#otd 27 August 1979 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was assassinated by the IRA. . Mountbatten was a member of British royal family, Royal Navy officer & statesman, a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, & second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of India of British India, & the first governor-general of the Dominion of India. . . . #Louismountbatten #Royalnavy #Royalfamily #Britishmonarchy #lestweforget #remembrance #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #onthisday #d27aug #royalhistory #history #royalty #admiralofthefleet #earl #earlmountbatten #royalnavyofficer #commander #Britishnavy #royal #royals #britishroyals #britishroyalfamily #navy #monarchy #british #britishroyalty #historyinpictures #britishhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CTE_AHRIbrU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#otd in Royal History . 27 August 1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English, Governor-General of India (b.1900) was assassinated by the IRA. . Mountbatten was a Royal Navy officer & statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 2nd cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. . During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (1943–1946). He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) & the first governor-general of independent India (1947–1948). . From 1954 to 1959, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. . In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb that was hidden aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. . . . #lestweforget #Britishhistory #LordMountbatten #AdmiraloftheFleet #Royal #Mountbatten #Louismountbatten #RoyalHistory #HistoryFacts #British #History #Admiral #Navy #earlmountbattenofburma #Earl #Royal #royalty #FirstSeaLord #royalnavyofficer #Statesman #Britishroyalty #Britishroyals ##AlliedCommander #Secondworldwar (at Mullaghmore, Sligo, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZ6m8tpgJb/?igshid=1dbu7g915hsjq

On This Day In Royal History . 24 May 1854 . Prince Louis of Battenberg was born . Louis was born as Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Graz, Styria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. . ◼ Although born in Austria, & brought up in Italy & Germany, he enrolled in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy at the age of fourteen. Queen Victoria & her son King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, occasionally intervened in his career: the Queen thought that there was “a belief that the Admiralty are afraid of promoting Officers who are Princes on account of the radical attacks of low papers & scurrilous ones”. However, Louis welcomed assignments that provided opportunities for him to acquire the skills of war & to demonstrate to his superiors that he was serious about his naval career. . ◼ Posts on royal yachts & tours arranged by the Queen & Edward actually impeded his progress, as his promotions were perceived as undeserved royal favours. .. ◼ After a naval career lasting more than forty years, in 1912 he was appointed First Sea Lord, the professional head of the British naval service. With World War I looming, he took steps to ready the British fleet for combat, but his background as a German prince forced his retirement once the war began, when anti-German sentiment was running high. He changed his name & relinquished his German titles, at the behest of King George V, in 1917. .. ◼ He married a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, & was the father of Queen Louise of Sweden & Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who also served as First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1959. . ◼ He is the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #theyear1854 #d24may #OnThisDay #PrinceLouis #LouisofBattenberg #History #AdmiraloftheFleet #RoyalNavy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #Prince #historians #Navy #Otd #bornonthisday #dreadnaught #royals #RoyalFamily #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #RoyalCollection #Mountbatten #Historyfacts (at Graz, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlEFaZD90i/?igshid=oez67gn10pk7

On This Day In History . 24 May 1854 . Prince Louis of Battenberg was born . Louis was born as Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Graz, Styria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. . ◼ Although born in Austria, & brought up in Italy & Germany, he enrolled in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy at the age of fourteen. Queen Victoria & her son King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, occasionally intervened in his career: the Queen thought that there was "a belief that the Admiralty are afraid of promoting Officers who are Princes on account of the radical attacks of low papers & scurrilous ones". However, Louis welcomed assignments that provided opportunities for him to acquire the skills of war & to demonstrate to his superiors that he was serious about his naval career. . ◼ Posts on royal yachts & tours arranged by the Queen & Edward actually impeded his progress, as his promotions were perceived as undeserved royal favours. .. ◼ After a naval career lasting more than forty years, in 1912 he was appointed First Sea Lord, the professional head of the British naval service. With World War I looming, he took steps to ready the British fleet for combat, but his background as a German prince forced his retirement once the war began, when anti-German sentiment was running high. He changed his name & relinquished his German titles, at the behest of King George V, in 1917. .. ◼ He married a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, & was the father of Queen Louise of Sweden & Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who also served as First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1959. . ◼ He is the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #theyear1854 #d24may #OnThisDay #PrinceLouis #LouisofBattenberg #History #AdmiraloftheFleet #RoyalNavy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #Prince #historians #Navy #dreadnaught #royals #RoyalFamily #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #RoyalCollection #Mountbatten #Historyfacts (at Graz, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2DtFhF6Uz/?igshid=qr87johhqru8

On This Day In History . 27 August 1979 . Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was killed in a terrorist attack . ◼ Mountbatten was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which had placed a bomb in his fishing boat, the Shadow V, at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in Ireland. . ◼ The boat was destroyed by the force of the blast, & Mountbatten's legs were almost blown off. Mountbatten, then aged 79, was pulled alive from the water by nearby fishermen, but died from his injuries before being brought to the shore. . ◼ Also aboard the boat were his eldest daughter Patricia (Lady Brabourne), her husband John (Lord Brabourne), their twin sons Nicholas & Timothy Knatchbull, John's mother Doreen, (dowager) Lady Brabourne, & Paul Maxwell, a young crew member from County Fermanagh. Nicholas (aged 14) & Paul (aged 15) were killed by the blast & the others were seriously injured. Doreen, Lady Brabourne (aged 83) died from her injuries the following day. . About Mountbatten; . ◼ Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; on 25 June 1900, known informally as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman & naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, & second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II. . ◼ During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command (1943–46). . ◼ He was the last Viceroy of India (1947) & the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion of India (1947–48), from which the modern Republic of India was to emerge in 1950. . ◼ From 1954 until 1959 he was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date. During this period Mountbatten also served as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee for a year. . . #LouisMountbatten #Mountbatten #EarlMountbatten #Admiral #Admiralofthefleet #PrinceLouis #Battenberg #LordMountbatten #royalfamily #history #Britishmonarchy #royalfamily #Royalnavy #Royalhistory (at Mullaghmore, Sligo, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1rN0MsghXb/?igshid=1r66cn5m1oz2c