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  Mountbatten Louis 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British naval officer, the son of Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, and great...
Mountbatten was born in Frogmore House, Windsor, in England, as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and...
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  Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Mountbatten's father is said to have had a youthful affair with the actress Lillie Langtry and to have been the father of Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm.
Mountbatten - known to friends and family as "Dickie" - was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
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 University of Southampton Libraries Special Collections - Palmerston Papers
Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, was the son of Henry Temple, second Viscount Palmerston and his second wife Mary Mee.
A separate summary catalogue of this part of the archive has been prepared by the HMC `Report of the political and semi-official correspondence and papers of Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston 1806-1865' (unpublished typescript, 1983) and a detailed catalogue of sections of the papers is currently in preparation.
Within Lord Mountbatten's papers are separate collections relating to HMS Kelly (MB1/B1-3), the papers of Wing Commander the Marchese de Casa Maury, Senior Intelligence Officer, Combined Operations Headquarters (MB1/B25-7) and copies of the papers (with some original material) of Vice Admiral J.Hughes-Hallet (MB1/B32-47).
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 NTU Info Centre: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an 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.
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.
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 C.U.H.&G.S. -- Earl Mountbatten of Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Mountbatten (of Burma), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl, Viscount Mountbatten Of Burma, Baron Romsey Of Romsey
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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.
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 All words on Prince Louis of Battenberg
He was the father of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Illustrious Highness Count Louis (Ludwig) Alexander of Battenberg was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823-1888) by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke (1825-1895), the daughter of a Polish politician.
HSH Prince Louis Francis of Battenberg, later 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma and 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900-August 27 1979) m.
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 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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.
He became an admiral of the fleet in 1956 and served as chief of the United Kingdom Defense Staff and chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee in 1959–65.
Mountbatten was assassinated in 1979 by Provisional Irish Republican Army terrorists who planted a bomb in his boat.
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 boys clothing: Battenburg Mounbatten -- Lord Mounbatten of Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After the War, Lord Louis was appointed a KG and ennobled as Viscount Mountbatten of Burma in 1946.
He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1947 and was advanced in the peerage to Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey.
Lord Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India in 1947 with the understanding tht he would be the last Viceroy and move India to indeoendence.
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 Earl Mountbatten of Burma -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The (An official document granting a right or privilege) letters patent creating the title specified the "remainder" allowing the title to descend to heirs male, and in default of such issue to his eldest daughter.
Both of these titles, in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom, have the same special remainder as the Earldom.
Lord Romsey is the (Click link for more info and facts about courtesy title) courtesy title for Lady Mountbatten of Burma's eldest son and heir.
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 Prince Louis of Battenberg - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Admiral of the Fleet Prince Louis of Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (24 May 1854-11 September 1921) 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.
She never used the surname Mountbatten, although her only son, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, adopted it when he became a British subject in 1947).
His elder son, George Mountbatten, who received the courtesy title Earl of Medina, succeeded him as 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven in 1921.
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Mountbatten, too, indulged in affairs, yet he and Edwina remained devoted to each other until her death on Feburary 21, 1960 in Jesselton, North Borneo.
They had two children: Patricia Mountbatten, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (born Feburary 14, 1924), and Lady Pamela Carmen Louise (born April 19, 1929).
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 Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Louis Mountbatten, first Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, later first Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India
Louis Mountbatten, first Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, later first Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor General of India
Louis Mountbatten, first Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor General of India
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 Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Burma (1900-1979)
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society)
The Ceremonial Funeral of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma, by Godfrey Dykes [continued in part two]
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He took great personal pride and pleasure in serving as First Sea Lord and later 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 after being falsely accused of pro-German sympathy.
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 "In Honour Bound": My Father, Lord Mountbatten - The Churchill Centre
At the end of the last war and his victory in Southeast Asia, he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma and, after being Viceroy of India, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Because he had no sons to inherit his war title, he and Lord Portal of the RAF, who also only had a daughter, were granted a special remainder for one generation to allow the title to pass through the female line.
That is why I stand before you as Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and I'm very glad that I do have sons because I could not pass on the title otherwise.
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 Benjamin Disraeli --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl Of Beaconsfield, Viscount Hughenden Of Hughenden.
In 1879 F.A. Weld, governor of Tasmania, gave the town its present name in honour of Benjamin Disraeli, the 1st Earl...
Minto, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st earl of, Viscount Melgund Of Melgund
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 Mountbatten of Burma (1946) The strategy of the South East Asia campaign: A lecture given by Admiral, the Viscount ...
Mountbatten of Burma (1946) The strategy of the South East Asia campaign: A lecture given by Admiral, the Viscount Mountbatten of Burma to the Royal United Service Institution on Wednesday, 9th Oct. 1946
The strategy of the South East Asia campaign: A lecture given by Admiral, the Viscount Mountbatten of Burma to the Royal United Service Institution on Wednesday, 9th Oct. 1946
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 Earl Mountbatten of Burma -- Membership of Orders of Chivalry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the following year, 1947, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma was advanced in the peerage of the United Kingdom to:
As the eldest son of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the Hon.
Norton Knatchbull became known by the courtesy title of Lord Romsey.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Day of Dust & Silence -- Jun. 09, 1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Outside the Viceroy's House hundreds of heavily armed British and Indian troops mopped their faces, sputtered and coughed.
Inside, around a huge table in the viceregal study, India was being divided.Just back from London, Rear Admiral Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India, stoutly urged the Hindu, Moslem and other leaders and princes to accept Britain's plan to keep India united(TIME, June 2).
But he knew that was a hope long gone.
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