List of titles and honours of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments during his time as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War, the last Viceroy and Governor-General of India, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff, and owing to his close relation to the British royal family and numerous other European royal families.
Where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title of Prince Louis of Battenberg being given as from his birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss, renunciation or when its use was discontinued.
==Royal and noble titles and styles==
* 25 June 1900 – 14 July 1917: His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg
* 14 July 1917 – 7 November 1917: Louis Mountbatten, Esq.
* 7 November 1917 – 23 August 1946: Lord Louis Mountbatten
* 23 August 1946 – 21 February 1947: The Right Honourable The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
* 21 February 1947 – 28 October 1947: His Excellency The Right Honourable The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
* 28 October 1947 – 21 June 1948: His Excellency The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
* 21 June 1948 – 27 August 1979: The Right Honourable The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Mountbatten was born a prince of Battenberg, a morganatic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, with the style of Serene Highness. On 14 July 1917, his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, dropped his German princely title due to anti-German feelings prevalent in Britain during World War I. Members of the Battenberg family living in Britain took the anglicized surname Mountbatten. Until his father was created Marquess of Milford Haven on 7 November 1917, Mountbatten had no title besides his military rank. From then he had the courtesy title Lord prefixed to his Christian name. He continued being styled as such until being raised to the peerage himself, first as Viscount Mountbatten of Burma on 23 August 1946 and later as Earl Mountbatten of Burma, both with the style of The Right Honourable, on 28 October 1947. From 21 February 1947 to 21 June 1948, he carried the additional style of Excellency by virtue of his Indian viceregal positions.
==Naval ranks==
; Royal Navy
* 15 July 1916: Midshipman
* 15 January 1919: Sub-Lieutenant
* 15 April 1920: Lieutenant
* 15 April 1928: Lieutenant-Commander
* 31 December 1932: Commander
* 30 June 1937: Captain
* 2 January 1946: Rear Admiral
* 22 June 1949: Vice-Admiral
* 27 January 1953: Admiral
* 22 October 1956: Admiral of the Fleet
==Commonwealth honours==
===British Empire/Commonwealth realms===
Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Appointments from Commonwealth realms
Country 	Date 	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
 	11 October 1920 	Member of the Fifth Class of the Royal Victorian Order 	 	MVO
 	18 July 1922 	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 	 	KCVO
 	1 February 1937 	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order 	 	GCVO
 	1 January 1929 	Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem 	 	CStJ
 	21 June 1940 	Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem	 	KStJ
 	23 June 1936 	Personal Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VIII 	 	ADC
 	1 February 1937 	Personal Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George VI 	 	ADC
 	March 1953 	Personal Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II 	 	ADC
 	1 January 1941 	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 	 	DSO
 	1943 	Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 	 	CB
 	10 April 1945 	Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 	 	KCB
 	9 June 1955 	Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 	 	GCB
/ England and Wales	3 December 1946 	897th Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter 	 	KG
 	1947 	Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council 	 	PC
 	21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947	Grand Master of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India 	 	
 	21 February 1947 	Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India 	 	GSCI
 	21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947	Grand Master of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire 	 	
 	21 February 1947 	Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire 	 	GCIE
 	16 July 1965 	Member of the Order of Merit, Military Division 	 	OM
Decorations (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Decoration from Commonwealth realms
Country	Date 	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
 	22 June 1911 	King George V Coronation Medal 	 	
 	26 July 1919 	British War Medal 	 	
 	1 September 1919	Victory Medal 	 	
 	6 May 1935 	King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 	 	
 	12 May 1937 	King George VI Coronation Medal 	 	
 	1945 	1939–45 Star 	 	
 	1945 	Atlantic Star 	 	
 	1945 	Africa Star 	 	
 	1945 	Burma Star 	 	
 	1945 	Italy Star 	 	
 	1945 	Defence Medal 	 	
 	1945 	War Medal 1939–1945 	 	
 	 	Naval General Service Medal 	 	
 	2 June 1953 	Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 	 	
 	6 February 1977 	Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal	 	
===Other commonwealth countries===
Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Appointments from other Commonwealth countries
Country	Date	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
 	1972	Collar of the Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin	 	
Decorations (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Decoration from other Commonwealth countries
Country	Date	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
 	1949	Indian Independence Medal	 	
==Foreign honours==
Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Foreign appointments
Country 	Date 	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
Grand Duchy of Hesse 	 	Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Louis 	 	
Kingdom of Spain 	1922 	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic 	 	gcYC
Kingdom of Egypt 	1922 	Officer of the Order of the Nile 	 	
Empire of Japan 	1922 	The Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class 	 	
Kingdom of Romania 	1924 	Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania 	 	
Kingdom of Romania 	1937 	Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania 	 	
United States 	1943 	Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit. 	 	
Republic of China 	1945 	Special Grand Cordon of the Order of the Cloud and Banner 	 	
Kingdom of Thailand 	21 January 1946	Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant 	 	PCh (KCE)
Kingdom of Nepal 	10 May 1946 	Member of the First Class of the Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal	60px 	
French Republic 	3 June 1946 	Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour 	 	
Kingdom of Greece 	1946 	Grand Cross (Military) of the Royal Order of George I 	 	
Kingdom of the Netherlands	1948 	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 	 	
Portuguese Republic 	1951 	Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz 	 	GCA
Kingdom of Sweden 	1952 	Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim 	 	RSerafO
Union of Burma 	1956 	Grand Commander of the Most Glorious Order of Truth 	 	
Kingdom of Denmark 	1962 	Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog 	 	S.K.
Ethiopian Empire 	1956 	Grand Cordon of the Order of the Seal of Solomon 	 	
Decorations (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Foreign decoration
Country 	Date 	Appointment 	Ribbon	Post-nominalletters
Kingdom of Greece	1941 	War Cross 	 	
United States 	1945 	Distinguished Service Medal 	 	
United States 	1945 	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal	 	
French Republic 	3 June 1946 	1939–1945 War Cross 	 	
Kingdom of Nepal 	24 February 1975	King Birendra Coronation Medal	 	
==Wear of orders, decorations, and medals==
Awards that were worn regularly by Mountbatten are noted in the above tables and were worn in accordance with customary British conventions applicable to the occasion, the location and to the form of dress worn. Awards not specifically noted were worn by Mountbatten on appropriate occasions relating to the country that made the award, again in accordance with UK conventions. The ribbons worn by Mountbatten at the time of his death were as follows: Displayed as they would be worn on a uniform shirt.
Ribbons of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
 			
