Editing Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Earldom of Mountbatten of Burma 
| image             = [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|150px|center]] [[File:Lord Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Knatchbull-Shield.svg|180px|centre]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Quarterly, 1st: azure, three cross-crosslets fitchée between two bendlets or ([[Baron Brabourne|Knatchbull]]); 2nd: argent, two pallets sable ([[Mountbatten family|Mountbatten]]); 3rd: azure, a lion rampant double queued barry of ten argent and gules crowned or a bordure compony of the second and third ([[Grand Duchy of Hesse|Hesse]], with a bordure for difference); 4th: the [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|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 of the United Kingdom|Princess Alice]])''.<ref name=Gazette/>
| creation_date     = 28 October 1947 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[George VI]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl]] 
| heir_apparent     = Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Earl's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten; the 1st Earl's daughters and [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of their bodies]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Mountbatten of Burma<br />[[Baron Brabourne]]<br />Baron Romsey<br />Baronet 'of Mersham Hatch' 
| status            =  
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       = [[Broadlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/broadlands-1|website=lordmountbattenofburma.com|title=Broadlands}}</ref>
| former_seat       = [[Classiebawn Castle]]
Newhouse <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRxIBdtpzw&list=TLPQMDIxMTIwMjS9iZpS-vKh2w&index=2|title=Classiebawn Castle}}</ref> 
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'''Earl Mountbatten of Burma''' is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]], created in 1947 for [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|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]].

==Creation==
The Earldom was created in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] on 28 October 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma.
<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com/copy-of-birth-1| website=lordmountbattenofburma.com| title=Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma}}</ref> 

The [[subsidiary titles]] of the earldom are '''Viscount Mountbatten of Burma''', of [[Romsey]] in the [[County of Southampton]] (created earlier in 1946), and '''Baron Romsey''', of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created together with the Earldom in 1947). All these peerages are in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] and have the same [[special remainder]] (see below). 

''Lord Romsey'' was the [[Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom|courtesy title]] by which Lady Mountbatten's eldest son and heir was known until in 2005 he succeeded his father [[John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne]] as [[Baron Brabourne]], of [[Brabourne]] in the [[County of Kent]]. Subsequently, with the death of his mother on 13 June 2017, he became the [[Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma|3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]. As a consequence, both the Brabourne peerage and the [[Knatchbull Baronets|Knatchbull Baronetcy]], of [[Mersham|Mersham Hatch]], in the [[Baronetage of England]] (created in 1641 for [[Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet|Sir Norton Knatchbull]]) became subsidiary titles to the Earldom. 

''Lord Brabourne'' is now the courtesy title by which Lord Mountbatten's eldest son is known.<ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/12/prince-charless-godson-gets-engaged-professional-mermaid-8336521/ "Prince Charles’s godson gets engaged to a professional mermaid"],  [[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]], 12 January 2019</ref>

