Mountbatten, Louis
Pronunciation: /maʊntˈbat(ə)n/
Definition of Mountbatten, Louis
- 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79), British admiral and administrator; full name Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten. He was supreme Allied commander in SE Asia (1943-5) and the last viceroy (1947) and first Governor General of India (1947-8). He was killed by an IRA bomb while on his yacht.