Mountbatten,
Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-79; Brit. admiral
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(mount-bătˈn), Louis. First Earl Mountbatten of Burma. 1900-1979.
British naval officer and colonial administrator who was supreme Allied commander in southeast Asia (1943-1946) and the last viceroy and governor-general of India (1947). He was assassinated by the Irish Republican Army.