Biography of Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-1979

On 25th June 1900 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was born to Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 46] and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 37]. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.61%.

In 1916 [his brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 19] were married. He the son of [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 61] and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 52].

On 7th November 1917 [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 63] was created 1st Marquess Milford Haven. [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 54] by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.

On 11th September 1921 [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 67] died. His son [his brother] George [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Marquess Milford Haven. [his sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 25] by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.

On 21st September 1921 Ernset Cassel [aged 69] died. His granddaughter [his future wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 19] inherited a life interest in a Trust Fund created from a 25/64 share of her grandfather's residuary estate estimated at £1,600,000, and Brook House in London.

On 18th July 1922 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 22] and Edwina Ashley [aged 20] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 59].

The wedding, which attracted hugh crowds, was attending by Queen Mary [aged 55], Queen Alexandra [aged 77] and the Prince of Wales.

Left to right: Mary Ashley [aged 15], Princess Margarita Glücksburg [aged 17], Joan Esther Sybilla Pakenham [aged 18], Sophie Glücksburg [aged 8] (seated), Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley, Prince of Wales [aged 28], Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper [aged 19] (seated), Princess Theodora [aged 16] and Princess Cecile [aged 11] (seated).

On 3rd November 1923 [his brother-in-law] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 40] and [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 60]. He the son of Gustav V King Sweden [aged 65]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 14th February 1924 [his daughter] Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma was born to Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 23] and [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 22]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She married 26th October 1946 John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne, son of Michael Knatchbull 5th Baron Brabourne and Doreen Browne Baroness Brabourne, and had issue.

1925. Philip de László [aged 55]. Portrait of Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 24].

On 19th April 1929 [his daughter] Pamela Mountbatten was born to Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 28] and [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 27]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She married 13th January 1960 David Nightingale Hicks.

On 8th April 1938 [his brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven [aged 45] died. His son [his nephew] David [aged 18] succeeded 3rd Marquess Milford Haven.

On 3rd July 1939 [his father-in-law] Wilfred William Ashley 1st Baron Mount Temple [aged 71] died. Baron Mount Temple of Lee in the County of Southampton extinct. His daughter [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 37] inherited the country seat of Broadlands, Hampshire.

On 26th October 1946 [his son-in-law] John Knatchbull 7th Baron Brabourne [aged 21] and Patricia Mountbatten 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 46] and Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 44].

On 28th October 1947 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 45] by marriage Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

On 24th September 1950 [his mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 87] died.

On 29th October 1950 Gustav V King Sweden [aged 92] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Gustaf [aged 67] succeeded VI King Sweden. [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 61] by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.

On 13th January 1960 [his son-in-law] David Nightingale Hicks [aged 30] and Pamela Mountbatten [aged 30] were married at Romsey Abbey [Map]. The bridesmaids were Princess Anne Windsor [aged 9], Princess Clarissa of Hesse [aged 15], her god-daughter Victoria Marten, Joanna Knatchbull [aged 4] and the Amanda Knatchbull [aged 2] She the daughter of Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 59] and Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 58].

On 21st February 1960 [his wife] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 58] died in Jesselton, North Borneo [now Kota Kinabalu, Sabah]. She was buried at sea off the coast of Portsmouth from HMS Wakeful on 25 February 1960. Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher [aged 72] officiated. Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had the Indian Navy frigate INS Trishul, already stationed in the city for repair for weeks, to escort the Wakeful and cast a wreath.

On 2nd March 1965 [his sister] Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 75] died.