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Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma


The Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Preceded byLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Succeeded byNorton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Personal details
Born
Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten

(1924-02-14)14 February 1924
Westminster, London, England[1]
Died13 June 2017(2017-06-13) (aged 93)
Mersham, Kent, England
Spouse(s)
(m. 1946; died 2005)
ChildrenNorton 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
ParentsThe 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
The Hon. Edwina Ashley
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1943–1945
RankThird Officer
UnitWomen's Royal Naval Service
Battles/warsSecond 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.

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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