Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

=== Daughter as heir ===
Lord and Lady Mountbatten had two daughters: [[Patricia Knatchbull]] (14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corby |first1=Tom |title=Countess Mountbatten of Burma |department=obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/15/countess-mountbatten-of-burma-obituary |work=The Guardian |date=15 June 2017 |access-date=28 October 2017 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065002/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/15/countess-mountbatten-of-burma-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref> sometime lady-in-waiting to [[Queen Elizabeth II]], and [[Lady Pamela Hicks]] (born 19 April 1929), who accompanied them to India in 1947–1948 and was also sometime lady-in-waiting to the Queen.<ref name=burke/>

Since Mountbatten had no sons when he was created Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton on 27 August 1946<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37702 |date=27 August 1946|page=4305}}</ref> and then Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Baron Romsey, in the County of Southampton on 18 October 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38109 |date=28 October 1947 |page=5074}}</ref> the [[Letters Patent]] were drafted such that in the event he left no sons or issue in the male line, the titles could pass to his daughters, in order of seniority of birth.<ref name="auto"/>