Mountbatten, Louis
Syllabification: (Mount·bat·ten, Louis)
Pronunciation: /ˌmoun(t)ˈbatn/
Definition of Mountbatten, Louis
- 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79), British admiral and administrator, uncle of Britain’s Prince Philip; full name Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten. He was supreme Allied commander in Southeast Asia 1943–45; after the war, he was the last viceroy 1947 and first governor general of India 1947–48. He was killed by an IRA bomb while on his yacht.