Biography
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, and member of the British royal family. A maternal uncle of Prince Philip and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, he served in the Royal Navy during both world wars and rose to become Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the later stages of the Second World War. He subsequently oversaw the transition of British India to independence as the last Viceroy and the first Governor‑General of independent India. As the last viceroy of India, Mountbatten also oversaw its partition into the Dominions of India and Pakistan and the integration of the princely states into India.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Strasbourg-II · 1979
- Fellow of the Royal Society · 1966
- Order of Merit · 1965
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath · 1955
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire · 1947
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- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India · 1947
- Knight of the Garter · 1946
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath · 1945
- Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit · 1943
- Companion of the Order of the Bath · 1943
- Distinguished Service Order · 1941
- Mentioned in Despatches · 1941
- Knight of the Order of Saint John · 1940
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order · 1937
- Commander of the Order of Saint John · 1928
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · 1922
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order · 1922
- Member of the Royal Victorian Order · 1920
- 1939–45 Star
- Africa Star
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- British War Medal
- Burma Star
- Croix de Guerre
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Inter-Allied Victory Medals
- King George V Coronation Medal
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
- King George VI Coronation Medal
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Legion of Merit
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- Order of Aviz
- Order of George I
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Order of Saint John
- Order of Solomon
- Order of the Bath
- Order of the Cloud and Banner
- Order of the Crown of Romania
- Order of the Dannebrog
- Order of the Garter
- Order of the Indian Empire
- Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Order of the Nile
- Order of the Star of India
- Order of the Star of Nepal
- Order of the Star of Romania
- Order of the White Elephant
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- Royal Order of the Seraphim
- Royal Victorian Order
- Victory Medal (United Kingdom)
- War Cross
- War Medal 1939–1945
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