Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, who in 1946 had been created the first Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. He was later promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.
| Earldom of Mountbatten of Burma | |
|---|---|
| Quarterly, 1st: azure, three cross-crosslets fitchée between two bendlets or (Knatchbull); 2nd: argent, two pallets sable (Mountbatten); 3rd: azure, a lion rampant double queued barry of ten argent and gules crowned or a bordure compony of the second and third (Hesse, with a bordure for difference); 4th: the Royal Arms differenced with 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 (Princess Alice). | |
| Creation date | 28 October 1947 |
| Created by | George VI |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
| 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 Brabourne Baron Romsey Baronet 'of Mersham Hatch' |
| Seat(s) | Broadlands |
| Former seat(s) | Classiebawn Castle |
The family seat is Newhouse Manor, near Ashford, Kent.
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