Kershman's guidebook. November 2, 1983 - Statue of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Foreign Office Green, Whitehall, London (England). Overlooks Horse Guards. Unveiled by Queen Elizabeth. Mountbatten [1900-1979] was a statesman & naval officer, the last Viceroy of India (1947) & the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India (1947–48), from