chosen by Britain to head the counter invasion in South East Asia because of political considerations.
		Lord Louis Mountbatten as a Supreme Commander, South East Asia Command, was unpopular.
		Lord Mountbatten's character traits are well described by some eminent personalities, some of which may be quoted here.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/dec/bookextract1.htm (10059 words)

	British Empire: Biographies: Louis Mountbatten
		Born at the turn of the century Louis Battenberg (as his family was called then) was related to both the British and German Royal families.
		The experience of Mountbatten in this part of the world, his royal connections and his liberal political leanings were to make him a highly palatable Viceroy to India for the incoming British Labour government: Determined as they were to divest themselves from the Indian sub-continent.
		Mountbatten became close personal friends with the Indian leaders Gandhi and Nehru (although not as close as his wife was to become with the latter).
	www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/mountbatten.htm (643 words)

	The Ceremonial Funeral of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma
		Lord Mountbatten, who was a widower, a father, a grandfather, an uncle and a great uncle died with his fourteen year old grandson Nicholas, his eldest daughter's mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne and a teenage boy from Slygo.
		Lord Mountbatten was an uncle to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and of course a great uncle to his children.
		In Lord Mountbatten's case, it was suggested that he had almost written the whole of the outline planning document, which in itself was very detailed involving no fewer that 507 personnel from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
	www.godfreydykes.info /ceremonial_funeral_of_lord_louis.htm (11465 words)

	Cabinet Magazine Online - The Floating Island
		Mountbatten opened his parcel and dropped its contents between the Prime Minister's bare legs in the water.
		When Mountbatten came to visit the operation, it was so hush-hush that Lord Louis had to disguise himself as, of all things, a civilian.
		Mountbatten unveiled the invention at a tense secret meeting of the Allied chiefs of staff at Quebec's Chateau Frontenac Hotel in August 1943.
	www.cabinetmagazine.org /issues/7/floatingisland.php (1814 words)

	C.U.H.&G.S. -- Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 Louis was appointed Commodore in 1941 and later held the post of Chief of Combined Operations when he investigated strategies for the eventual liberation of Europe.
		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.
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/cuhags/m_of_b/m_of_b.htm (900 words)

	Correspondences between Lord Mountbatten and Gerhard Stamer and Werner Lott, 1946 - 1978
		Lord Mountbatten was born Louis Francis of Battenberg on June 25th, 1900.
		Lord Mountbatten: "She is a free woman living in a free country.
		Lord Mountbatten arranged for him to be seen by the military commandant and soon afterwards Werner Lott was moved to new quarters, where he accepted an offered meal, honour now satisfied.
	www.u-35.com /mountbatten (1848 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Lord Mountbatten was born at Frogmore House, next door to Windsor Castle on 25th June 1900, the younger son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria who was the young infant 's Godmother and held him at his christening.
		It was he New Delhi his second tour that Lord Louis (as he was known) became engaged to Edwina Ashley, daughter of Lord Mount Temple and granddaughter of Sir Ernest Cassel.
		Lord Louis showed great prowess as an oarsman, winning every single boat race in which he took part, but his main sporting activity was Polo.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/historichouses/south_east/broadlands/brmount.html (783 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Prince Louis of Battenberg
		Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), of Polish-German descent, was born in Graz, Austria.
		Among other roles in the navy, Prince Louis served successfully (and admired by luminaries such as Admiral Fisher) as Director of Naval Intelligence in 1902 and thereafter as rear admiral, admiral and part commander of the Home Fleet, before his appointment as Second Sea Lord in 1911.
		Reporting to First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, Prince Louis was instructed to bring the navy's ships to a state of war readiness following a test mobilisation in July 1914; war with Germany followed within a matter of days.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/battenberg.htm (360 words)

	Irish Echo Online - Arts
		Lord Mountbatten was born June 25, 1900 in Windsor Castle.
		Mountbatten had been warned many times about the possibility that he might be targeted by the IRA, but he routinely dismissed the idea as silly.
		Mountbatten, his legs almost blown off by the blast, died aboard one of the rescue boats.
	www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=15129 (1180 words)

	Lord Mountbatton
		Lord Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was the last viceroy of India and played a principal role in ushering that country from colonialism to Commonwealth status.
		Post-war, Mountbatten commanded NATO forces in the Mediterranean and was chief of the British defense staff.
		Mountbatten was murdered by IRA terrorists while on vacation in Ireland.
	www.multied.com /Bio/people/Mountbatton.html (106 words)

	boys clothing: Battenburg Mounbatten -- Lord Mounbatten of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was the daughter of Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice.
		Lord Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India in 1947 with the understanding tht he would be the last Viceroy and move India to indeoendence.
		Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by a bomb placed on his boat Shadow Vjust as they were stting off on a fishing trip.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/hesse/rgb-mount.htm (3271 words)

	ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre \| The Archive \| Lord Mountbatten: the Last Viceroy
		Series based on Lord Louis Mountbatten's life during his years as Viceroy of India--the final years of the British Raj.
		But Mountbatten, from the age of thirteen, was a sailor with a developing gift for naval engineering, a love of command, and an unsleeping ambition to one day succeed his father.
		And Lord Louis subsequently became the chief British planner of the invasion of Normandy and then the supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/archive/81/81.html (373 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sotheby’s in London auctioned Lady Mountbatten’s tiara, worn by Edwina when her husband was supervising the transfer of power in India, in December last year for £149,650.
		Lady Mountbatten died in 1960, aged 58, and was buried at sea.
		Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA in August 1979.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041207/asp/nation/story_4096823.asp (747 words)

	Introduction of The Countess Mountbatten - The Churchill Centre
		There are some remarkable coincidences in the lives of the two Louis Mounthattens: both joined the British navy in their very early teens, both became First Sea Lord, and both were appointed to that position by Sir Winston Churchill; the first Louis in 1912 and the second in 1955.
		The elder Louis was a close personal friend of the Prince of Wales, later King George V, and they travelled together in a good-will tour of India in 1875-76.
		Lord Louis then told us that because his daughter, Patricia, was here in her capacity of Colonel and Chief, he would be wearing his uniform as the Colonel of the Life Guards so that he wouldn't outrank Patricia.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=583 (1110 words)

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