Lord Mountbatten

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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

The title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 for Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India.

The letters patent creating the title are rare in that they specified a remainder allowing the title to descend failing heirs male,

"to his eldest daughter Patricia Edwina Victoria, Baroness Brabourne, by the name, style and title of Baroness Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten; and in -default of such issue to every other daughter lawfully begotten of the said Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, successively in order of seniority of age and priority of birth and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten..."

As a result Lord Mountbatten of Burma's eldest daughter Patricia succeeded as The Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon the former's death. Should the legitimate male line of descent of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma go extinct, the title will be inherited by her sister, Lady Pamela Hicks, and her legitimate heirs male. Should the legitimate male line of both sisters go extinct, the titles will become extinct.

The subsidiary titles of the Earldom are: Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created 1946), and Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (1947). Both of these titles, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, have the same special remainder as the Earldom.

Lord Romsey was the courtesy title by which Lady Mountbatten of Burma's eldest son and heir was known until he succeeded his father as 8th Lord Brabourne.

The family seat is Newhouse, near Ashford, Kent.

Earls Mountbatten of Burma (1947)

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)
Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1924)

Line of succession to the Earldom

8th Baron Brabourne (b. 1947), son of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Nicholas Knatchbull (b. 1981), son of the 8th Baron Brabourne
Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull (b. 1950), son of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Philip Knatchbull (b. 1961), son of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Frederick Knatchbull (b. 2003), son of Philip Knatchbull
John Knatchbull (b. 2004), son of Philip Knatchbull
Timothy Knatchbull (b. 1964), son of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Milo Knatchbull (b. 2001), son of Timothy Knatchbull
Ludovic Knatchbull (b. 2003), son of Timothy Knatchbull
Lady Pamela Hicks (b. 1929), younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Ashley Hicks (b. 1963), son of Lady Pamela Hicks

Lord Mountbatten

Earls Mountbatten of Burma (1947)

Line of succession to the Earldom

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