Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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).[1]
Creation date28 October 1947
Created byGeorge VI
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderLouis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
Present holderNorton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl
Heir apparentNicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull
Remainder tothe 1st Earl's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten; the 1st Earl's daughters and heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesViscount Mountbatten of Burma
Baron Brabourne
Baron Romsey
Baronet 'of Mersham Hatch'
Seat(s)Broadlands[2]
Former seat(s)Classiebawn Castle

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.

The family seat is Newhouse Manor, near Ashford, Kent.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Broadlands". lordmountbattenofburma.com.