The Countess Mountbatten of Burma | |
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Preceded by | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
Succeeded by | Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
Personal details | |
Born | Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten 14 February 1924 Westminster, London, England[1] |
Died | 13 June 2017 Mersham, Kent, England | (aged 93)
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma The Hon. Michael-John Knatchbull Lady Joanna Knatchbull Lady Amanda Ellingworth The Hon. Philip Knatchbull The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull The Hon. Timothy Knatchbull |
Parents | The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma The Hon. Edwina Ashley |
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Years of service | 1943–1945 |
Rank | Third Officer |
Unit | Women's Royal Naval Service |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017) was a British peeress and the third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the elder daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife, the heiress Edwina Ashley, a patrilineal descendant of the Earls of Shaftesbury, first ennobled in 1661.
Knatchbull was the elder sister of Lady Pamela Hicks, and first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and the last surviving baptismal sponsor to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.