Lady Pamela Mountbatten
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1. Lady Pamela Mountbatten Family/Spouse: David Hicks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Earl Mountbatten Louis of Burma Mountbatten was born in 1900 in Windsor, Berkshire, England (son of Prince Louis Mountbatten Of Battenberg, son of Prince Louis Mountbatten Of Battenberg and Princess of Hesse Victoria Alberta); died on 27 Aug 1979 in Donegal Bay, County Sligo, Ireland. Notes:
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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was one of Britain's great war heroes. A gre at-grandson of Queen Victoria, he entered the Royal Navy in 1913. (At that time his father, P rince Louis of Battenberg--later 1st marquess of Milford-Haven;1854-1921--was first sea lord ; after the outbreak of World War I, however, he was forced to resign because of his German b irth, and he later changed the family name to Mountbatten.) While chief of British combined o perations (1942-43) in World War II, Mountbatten directed the invasion of Madagascar and comm ando raids on Norway and France. As supreme Allied commander for Southeast Asia (1943-46), h e was responsiblefor the recapture of Burma from Japan. The last viceroy of India, hesupervis ed the creation of the states of India and Pakistan in 1947. He was created Lord Mountbatte n of Burma that same year. Subsequently, he was first sea lord (1955-59). Mountbatten retire d in 1965, although he remained a confidant of Queen Elizabeth II, whose husband, Prince Phil ip, was his nephew. He died when a bomb demolished his fishing boat in waters off the northwe st coast of Ireland. A member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army was convic ted of the murder.
In spite of his many achievements, the greatest legacy of Lord Mountbatten is negative. He sh ould have settled the Kashmir issue prior to the withdrawal of the British from India. Becaus e of leaving the Kashmir issue unresolved, three majors have been fought, millions have died , and there are constant threats of a new war, this one nuclear, between India and Pakistan.Louis married Honorable Edwina Ashley in 1922. Edwina (daughter of Lord of Mount Temple Male) was born in 1901; died in 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Honorable Edwina Ashley was born in 1901 (daughter of Lord of Mount Temple Male); died in 1960. Children:
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4. Prince Louis Mountbatten Of Battenberg was born on 24 May 1854 in Battenberg, Germany (son of Prince of Hesse-The Rhine Alexander Ludwig Christian Georg and Princess Julia of Battenberg Von Hauke); died on 11 Sep 1921. Children:
- Marquess George Mountbatten was born on 06 Nov 1892 in Schloss, Heiligenberg, Germany; died on 08 Apr 1938.
- 2. Earl Mountbatten Louis of Burma Mountbatten was born in 1900 in Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 27 Aug 1979 in Donegal Bay, County Sligo, Ireland.
6. Lord of Mount Temple Male Children:
- 3. Honorable Edwina Ashley was born in 1901; died in 1960.
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8. Prince of Hesse-The Rhine Alexander Ludwig Christian Georg was born on 15 Jul 1823 in Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; was christened on 21 Aug 1823 in Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (son of Grand Duke of Hesse Ludwig, II and Princess of Baden Wilhelmine Luise); died on 15 Dec 1888 in Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; was buried on 19 Dec 1888 in Rosenhohe Mausoleum Bei Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt. Alexander married Princess Julia of Battenberg Von Hauke in 1851. Julia (daughter of Count John Maurice Von Hauke and Sophie De La Fontaine) was born in 1825 in Battenberg, Germany; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Princess Julia of Battenberg Von Hauke was born in 1825 in Battenberg, Germany (daughter of Count John Maurice Von Hauke and Sophie De La Fontaine); died in 1895. Notes:
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http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Battenberg.htmlChildren:
- Marie Of Hesse was born in 1852 in Battenberg, Germany; died in 1923.
- 4. Prince Louis Mountbatten Of Battenberg was born on 24 May 1854 in Battenberg, Germany; died on 11 Sep 1921.
- Prince Alexander of Bulgaria was born in 1857 in Battenberg, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in 1893.
- Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg was born in 1858 in Battenberg, Germany; died in 1896.
- Francis Joseph, Of Hesse was born in 1861 in Battenberg, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in 1924.