==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>

==Earls Mountbatten of Burma (1947)==
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{| style="text-align:center" class="wikitable"
! colspan="7" |Created by [[George VI of the United Kingdom]]
|-
! style="width:10%%" | # !! style="width:15%" | Name !! Period !! style="width:15%" | Spouse !! style="width:30%" | Notes !! Other titles !! Arms
|- bgcolor="#dddddd" |
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| 1 || [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]]<br />(1900–1979) || 1947–1979|| married, 1922,<br />[[Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Edwina Ashley]]<br />(1900–1960) || Born a prince of Battenberg, he renounced the title and adopted the name Mountbatten || 1st [[Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]]<br />and 1st [[Baron Romsey]] ||[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|90px]][[File:Earl Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Shield.svg|100px]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | [[Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Patricia Knatchbull]]<br />(1924–2017) || rowspan="2" | 1979–2017|| rowspan="2" | married, 1946,<br />[[John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne|John Knatchbull,<br />7th Baron Brabourne]]<br />(1924–2005) || rowspan="2" | Elder daughter of the 1st Earl|| 2nd [[Viscount Mountbatten of Burma|Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma]] and 2nd [[Baron Romsey|Baroness Romsey]]<br /><small>(in her own right)</small> 
| rowspan="2" |[[File:2nd Lady Mountbaten Arms.png|frameless|203x203px]]
|-
|[[Baron Brabourne|Baroness Brabourne]]<br /> <small>(by marriage)</small>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3 || rowspan="2" | [[Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Norton Knatchbull]]<br />(born 1947) || rowspan="2" | since 2017 || rowspan="2" | married, 1979,<br />[[Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma|Penelope Eastwood]]<br />(born 1953) || rowspan="2" | Eldest son of the 2nd Countess || 3rd [[Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]] and 3rd [[Baron Romsey]]<br /><small>(inherited from mother)</small> || rowspan="2" | [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|90px]][[File:Lord Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Knatchbull-Shield.svg|100px]]<br /><ref name="Gazette">Arms granted to Earls Mountbatten of Burma who descend from the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma's elder daughter: see {{London Gazette |issue=44059 |date=21 July 1966 |page=8227}}
<br />"ROYAL LICENCE
<br />Whitehall, London S.W.I.
<br />30th June 1966.
<br />The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give and
grant unto Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas
(Mountbatten), Earl Mountbatten of Burma, K.G.,
G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.,
P.C., Admiral of the Fleet, Her Majesty's Royal
Licence and Authority that every person being a
descendant of his elder daughter and coheir presumptive
Patricia Edwina Victoria wife of John Ulick
(Knatchbull) Baron Brabourne upon whom the title
and dignity of Earl Mountbatten of Burma may
descend by virtue of His Majesty's Letters Patent of
Creation bearing date the 18th day of October 1947
may bear and use in lieu of and in substitution for
his own paternal Arms, Crests and Supporters, the
Arms of Knatchbull quarterly with the Arms of
Mountbatten, the Arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
and the Arms of Princess Alice Maud Mary, Grand
Duchess of Hesse and the Rhine together with the
Crests of Knatchbull, of Mountbatten and of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Supporters of
Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the
County of Southampton, the whole with due and
proper differences according to the Laws of Arms, the
said Arms, Crests and Supporters being first duly
exemplified according to the Laws of Arms and
recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms: otherwise
the said Royal Licence and Permission to be
void and of none effect.<br />
And to command that the said Royal Concession and Declaration be recorded in the said College of Arms."</ref>
|-
|8th [[Baron Brabourne]] and 17th [[Knatchbull baronets|''Knatchbull'' Baronet ''of Mersham Hatch'']]<br /><small>(inherited from father)</small>
|}

The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's only son, Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).

==Line of succession==
{{Tree list}}
*[[Image:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] ''[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1900–1979)''
**[[Image:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] ''[[Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma]] (1924–2017)''
***[[Image:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|15px]] [[Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (born 1947)
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(1)''' Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (b. 1981) <ref name=Brab>Also in the line of succession to the Barony of Brabourne, in order, starting with Nicholas Knatchbull.</ref>
*****'''(2)''' The Hon. Alexander Knatchbull (b. 2022) <ref name=Brab /><ref>{{cite news|last=Davies-Evitt |first=Dora   |date=27 June 2022 |title=Prince Charles's godson welcomes first child |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-charless-godson-welcomes-first-child |work=[[Tatler]] |location= |access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
***  '''(3)''' The Hon. Michael Knatchbull (b. 1950) <ref name=Brab />
***  '''(4)''' The Hon. Philip Knatchbull (b. 1961) <ref name=Brab />
**** '''(5)''' Frederick Knatchbull (b. 2003) <ref name=Brab />
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(6)''' John Knatchbull (b. 2004)<ref name=Brab />
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(7)''' The Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (b. 1964)<ref name=Brab />
****  '''(8)''' Milo Knatchbull (b. 2001) <ref name=Brab />
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(9)''' Ludovic Knatchbull (b. 2003) <ref name=Brab />
** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(10)''' [[Lady Pamela Hicks]] (b. 1929)
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(11)''' [[Ashley Hicks]] (b. 1963)
****  '''(12)''' Caspian Hicks (b. 2018)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated-->  |date=2 January 2019 |title=Exclusive: Kata Hicks on the end of her marriage and moving on |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/kata-hicks-exclusive-interview |work=[[Tatler]] |location= |access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
****  {{Tree list/final branch}} '''(13)''' Horatio Hicks (b. 2019)
{{Tree list/end}}
Source: <ref>{{cite book |year=2019|chapter=Mountbatten of Burma, Earl (Knatchbull) |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |pages=3730–3735 |arxiv= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref>

==Coat of arms of the 1st earl==
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[[File:Coat of Arms of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.svg|thumb|Arms of The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure a lion rampant double-queued barry of ten argent and gules armed and langued of the last crowned or within a bordure company of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, argent two pallets sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an escutcheon of the arms of the late [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|Princess Alice]], namely: the royal arms differenced by 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 sable. The shield is encircled with the [[Order of the Garter]], of which the 1st earl was a member.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Earls Mountbatten of Burma}}
* [https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com Tribute & Memorial Website to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]

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