Editing Earl Mountbatten of Burma (section)

==Special remainder==
When elevated to the peerage, the first Earl had no son, and the [[letters patent]] creating the peerages granted to him were all subject to the following special remainder, in the absence of heirs male:

<blockquote>''...to his eldest daughter Patricia Edwina Victoria, Baroness Brabourne...and the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten; and in default of such issue to every other daughter lawfully begotten of the said Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas... successively in order of seniority of age and priority of birth and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten...''</blockquote>

As a result, since the first Lord Mountbatten never had a son, his elder daughter, [[Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Patricia]], succeeded as the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon her father's death.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/the-2nd-countess-mountbatten-of-bur| website=lordmountbattenofburma.com| title=the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma| access-date=8 November 2021| archive-date=29 March 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329135334/https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/the-2nd-countess-mountbatten-of-bur| url-status=dead}}</ref> Should the legitimate male line of descent of the 2nd Countess become extinct, the peerages would be inherited by her sister, [[Lady Pamela Hicks]], and her legitimate heirs male. (But there are ten living male-line descendants of the 2nd Countess, as of 2024.)<!--the 3rd Earl and #1-9 in the line of succession, see below--> Should the legitimate male lines of both sisters fail, the peerages would become extinct.

While the male-line heirs of Lady Pamela Hicks are in the line of succession to the earldom, they are not in line of succession to the Barony of Brabourne.  Should the 7th Baron Brabourne's line become extinct, that peerage would revert to a male-line descendant of the 1st Baron Brabourne's 3rd son.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/john-7th-lord-brabourne| website=lordmountbattenofburma.com| title=John, 7th Lord Brabourne}}</ref>