Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke

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The Marquess of Carisbrooke

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Wearing the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Birth namePrince Alexander Albert of Battenberg
Born(1886-11-23)23 November 1886
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Died23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 73)
Kensington Palace, London, United Kingdom
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
 British Army
 Royal Air Force
Years of service1902–08; 1909–19; 1941–45
RankLieutenant (RN)
Captain (British Army)
Flight Lieutenant (RAF)
UnitGrenadier Guards
Royal Air Force
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1917; died 1956)​
ChildrenLady Iris Kemp
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Coat of arms of Alexander Mountbatten. He used a coronet of a child of a daughter of a Sovereign above the shield rather than a marquess's coronet.[1]

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British Royal Navy officer, a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the last surviving grandson of Queen Victoria.

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage Second World War Edition. Burke's Peerage. p. 1961. Retrieved 12 December 2021.