Who assassinated Lord Mountbatten?
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was the youngest of four children born to Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse. He was the brother of George Mountbatten, the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and had two sisters, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Queen Louise of Sweden. Since his birth, he…
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was the youngest of four children born to Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse.
He was the brother of George Mountbatten, the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and had two sisters, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Queen Louise of Sweden. Since his birth, he has been known as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg.
Mountbatten was educated at home for the first ten years of his life before being sent to Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire. In 1913, he transferred to the Royal Naval College, Osborne.
On July 18, 1922, Mountbatten married Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, daughter of Wilfred William Ashley.
Lady Patricia Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, sometime lady-in-waiting to the Queen, and Lady Pamela Carmen Louise (Hicks), sometime lady-in-waiting to the Queen, had a cordial relationship and were blessed with two daughters.
Mountbatten created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma of Romsey in the County of Southampton and Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey in the County of Southampton, stating that because he had no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth, and to their male heirs.
Who assassinated Lord Mountbatten?
Provisional IRA bombmaker Thomas McMahon, 31, was convicted guilty of the Mountbatten attack and sentenced to life in prison. Francis McGirl, a 24-year-old IRA activist, was found not guilty.
McMahon was freed from jail after serving 19 years as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
