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created 1 June 2003. Corrected and updated
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Lord
Louis Mountbatten
Earl of Burma
1900-1979
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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Titles: |
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1900.06.25 |
H.S.H. Prince Louis Francis
of Battenberg |
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1917 |
dropped surname Battenberg
and adopted surname Mountbatten, with the style Lord Louis Mountbatten
(son of a Marquess) |
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1946.08.23 |
Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
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1947.10.28 |
Earl Mountbatten
of Burma, Baron Romsey |
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British Empire/Commonwealth Orders
and Awards: |
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1920 |
MVO |
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1922 |
KCVO |
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1937 |
GCVO |
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1941.01.01 |
DSO |
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1943.09.21 |
CB |
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1943 |
KJSt.J |
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1945.04.10 |
KCB |
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1946 |
Sword of Honour and Freedom of City of London |
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1946.12.03 |
KG |
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1947.03.24 |
GCSI |
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1947.03.24 |
GCIE |
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1947 |
Privy Councillor |
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1954 |
Freedom of City of Edinburgh |
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1955.06.09 |
GCB |
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1961 |
Freedom of Paimpol |
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1965.07.16 |
OM |
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Foreign Orders and Awards: |
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Grand Cross of the Order of Louis of Hesse |
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1922 |
The Order of the Rising Sun, fourth class, Japan |
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1922 |
The Order of the Nile, fourth class, Egypt |
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1922 |
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella Catolica, Spain
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1924 |
Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, Roumania |
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1937 |
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star, Roumania |
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1942.04.28 |
Greek Military Cross, Crete |
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1943 |
Legion of Merit, United States of America |
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1945.10.09 |
Distinguished Service Medal, United States of America
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1945.04.10 |
Special Grand Cordon of the Cloud and Banner, China
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1946 |
The Order of the White Elephant, Siam |
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1946 |
Grand Cross of the Most Refulgent Order of the Star,
Nepal |
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1946 |
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France |
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1946.11.05 |
Grand Cross of the Order of George I, Greece |
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1948.01.13 |
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion, Netherlands |
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1951 |
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz, Portugal
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1952 |
The Order of Seraphim, Sweden |
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1956 |
Agga Maha Thiri Thuddhamma, Burma |
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1962 |
Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, Denmark |
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1965 |
Grand Cross of the Order of the Seal of Solomon, Ethiopia
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1972 |
The Most Esteemed Family Order, Brunei |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1947 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Calcutta Light Horse [to 1947] |
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1947.07.25 |
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Honorary Colonel,
292nd Airborne
Field Regiment, RA [to 1955] |
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1950 |
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Honorary Colonel,
428th
The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, RA [to 1955] |
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1955.10.31 |
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Honorary Colonel,
289th
Parachute Regt, RHA [on formation] |
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1964.09.17 |
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Honorary Colonel,
4th/5th
Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment [to
1967] |
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1965.01.29 |
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Colonel, The
Life Guards |
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1965.08.03 |
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Colonel Commandant,
Royal Marines |
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1967.04.01 |
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Honorary Colonel,
The
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials
[to 1971] |
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1971.04.01 |
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Deputy Honorary
Colonel, 2nd
Battalion, Wessex Volunteers [on formation;
to 25 June 1971] |
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Commodore, Sea
Scouts |
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1913-1916 |
Naval Cadet, Osborne Royal
Naval College & Dartmouth Royal Naval College |
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1916 |
Midshipman, Royal Navy |
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1916-1918 |
served in WW1: HMS Lion,
1916; HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1917; HM Subm K6, 1918; HMS P31, 1918 |
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1918 |
Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy
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1920 |
Lieutenant, Royal Navy
[HMS Renown, 1920 (Prince of Wales' Tour, Australia
and New Zealand); HMS Repulse, 1921; HMS Renown, 1921 (Prince of Wales'
Tour to India, Japan, and the Far East); HMS Revenge, 1923; Signal
School, Portsmouth, 1924; RN College, Greenwich, 1925; Reserve Fleet
Wireless and Signal Officer, 1926; Assistant Fleet Wireless Officer,
Mediterranean Fleet, 1927-28] |
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1928 |
Lieutenant Commander, Royal
Navy
[2nd Destroyer Flotilla Signal and Wireless Officer,
1928-29; Senior Wireless Instructor, Signal School, Portsmouth, 1929-31;
Fleet Wireless Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1931-33] |
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1932 |
Commander, Royal Navy
[in command of HMS Daring, 1934; and of HMS Wishart,
1935; Admiralty (Naval Air Division), 1936] |
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1933 |
qualified as interpreter in
French and German |
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1936 |
Personal Naval ADC to HM King
Edward VIII |
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1937-1952 |
Personal Naval ADC to HM King
George VI |
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1937.06.30 |
Captain, Royal Navy |
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1939-1941 |
naval service in WW2: CO
HMS Kelly (27 June1939-23 May 1941) & Captain (D) 5th Destroyer Flotilla
(ship sunk) CO HMS Illustrious (Aug.-Oct.1941); MID 9 Aug.1940 for
action with enemy light forces in May 1940; MID 21 Mar.1941 for Operation
Medium (bombing Cherbourg 10 Oct. .40) |
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1941 |
Commodore 1st Class, Royal
Navy |
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1941.10.27 |
Chief of Combined Operations
[to 1943] |
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1943.10.04 |
member of British Chiefs of
Staff Committee [to 1943] |
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1942.03.18 |
Honorary Vice Admiral, Honorary
Lieutenant General, Honorary Air Marshal, and Acting Admiral for operations |
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1943 |
Acting Admiral |
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1943.10.04 |
Supreme
Allied Commander South East Asia [to June 1946] |
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1946.01.02 |
Rear Admiral
[Flag Officer Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean
Fleet, 1948-49] |
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1949 |
Vice Admiral |
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1950-1952 |
Fourth Sea Lord |
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1952 |
Acting Admiral |
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1952-1954 |
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean |
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1953 |
Admiral |
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1953-1979 |
Personal ADC to HM Queen Elizabeth
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1953-1954 |
Commander-in-Chief, Allied
Forces Mediterranean |
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1955-1959 |
First Sea Lord |
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1956 |
Admiral of the Fleet |
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1959-1965 |
Chief
of the Defence Staff |
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1965 |
retired |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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1940 |
High Steward of Romsey |
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1946 |
First Freeman of Romsey |
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1946-1974 |
Grand President, British Commonwealth
ExServices League |
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1947.03.24 |
Viceroy of the Dominion of
India [to Aug. 1947] |
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1947.08 |
Governor General of the Dominion
of India [to June 1948] |
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1965 |
Governor, Isle of Wight |
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1974-1979 |
HM Lord-Lieutenant, Isle of Wight |
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President, King George's Fund for Sailors |
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President, Royal Naval Film Corporation |
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President, Royal Naval Saddle Club |
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President, Sailors Home and Red Ensign Club |
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President, Gordon Smith Institute, Liverpool |
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President, Training Ship Mercury and Commando Benevolent Fund |
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President, BritainBurma Society |
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Patron, Legion
of Frontiersmen |
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Vice President,
Eastern Wessex Territorial Auxiliary & Volunteer Reserve Association |
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Elder Brother
of Trinity House |
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Prime Warden,
Shipwrights' Company |
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Honorary Member,
Honourable Company of Master Mariners |
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Member, Royal
Swedish Naval Society |
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