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| The Times April 22, 1924 Patricia was the elder of two daughters of Lord Louis Mountbatten, 4th and youngest child of Louis, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (ne Prince Louis of Battenberg), and Princess Victoria of Hesse and By Rhine. Until 1917, Lord Louis was styled as HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg. On July 18, 1922, Lord Louis married the Hon. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, daughter of Wilfred William Ashley, later 1st Baron Mount Temple, and Maude Cassel. [Edwina was Miss Edwina Ashley when she married. Her father was created Baron Mount Temple in 1932.] Patricia's younger sister, Pamela Carmen Louise, was born on April 19, 1929. Patricia and Pamela were styled as the Hon Patricia and the Hon Pamela Mountbatten after their father was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma on August 27, 1946. A year later on October 18, 1947, Louis was created Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey. The Letters Patent for this peerage allowed for female succession in the absence of no male heirs. She married John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924-2005). After the assassination of her father in August 1979, Patricia succeeded as the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. She and her husband each held a peerage in their own right. The couple had eight children: |
Lady Mountbatten was one of King Charles III's godparents. She and the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, were first cousins.
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma died at her home in Mersham, Kent on June 13, 2017. She was 93 years old.
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