Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke [SEP] noble family
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, (born Prince Alexander of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British Royal Navy officer, a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and a grandson of Queen Victoria.
Early life.
Prince Alexander was born in 1886 at Windsor Castle in Berkshire and was educated at Wellington College and at the Britannia Royal Naval College. His father was Prince Henry of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by
Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
, the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1970.
History Other family members.
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), was the second son of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886–1960), was a nephew of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
History Estates.
The family lived at Lynden