George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
| The Marquess of Milford Haven | |
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| Predecessor | Louis Mountbatten |
| Successor | David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven |
| Spouse | Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby |
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| Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven |
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| Father | Prince Louis of Battenberg |
| Mother | Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine |
| Born | 6 December 1892 |
| Died | 8 April 1938 (aged 45) |
Captain George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (6 December 1892 – 8 April 1938), styled Earl of Medina between 1917 and 1921, was born the son of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenberg) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine at Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. His subsidiary titles included Viscount Alderney. He died aged 45 of cancer of the bone marrow.
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[edit] Biography
His siblings were Princess Alice (mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh), Queen Louise of Sweden and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
[edit] Marriage and issue
He married Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby (daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and Sophie von Merenberg, Countess de Torby) on 15 November 1916 at London. They lived at Lynden Manor at Holyport in Berkshire and had two children:
- Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten (Edinburgh, 16 December 1917 – Northampton, 15 May 1988)
- David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970)
He was an accomplished mathematician, who "could work out complicated gunnery problems in his head" and "read books on calculus casually on trains".[1]
Queen Elizabeth II said of him, "He was one of the most intelligent and brilliant of people."[2]
[edit] Styles from birth to death
- His Serene Highness Prince George of Battenberg (1892–1917)
- Mr. George Mountbatten (1917)
- Earl of Medina (1917–1921)
- The Most Honourable The Marquess of Milford Haven (1921–1938)
[edit] Honours
- Order of St Vladimir, 4th class, with Swords, authorised to wear 5 June 1917[3]
- Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon, 1917.[4]
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hough, p.359
- ^ Quoted in Hough, p.360
- ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30116/supplements/5591
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30363. p. 11322. 30 October 1917. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
[edit] References
- Hough, Richard (1984). Louis and Victoria: The Family History of the Mountbattens. Second edition. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0297784706.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Prince Louis of Battenberg |
Marquess of Milford Haven 1921–1938 |
Succeeded by David Michael Mountbatten |
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