Lord Mountbatten

The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS
Portrait by Allan Warren, 1976
Chief of the Defence Staff
In office 13 July 1959 – 15 July 1965
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson
Preceded by	William Dickson
Succeeded by	Richard Hull
First Sea Lord
In office 18 April 1955 – 19 October 1959
Prime Minister	Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Rhoderick McGrigor
Succeeded by	Charles Lambe
Governor-General of India
In office 15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Himself (As Viceroy and Governor-General of India)
Succeeded by	C. Rajagopalachari
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office 21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	The Viscount Wavell
Succeeded by	Himself (as Governor-General of India) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (as Governor-General of Pakistan)
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage 13 June 1946 – 27 August 1979
Preceded by	Peerage established
Succeeded by	The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Personal details
Born	Prince Louis of Battenberg (1900-06-25)25 June 1900 Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died	27 August 1979(1979-08-27) (aged 79) Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland
Cause of death	Assassination
Resting place	Romsey Abbey
Spouse(s)	Edwina Ashley ​ ​ (m. 1922; died 1960)​
Children	Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Lady Pamela Hicks
Parents	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Years of service	1913–1965
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	See list Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–1965) First Sea Lord (1955–1959) Mediterranean Fleet (1952–1954) Fourth Sea Lord (1950–1952) Supreme Allied Commander,  South East Asia Command (1943–1946) Chief of Combined Operations (1941–1943) HMS Illustrious (1941) HMS Kelly (1939–1941) HMS Wishart (1934–1936) HMS Daring (1934)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	See list

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), known informally as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.