Lord Louis Mountbatten

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British peer Governor-General of India Royal Navy officer Viceroy of India human

Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of British India and a senior British naval officer who oversaw the transition to Indian independence and the creation of India and Pakistan.

Aliases (12)

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ×69
Lord Mountbatten ×6
Louis Mountbatten ×6
1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ×1
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten ×1
Admiral Lord Mountbatten ×1
Admiral Louis Mountbatten ×1
Lord Louis Mountbatten (as theatre commander) ×1
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten ×1
Mountbatten ×1
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma ×1
Viscount Mountbatten of Burma ×1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British peer → Governor-General of India → Royal Navy officer → Viceroy of India → human →
alsoKnownAs	Lord Louis Mountbatten → Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Legion of Merit → Order of Merit → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter →
birthName	Prince Louis of Battenberg →
burialPlace	Romsey Abbey, Hampshire, England →
causeOfDeath	assassination → bombing →
child	Lady Pamela Hicks → Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma →
conflict	First World War → Second World War →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1900-06-25 →
dateOfDeath	1979-08-27 →
educatedAt	Osborne Naval College → Royal Naval College, Dartmouth →
ethnicOrigin	German →
familyName	Mountbatten →
father	Prince Louis of Battenberg →
givenName	Louis →
honorificPrefix	Lord →
house	House of Mountbatten →
killedBy	Provisional Irish Republican Army →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral of the Fleet →
monarchDuringTerm	George VI →
mother	Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine →
notableEvent	assassination at Mullaghmore while on a fishing trip →
notableFor	oversaw the partition of British India into India and Pakistan → oversaw the transition from British India to independence →
notableWork	role in decolonisation of British India →
officeEnd	Governor-General of India 1948-06-21 → Viceroy of India 1947-08-15 →
officeStart	Governor-General of India 1947-08-15 → Viceroy of India 1947-02-21 →
placeOfBirth	Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England →
placeOfDeath	Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland →
positionHeld	Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) → Colonel of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps → Colonel of the Life Guards → First Sea Lord → Governor of the Isle of Wight → Governor-General of India → Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command → Viceroy and Governor-General of India → Viceroy of India →
previousHouse	House of Battenberg →
relatedTo	British royal family →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire →
sibling	Princess Alice of Battenberg NERFINISHED →
spouse	Edwina Ashley →
title	1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → Baron Romsey → Viscount Mountbatten of Burma →
uncleOf	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Burma campaign ("Louis Mountbatten") → Dieppe Raid → Operation Biting → Operation Dracula ("Admiral Louis Mountbatten") →	commander
China Burma India Theater ("Louis Mountbatten") → Chindits ("Lord Louis Mountbatten (as theatre commander)") → Pacific theater commands ("Louis Mountbatten") → South East Asia Command ("Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma") →	notableCommander
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ("Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten") →	alsoKnownAs
South East Asia Command ("Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma") → South East Asia Command ("Admiral Lord Mountbatten") →	commanderInChief
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ("1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma") → Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ("Viscount Mountbatten of Burma") →	title
Radcliffe Line ("Lord Mountbatten") →	announcedBy
Tryst with Destiny speech ("Lord Mountbatten") →	associatedPerson
Indian Independence Act 1947 →	associatedWith
Japanese occupation of Singapore ("Louis Mountbatten") →	endSignedBy
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ("Mountbatten") →	familyName
South East Asia Command ("Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma") →	firstCommander
Dominion of India ("Lord Mountbatten") →	firstGovernorGeneral
Dominion of India ("Lord Mountbatten") →	governorGeneral
Partition of India →	keyFigure
Viceroy of India ("Lord Mountbatten") →	lastHolder
United Kingdom ("Louis Mountbatten") →	notableCommanderInBurmaOperations
Viceroy of India ("Lord Mountbatten") →	notableOfficeHolder
Operation Biting ("Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten") →	plannedBy
Radcliffe Line →	relatedHistoricalFigure
Lord Wavell ("The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma") →	succeededBy
Hisaichi Terauchi ("Louis Mountbatten") →	surrenderedTo