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Authorised form of nameMountbatten; Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (1900 - 1979); 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Dates1900 - 1979
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFrogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Date of birth25/06/1900
Place of deathHalf a mile from Mullaghmore harbour, County Sligo, Ireland
Date of death27/08/1979
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Romsey Abbey, Hampshire
ActivityHonours:
MVO 1920; KCVO 1922; GCVO 1937; DSO 1941; CB 1943; KCB 1945; KG 1946; PC 1947; GCSI 1947; GCIE 1947; GCB 1955;
OM 1965; Viscount Mountbatten of Burma 1946; Earl 1947; Baron Romsey 1947
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election19/05/1966
Age at election65
SourceSources:
DNB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1981 vol 27 pp 355-364, plate, by Lord Zuckerman
References:
Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part One' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 253-273
CodeNA7329
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
PB/7/1/1/9/1Correspondence with Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust) re invitation to lecture, arrangements, and comments on text.1970-1971
HWT/31/14Royal Society Scientific Information CommitteeJanuary 1967
HWT/31/13Royal Society Scientific Information CommitteeNovember - December 1966
PB/6/3/2/4Correspondence with Earl Mountbatten of Burma re disarmament1958
PB/8/27/4Letters of thanks, comment etc from friend and colleagues re 'Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations'1956
PB/1/34/1Letters of congratulation on Blackett's Life Peerage1969
IM/003198Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burmand
IM/GA/GAC/5643Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burmand
EC/1966/37Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/CCM/6136Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burmand
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