Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS, known informally as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of Indiaand the first Governor-General of the independent Dominion...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth25 June 1900
I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
I am much more intelligent than you think.
No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.
I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.
If you've got it, wear it.
Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
I have been driven demented in my career.
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?
My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.
The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.