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Mountbatten

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Mount·bat·ten  (mount-btn), 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.
Mountbatten [maʊntˈbætən]
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(Biographies / Mountbatten, Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) M, British, MILITARY: naval commander, POLITICS: colonial administrator) Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900-79, British naval commander; great-grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War II he was supreme allied commander in SE Asia (1943-46). He was the last viceroy of India (1947) and governor general (1947-48); killed by an IRA bomb
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