Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Earldom Mountbatten of Burma

Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure company of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Pallets Sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of the late Princess Alice, namely: the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable. The shield used to be encircled with the Order of the Garter, of which the 1st Earl was a member.
Creation date 28 October 1947
Monarch George VI
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Louis Mountbatten
Present holder Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl
Heir apparent Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull
Remainder to the 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten; the 1st Earl's daughters and heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
Baron Romsey
Baron Brabourne
Knatchbull Baronet
Seat(s) Broadlands
Former seat(s) Classiebawn Castle

Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India. The letters patent creating the title specified the following special remainder:

...to his eldest daughter Patricia Edwina Victoria, Baroness Brabourne...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's eldest daughter Patricia succeeded as the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon the former's death. Should the legitimate male line of descent of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma become extinct, the peerages will be inherited by her sister, Lady Pamela Hicks, and her legitimate heirs male. Should the legitimate male line of both sisters become extinct, the peerages 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's eldest son and heir was known until he succeeded his father as the 8th Baron Brabourne in 2005. Subsequently, with the death of his mother on 13 June 2017, Lord Brabourne became the 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma. As consequence, both the peerage title Baron Brabourne (created in 1880 for Liberal politician Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen) and the Knatchbull Baronetcy (created in 1641 for politician Norton Knatchbull) became subsidiary to that of the Earldom.

The family seat is Newhouse Manor, near Ashford, Kent.

Earls Mountbatten of Burma (1947)

Created by George VI of the United Kingdom
# Name Period Spouse Notes Other titles Arms
1 Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten
(1900–1979) 		1947–1979 Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley Born a prince of Battenberg, he renounced the title and adopted the name Mountbatten Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
Baron Romsey
2 Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull
(1924–2017) 		1979–2017 John Ulick Knatchbull,
7th Baron Brabourne 		Daughter of the 1st Earl Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma
(in her own right)
Baroness Romsey
(in her own right)
Baroness Brabourne
(by marriage)
3 Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull
(born 1947) 		since 2017 Penelope Meredith Eastwood Son of the 2nd Countess Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
(inherited from mother)
Baron Romsey
(inherited from mother)
Baron Brabourne
(inherited from father)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).

Line of succession

  1. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Romsey (b. 1981), only son of the 3rd Earl [1]
  2. The Hon. Michael John Ulick Knatchbull (b. 1950), second son of the 2nd Countess [1]
  3. The Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull (b. 1961), fourth son of the 2nd Countess [1]
  4. Frederick Michael Hubert Knatchbull (b. 2003), elder son of the Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull [1]
  5. John Robin Rocky Knatchbull (b. 2004), younger son of the Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull [1]
  6. The Hon. Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull (b. 1964), fifth son of the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma [1]
  7. Milo Columbus John Knatchbull (b. 2001), elder son of The Hon. Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull [1]
  8. Ludovic David Nicholas Knatchbull (b. 2003), second son of The Hon. Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull [1]
  9. Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (b. 1929), younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
  10. Ashley Louis David Hicks (b. 1963), only son of Lady Pamela Hicks

[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Also in the line of succession to the Barony of Brabourne, in order, starting with Nicholas Knatchbull.
  2. ↑ thepeerage/Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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