 			
 			
 			
 			
 			
 			
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Mountbatten was one of the few persons eligible to wear four stars of British orders of knighthood. On his uniform, he wore the stars of the orders of the Garter, Bath, Star of India and the Royal Victorian Order. No other British national was again eligible until his nephew Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 2017. Mountbatten wore the riband of the Garter, except on collar days, when he wore the Garter collar with the riband of his second highest order, the Order of the Bath. He was the last person to publicly wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. Having been appointed personal aide-de-camp to three sovereigns, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, he bore the unusual distinction of being allowed to wear three royal cyphers on his epaulettes.
==Honorary positions==
===Military===
; 
* 29 January 1965 – 27 August 1979: Colonel, The Life Guards and Gold Stick-in-Waiting
* 3 August 1965 – 27 August 1979: Colonel Commandant, Royal Marines
===Civil===
; 
* 20 July 1965 – 1 April 1974: Governor of the Isle of Wight
* 1 April 1974 – 27 August 1979: Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight
==Non-national titles and honours==
===City freedoms===
* City of London
* Edinburgh
===Memberships and fellowships===
Country	Date	Organisation 	Position
 	1948	Christ's College, Cambridge 	Honorary Fellow
 	1968	Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge	Fellow
 	1965	Institution of Electrical Engineers 	Honorary Member
===Patronages and presidencies===
Country 	Date 	Organisation 	Position
 	1957 	Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society	Patron
 	1966–1972	British Academy of Film and Television Arts 	President
International	1968–1977	United World Colleges 	President
===Honorary degrees===
Country	Date	Institution 	Degree
 	1946	University of Cambridge 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1946	University of Oxford 	Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)
 	1948	University of Delhi 	Doctor of Science (DSc)
 	1948	Patna University 	Doctor of Science (DSc)
 	1950	University of Leeds 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1954	University of Edinburgh 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1955	University of Southampton 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1960	University of London 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1963	University of Sussex 	Doctor of Law (LLD)
 	1968	Heriot-Watt University 	Doctor of Science (DSc)
 	1972	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Law (LLD)
==Honorific eponyms==
===Awards===
* Mountbatten Maritime Prize
* IET Mountbatten Medal
===Buildings===
* The Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hampshire
* Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire
* Earl Mountbatten Hospice, Isle of Wight
* Mountbatten Building, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
* Mountbatten MRT station, Singapore
===Events===
* Mountbatten Festival of Music
* Mountbatten Commemorative Lecture
===Geographic locations===
* Mountbatten, Singapore
* Mountbatten Avenue, Ottawa, Canada
===Organizations===
* Mountbatten Institute, New York City, USA
===Miscellaneous===
* Mountbatten Brailler
* Mountbatten pink
* Rosa 'Mountbatten'
==See also==
* Earl Mountbatten of Burma
* List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 
* List of titles and honours of Charles III
==References and notes==
===References===
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===Notes===
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