Aristocrat, army hero, diplomat, inventor. Lord Louis Mountbatten, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, wore many hats. Or he did until his untimely end, when the Irish Republican Army took him out ...

His great-grandfather, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was known as “Uncle Dickie ... also include his great-great-grandfather Prince Louis of Battenberg, a grandson of Queen Victoria ...