Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, commonly known as Lady Mountbatten, was an English heiress, socialite, and relief worker. As the wife of Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatt
Mountbatten in the uniform of the St John Ambulance Brigade
Edwina with her mother circa 1907
Edwina and Louis Mountbatten early in marriage
Edwina in her wedding dress, 1923, by Philip de László
Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness Brabourne, was a British peeress and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the elder daughter of Admiral of the F
Lady Mountbatten
…further work for the St John Ambulance Brigade. She became a governor of the Peckham Experiment in 1949. Edwina and Mountbatten had two daughters: Patricia (14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017) and Pamela (19 April 1929 – 5 June 2026). In 1944, the journalist Drew Pearson described Edwina as "one of the most…