Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Countess Mountbatten of Burma | |
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Knatchbull in 1941 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a Hereditary peer 27 August 1979 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten 14 February 1924 Westminster, London, England |
| Died | 13 June 2017 (aged 93) Mersham, Kent, England |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma Hon. Michael-John Knatchbull Hon. Anthony Knatchbull Lady Joanna Knatchbull Lady Amanda Ellingworth Hon. Philip Knatchbull Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull Hon. Timothy Knatchbull |
| Parent(s) | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Edwina Ashley |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Third officer |
| Unit | Women's Royal Naval Service |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness Brabourne, CBE, DStJ, MSC, CD (née Mountbatten; 14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017), was a British peeress and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and of heiress Edwina Ashley (a patrilineal descendant of the earls of Shaftesbury, first ennobled in 1661). She was the elder sister of Lady Pamela Hicks, the first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the last surviving baptismal sponsor to her first cousin once removed King Charles III. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Lady Mountbatten succeeded her father to the Earldom Mountbatten of Burma when he was assassinated in 1979, as his peerages had been created with special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. This inheritance accorded her the title of countess and a seat in the House of Lords, where she remained until 1999, when the House of Lords Act 1999 removed most hereditary peers from the House.