| Earldom of Mountbatten of Burma | |
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  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: theRoyal 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).[1] | |
| 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'sheirs maleof the body lawfully begotten; the 1st Earl's daughters andheirs maleof their bodies lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Mountbatten of Burma Baron Brabourne Baron Romsey Baronet 'of Mersham Hatch' |
| Seat | Broadlands[2] |
| Former seat | Classiebawn CastleNewhouse[3] |
Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1947 forRear AdmiralLouis Mountbatten, who in 1946 had been created the first Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. He was later promoted toAdmiral of the Fleet.
The family seat is Newhouse Manor, nearAshford, Kent.
The Earldom was created in thePeerage of the United Kingdom on 28 October 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma.[4][dead link]
Thesubsidiary titles of the earldom areViscount Mountbatten of Burma, ofRomsey in theCounty of Southampton (created earlier in 1946), andBaron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created together with the Earldom in 1947). All these peerages are in thePeerage of the United Kingdom and have the samespecial remainder (see below).
Lord Romsey was thecourtesy title by which Lady Mountbatten's eldest son and heir was known until in 2005 he succeeded his fatherJohn Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne asBaron Brabourne, ofBrabourne in theCounty of Kent. Subsequently, with the death of his mother on 13 June 2017, he became the3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma. As a consequence, both the Brabourne peerage and theKnatchbull Baronetcy, ofMersham Hatch, in theBaronetage of England (created in 1641 forSir Norton Knatchbull) became subsidiary titles to the Earldom.
Lord Brabourne is now the courtesy title by which Lord Mountbatten's eldest son is known.[5]
When elevated to the peerage, the first Earl had no son, and theletters patent creating the peerages granted to him were all subject to the following special remainder, in the absence of heirs male:
...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... successively in order of seniority of age and priority of birth and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten...
As a result, since the first Lord Mountbatten never had a son, his elder daughter,Patricia, succeeded as the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon her father's death.[6] Should the legitimate male line of descent of the 2nd Countess become extinct, the peerages would be inherited by her sister,Lady Pamela Hicks, and her legitimate heirs male. (But there are ten living male-line descendants of the 2nd Countess, as of 2024.) Should the legitimate male lines of both sisters fail, the peerages would become extinct.
While the male-line heirs of Lady Pamela Hicks are in the line of succession to the earldom, they are not in line of succession to the Barony of Brabourne. Should the 7th Baron Brabourne's line become extinct, that peerage would revert to a male-line descendant of the 1st Baron Brabourne's 3rd son.[7]
| Created byGeorge VI of the United Kingdom | ||||||
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| # | Name | Period | Spouse | Notes | Other titles | Arms |
| 1 | Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979) | 1947–1979 | married, 1922, Edwina Ashley (1900–1960) | Born a prince of Battenberg, he renounced the title and adopted the name Mountbatten | 1stViscount Mountbatten of Burma and 1stBaron Romsey |  |
| 2 | Patricia Knatchbull (1924–2017) | 1979–2017 | married, 1946, John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005) | Elder daughter of the 1st Earl | 2ndViscountess Mountbatten of Burma and 2ndBaroness Romsey (1979; in her own right) |  |
| Baroness Brabourne (1946; by marriage) | ||||||
| 3 | Norton Knatchbull (born 1947) | since 2017 | married, 1979, Penelope Eastwood (born 1953) | Eldest son of the 2nd Countess | 3rdViscount Mountbatten of Burma and 3rdBaron Romsey (2017; inherited from mother) | [1] |
| 8thBaron Brabourne and 17thKnatchbull Baronetof Mersham Hatch (2005; inherited from father) | ||||||
Theheir apparent is the present holder's only son, Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979)Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924–2017)Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 1947)Source:[11]
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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 latePrincess 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 is encircled with theOrder of the Garter, of which the 1st earl was a member.
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