George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
Philip de Laszlo, 1924 | |
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Born | Prince George of Battenberg 6 November 1892[1] New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Died | 8 April 1938 London, England | (aged 45)
Buried | 13 April 1938 Bray, Berkshire, England |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue |
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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenberg), and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
.
Biography
Prince George of Battenberg, as he then was, was born at
morganatic branch. His siblings were Princess Alice (mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to whom he was a mentor in Philip's adolescence), Queen Louise of Sweden and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
(who assumed the role of Philip's mentor after George's death).
George followed his father into the
communist revolutionaries
.
Lord Milford Haven, as George was now known, remained in the Royal Navy after the war; he was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 15 February 1922[4] and to commander on 31 December 1926.[5] In 1932, he retired from active service at his own request, with effect from 9 December of that year.[6] On 6 November 1937, shortly before his death, he was promoted to the rank of captain on the retired list.[7]
An accomplished mathematician, the
Queen Elizabeth II, his niece-in-law, considered him "one of the most intelligent and brilliant of people".[9]
Marriage and issue
Prince George of Battenberg, as he then was known, married
Countess Sophie von Merenberg) on 15 November 1916 at the Russian Embassy, Welbeck Street, London. They lived at Lynden Manor[10] at Holyport in Berkshire
and had two children:
- Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten (Edinburgh, Scotland, 16 December 1917 – Northampton, England, 15 May 1988).
- David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (Edinburgh, Scotland, 12 May 1919 – London, England 14 April 1970).
Death
Lord Milford Haven died of
.Legacy to the British Museum
Lord Milford Haven left artifacts to the British Museum.[11][12]
Honours
National
- United Kingdom:
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), 1916[13]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), 1932[13]
Foreign
- Italian Royal Family: Knight of the Military Order of Savoy, authorised to wear 11 August 1917[14]
- Order of St Vladimir, 4th class, with Swords, authorised to wear 5 June 1917[15]
Arms
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Ancestry
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Notes
- ^ a b Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Bestand: 901; Laufende Nummer: 150
- ^ "No. 28688". The London Gazette. 7 February 1913. p. 960.
- ^ "No. 28802". The London Gazette. 17 February 1914. p. 1273.
- ^ "No. 32613". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 February 1922. p. 1414.
- ^ "No. 33235". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1926. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 33890". The London Gazette. 9 December 1932. p. 7833.
- ^ "No. 34454". The London Gazette. 12 November 1937. p. 7087.
- ^ Hough, p. 359
- ^ Quoted in Hough, p. 360
- ^ Lynden Manor Berkshire History
- ^ "Is that it?". the Guardian. 23 February 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Printed books". The British Library. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ a b [1] Milford Haven (1917) Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "No. 30227". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 August 1917. p. 8208.
- ^ "No. 30116". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1917. p. 5591.
- ^ a b Battenberg family at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ ISBN 0-7126-7448-9.
- ^ a b Metnitz, Gustav Adolf (1953), "Alexander", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 192; (full text online)
- ^ OCLC 76873355.
- ^ a b Franz, Eckhart G. (1987), "Ludwig IV.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 15, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 398–400; (full text online)
References
- ISBN 0-297-78470-6.
External links
- Portraits of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven at the National Portrait Gallery, London