ALEXANDER MOUNTBATTEN, 1ST MARQUESS OF CARISBROOKE - PEDIGREE



 QUEEN VICTORIA








HOUSE OF MOUNTBATTEN 
FORMERLY BATTENBERG






Coat of Arms prior to Change of Name 1917

Burks English Peerage and Barontage




Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke G.C.V  G.C.V.O formerly HRH Prince of Battenberg
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY
 and of The MOUNTBATTEN FAMILY
first and last grandson of Queen Victoria of Great Britain  and nephew of King Edward VII and nephew of HRH Princess Alice of Hesse Princess of Hesse and cousin to King George V & VI 
and nephew to Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven formerly HRH Prince of Battenberg and also first cousin to Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and he was also brother to Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain

 link - obituary by The Guardian:- 
The 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke death - news clip

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"The Marquis of Carisbrooke, last surviving grandson of Queen Victoria and a cousin of the present Queen, died yesterday at Kensington Palace, aged 73. He was the eldest son of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, and a brother of ex-Queen Ena of Spain. He was known as Prince Alexander of Battenberg until 1917.
It was at the request of King George V that he relinquished the styles and titles of "Highness," "Prince" and "of Battenberg" in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He assumed for himself and his issue the surname of Mountbatten. The day before his marriage to the only daughter of the second Earl of Londesborough he was created Marquis of Carisbrooke, Earl of Berkhamsted, and Viscount Launceston.
The Marquis was a director of several companies and was the first member of the Royal Family to take up commercial life. He had entered the Navy in 1902, at the age of 16. Six years later he transferred to the Grenadier Guards and served with distinction throughout the First World War. It was after the war that he became a business man. He received no State allowance and started work as an ordinary clerk in the offices of Lazard Brothers, the bankers. Later he became a director of Lever Brothers, and other big concerns.
When he became a director in 1936 of a famous Oxford Street drapery store he announced his intention of doing his day's work in the store as well as his director's duties. His duties were then described as being "an adviser to buyers of decorative fabrics." Before that he had worked for a time with the Metropolitan Housing Corporation which controlled many housing estates for artisans, and eventually took full charge of the social work connected with the estates.
Early in the Second World War he joined the R.A.F. For some time he was a staff officer attached to Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and later he went to Fighter Command headquarters.
After the war he lived at King's Cottage, overlooking Kew Gardens, one of the dwindling number of "grace and favour" houses at the disposal of the Queen. Subsequently he lived at Kensington Palace. Lady Carisbrooke died in 1956.
Among his several interests the Marquis was a senior steward of the National Greyhound Racing Club, president of the Bribery Prevention League, and London president of the Old Contemptibles."
 
Lord Alexander Mountbatten


QUEEN VICTORIA


Queen Victoria, Princess Alice and Princess Beatrice and
 her son Alexander and his siblings 

Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice and her husband
Prince Henry and Alexander and siblings and others





HRH Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg
and HRH Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
Princess of the United Kingdom on their wedding day


HRH Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg
son of Gran Duc Alexander of Hesse and of
HSH Princess Julia of Battenberg and also husband
of HRH Prince Beatrice of Battenberg Princess of the United Kingdom


HRH Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
 Princess of the United Kingdom (aka Princess Henry of Batttenberg)
5th daughter of Queen Victoria and also sister of HRH Princess Alice of Hesse
 and also wife of  HRH Prince Henry of Battenberg  

 Tomb of Princess Beatrice 
and of Prince Henry



Forenames:-  Alexander Albert

Surname:-   Mountbatten (by Royal Warrant) formerly HRH Prince of Battenberg

Born:- 23rd November 1886 in Windsor Castle in England

Died:- 23rd February 1960 and died having made a Will in UK and his Urn/Ashes are in Battenberg Chapel



Mother:-  ELDEST SON OF HRH PRINCESS BEATRICE OF BATTENBERG PRINCESS OF UNITED KINGDOM  5th DAUGHTER AND 9TH CHILD OF QUEEN VICTORIA OF GRAT BRITIAN & IRELAND AND ALSO SISTER OF HRH PRINCESS ALICE OF HESSE PRINCESS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Father:- HRH PRINCE HENRY MAURICE OF BATTENBERG SON OF GRAN DUC ALEXANDER OF HESSE AND OF HSH PRINCESS JULIA OF BATTENBERG.

 Grandson:- OF QUEEN VICTORIA OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF IRELAND 

 AND HE IS ALSO BROTHER OF QUEEN VICTORIA EUGENIE OF SPAIN

 Wife:-  Irene Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke (alias Irene Mountbatten)
Lady Irene Mountbatten

 14th July 1917 Alexander renounced his HRH/HSH Prince of Battenberg for himself and issue and to those belonging by Royal Warrant by King George V to the name Mountbatten.

 Royal Marriage:-  Alexander married Irene on 19th July 1917 at the Chapel Royal St. James Palace in London
On 18th July1917 Alexander was created 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Earl of Berkhampsted, Viscount of Launceston
Chapel Royal


 Issue:- Lady Iris Mountbatten born 13th January 1920 - died 01st September 1982

Lady Iris Mountbatten

Grandchildren:-  



Lady Grace Mountbatten
 born 31st July 1946 
(daughter of Lady Iris Mountbatten
by her marriage to Captain Hamilton O'Malley)

                      
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Alexander Mountbatten
 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke G.C.V.  G.C.V.O, a Peer
Educated at Wellington College, Coll., F/Lt. R.A.F.V.R, served in World War II, was in Royal Navy 1902-08, appointed 2nd/Lt. Gren. Guards 1911, Lieut.1913 and Captain 1915 ret. 1919, served in world I 1914 with his regt. and subsequently on the staff (despatches), was made K.C.V.O in 1910, GCVO in 1911, GCB 1927 

Hon.Col. of the Isle of Wight Vols. and Knight of the Order of St.John of Jerusalem, has Grand Cross of Orders of Charles III of Spain, Leopold of Belgium with swords, and Alexander Nevsky of Russia,  and 4th class orders of St. Vladimir of Russia with sword, Naval Merit of Spain, Order of the Nile, and Coix de Guerre, with palms of France. 
Family Change of Name 1917 in UK:-  

Alexander was granted by Royal Warrant the style/title of His Royal Highness on 13th December 1886, relinquished at His Majesty's request, for himself, his issue and to those belonging the use of the styles, titles and designation 'Highness' and Prince/Princess and 'of Battenberg' in the Grand Duchy of Hesse or German Empire to him or to them belonging and assumed for himself and his issue and them belonging the name Mountbatten which can be used as surname if a surname is required, by Royal Warrant on 14th July 1917.   As a result 'Lord Mountbatten' in case of female 'Lady Mountbatten'.

He was created 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke in the Isle of Wight, Earl of Berkhampsted in Berkshire and Viscount of Launceston in Cornwall on 18th July1917 and it is registered in the College of Arms and in Debretts Peerage .


Family Change of Name 14th July 1917 
Link:- Re. Family Change of Name 1917 -  

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/Tecks_Battenbergs.htm



LONDON GAZETTE =re Change of Name
Dublin Gazette =-re change of name


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Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke paternal grandparents:-

Gran Duc Prince Alexander of Hesse & of the Rhine
brother of Marie Empress of Russia and brother of Gran Duc Louis of Hesse of the Rhine


Gran Duc Prince Alexander of Hesse & of the Rhine



HSH Princess Julia Von Battenberg














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