David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven

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David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (May 12, 1919–April 14, 1970), styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Nadezhda de Torby.

His paternal grandparents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and the Rhine. His maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and Sophia von Merenberg de Torby. He is also a descendant of the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin as well as of Peter the Great's African protégé, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.

He enjoyed a close friendship with Prince Philip of Greece, later the Duke of Edinburgh, and served as best man to the prince at his marriage to The Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.

Lord Milford Haven married, firstly, Romaine Dahlgren Pierce (17 July 1923-15 February 1975), daughter of Ulric Dahlgren Pierce and Margaret Knickerbocker Clark, on 4 February 1950 at Washington D.C., U.S.A.. They were divorced in 1954 in Mexico.

He married, secondly, Janet Mercedes Bryce (born 29 September 1937), daughter of Major Francis Bryce and Gladys Jean Mosley, on 17 November 1960 at St. Andrew's Church, Frognal, London. They had two children:

  1. George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961)
  2. Lord Ivar Mountbatten (born 9 March 1963)

He died from a heart attack aged 50 on 14 April 1970 in London and is buried at Whippingham Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight.

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Preceded by:
HSH Prince George of Battenberg		 Marquess of Milford Haven
1938-1970		 Succeeded by:
George Mountbatten
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