Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first governor-general of independent India. In 1979 he was assassinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo,...