Louis Mountbatten

Laksamana Armada Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, Earl Pertama Mountbatten dari Burma (lahir Putera Louis dari Battenberg; 25 Jun 1900 – 27 Ogos 1979), KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS., adalah seorang pegawai tentera laut British dan negarawan, pak cik kepada Putera Philip, Duke Edinburgh, dan sepupu kedua Elizabeth II. Semasa Perang Dunia II, beliau adalah Pemerintah Bersekutu Tertinggi, Markas Asia Tenggara (1943–46). Beliau merupakan Wizurai India (1947) yang terakhir dan  Gabenor Jeneral pertama India merdeka (1947–48).

Dari tahun 1954 hingga 1959 beliau menjadi First Sea Lord, iaitu jawatan yang telah disandang oleh bapanya, Putera Louis Battenberg, empat puluh tahun yang lalu. Selepas itu beliau berkhidmat sebagai Ketua Turus Pertahanan sehingga tahun 1965, menjadikannya ketua profesional paling lama berkhidmat dalam Angkatan Tentera British setakat ini. Semasa tempoh itu Mountbatten juga berkhidmat sebagai Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Ketenteraan NATO selama setahun.

Pada tahun 1979, Mountbatten dan cucunya Nicholas, serta dua yang lain telah dibunuh oleh Tentera Republikan Sementara Ireland (IRA), yang telah meletakkan bom didalam bot memancingnya, Shadow V, di Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland.

 Anugerah kebesaran 

RebenNamaTarikh kurniaan 40px  Knight of the Garter (KG)  1946 KG 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)  1955 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)  1945 KCB Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)  1943 40px  Member of the Order of Merit (Military Division) (OM)  1965 OM 40px  Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (GCSI)  1947 40px  Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)  1947 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)  1937 GCVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)  1922 KCVO Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)  1920 MVO 40px  Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)  1941 DSO 40px  Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (KStJ)  1940 KJStJ Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (CStJ)  1929 CStJ 40px  British War Medal  40px  Victory Medal  40px  1939–45 Star  40px  Atlantic Star  40px  Africa Star  40px  Burma Star  40px  Italy Star  40px  Defence Medal  40px  War Medal 1939–1945  40px  Naval General Service Medal  40px  King George V Coronation Medal  1911 40px  King George V Silver Jubilee Medal  1935 40px  King George VI Coronation Medal  1937 40px  Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal  1952 40px  Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal  1977 40px  Indian Independence Medal  1949 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic   (Kingdom of Spain) – 1922 40px  Order of the Nile, Fourth Class   (Kingdom of Egypt)  – 1922 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown   (Romania) – 1924 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania   (Romania) – 1937 40px  War Cross   (Kingdom of Greece) – 1941 Military Cross (Second Class) (Greece) 40px  Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit   (United States) – 1943. 40px  Special Grand Cordon of the Order of the Cloud and Banner   (Republic of China) – 1945 Order of the Cloud and Banner (China) 40px  Distinguished Service Medal   (United States) – 1945 DSM (US) 40px  Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal   (United States) – 1945 40px  Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour   (France) – 1946 40px  1939–1945 War Cross   (France) – 1946 40px  Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Nepal   (Kingdom of Nepal) – 1946 40px  King Birendra Coronation Medal   (Kingdom of Nepal) – 24 February 1975 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant   (Kingdom of Thailand) – 1946 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of George I   (Kingdom of Greece) – 1946 Order of George I (Greece) 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion   (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – 1948 Order of the Netherlands Lion 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz   (Portuguese Republic) – 1951 40px  Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim   (Kingdom of Sweden) – 1952 40px  Grand Commander of the Order of Thiri Thudhamma   (Union of Burma) – 1956 40px  Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog   (Kingdom of Denmark) – 1962 40px  Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Seal of Solomon   (Ethiopian Empire) – 1965

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 Bacaan lanjut 

 Copland, Ian. "Lord Mountbatten and the integration of the Indian states: A reappraisal." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 21#2 (1993): 385–408.



 Moore, R. J. "Mountbatten, India, and the Commonwealth" Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 19.1 (1981): 5–43.

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 Pautan luar 


 mountbattenofburma.com – Tribute & Memorial web-site to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
 Papers of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. University of Southampton

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