Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG GCB OM GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO PC FRS
Governor General of India
In office 15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Himself (Viceroy of India)
Succeeded by	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Viceroy of India
In office 12 February 1947 – 15 August 1947
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	The Viscount Wavell
Succeeded by	Himself (Governor General of India) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Governor General of Pakistan)
Personal details
Born	Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten (1900-06-25)25 June 1900 Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Died	27 August 1979(1979-08-27) (aged 79) Mullaghmore, Ireland
Spouse(s)	Edwina Ashley
Children	Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Lady Pamela Hicks
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Profession	Admiral of the Fleet
Religion	Anglicanism
Awards	Knight of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Order of Merit Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order
Military service
Nickname(s)	Dickie
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1913-1965
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	HMS Daring (1934) HMS Wishart (1934-1936) HMS Kelly (1939-1941) HMS Illustrious (Aug.-Oct 1941) Chief of Combined Operations (1941-1943) Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943-1946) Commander, cruiser squadron, Mediterranean Fleet (1948-1950) Fourth Sea Lord (1950-1952) Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (1952-1954) First Sea Lord (1955-1959) Chief of the Defence Staff (1959-1965)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

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.

In 1979, along with three other people, including a grandson Nicholas, he was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which planted a bomb in his fishing boat, Shadow V, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in Ireland.

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Media related to Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Wikimedia Commons

• Mountbatten at unit-histories.com
• Combined operations information
• Information on the sinking of the German submarine U-35
• Mountbatten assassination information
• mountbattenofburma.com - Tribute & Memorial web-site to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
• The Mountbatten School
• Mountbatten Internship Programme