![]() To what degree he had attained that position as a result of his talent, skills and application or because of his close royal connections can be debated. ![]() Under pressure from Winston Churchill and intense anti-German anger, he also resigned as First Sea Lord. Unfortunately WWI intervened and the family, along with the German Saxe-Coburg British royal family, had to change the family name from Battenburg to Mountbatten and were granted the title of Marquess of Milford Haven, Earl of Medina, and Viscount Alderney (Prince Louis could not afford to be a Duke which was on offer). ![]() (I hope I got that right, otherwise Google it, it’s complicated) The initial individual of most interest was Prince Louis of Battenburg who had a long career in the British Navy rising to First Sea Lord. The original family name was, of course, Battenburg, a Glucksburg family of Hesse-Darmstardt which formed a union (a troublesome morganatic marriage being in the background) with a granddaughter of Queen Victoria thereby founding a clan that intermarried heavily into assorted royal houses of Europe. There can be few surnames better known to my generation than Mountbatten and therein may like the key to those who have borne this name most especially Lord Louis Mountbatten and Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh. ![]()
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