The title Earl Mountbatten of Burma was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 for Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India. The title is the first in over three centuries to allow descent in the female line. The letters patent creating the title specified the "remainder" allowing the title to descend to heirs male, and in default of such issue to his eldest daughter. Lord Mountbatten of Burma's eldest daughter Patricia succeeded as Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon the former's assassination. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, FRS, (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal document which is an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as a corporation. ...

The subsidiary titles of Lady Mountbatten of Burma are: Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created 1946), and Baroness Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (1947). Both of these titles, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, have the same special remainder as the Earldom. Lord Romsey is the courtesy title for Lady Mountbatten of Burma's eldest son and heir. Jump to: navigation, search The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... An Earl as a member of the British peerage ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. ... A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ...

The family seat is Newhouse, near Ashford, Kent. New House, or Newhouse is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. ... Location within the British Isles Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. ...

Earls Mountbatten of Burma (1947)

• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979)
• Patricia Mountbatten, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1924)

• The Heir Apparent is Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne