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 liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?
It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
You can divide my life into two.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.