13 Facts About Edwina Mountbatten

Edwina Mountbatten was one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe.

Edwina Mountbatten was unhappy during the time as on the back of a sour relationship with her stepmother, she was bullied at school on account of her grandfather being rich, German and Jewish.

Edwina Mountbatten described that experience at school later as 'sheer hell'.

Edwina Mountbatten was known to have affairs throughout the marriage, doing little to hide them from her husband.

Edwina Mountbatten became aware of her lovers, accepted them and even developed friendships with some of them – making them "part of the family".

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Edwina Mountbatten reportedly had an affair with the Grenadian jazz singer Leslie Hutchinson.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Edwina Mountbatten acquired a new purpose in life and devoted her considerable intelligence and energy to the service of others.

Edwina Mountbatten was appointed a CBE in 1943 and made a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1946.

Edwina Mountbatten was the last vicereine of India, serving during the final months of the British Raj and the first months of the post-Partition period when Louis Mountbatten was the last viceroy of India and then, after the partition of India and Pakistan in June 1947, the governor-general of India, but not of the Dominion of Pakistan.

From 28 October 1947 onwards, Edwina Mountbatten was styled as the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, after her husband was elevated to an earldom.

Edwina Mountbatten was a governor of The Peckham Experiment in 1949.

Lady Edwina Mountbatten died in her sleep aged 58 of unknown causes on 21 February 1960 in Jesselton, British North Borneo, while on an inspection tour for the St John Ambulance Brigade.

Edwina Mountbatten's will was proven in London on 21 March 1960, with her estate valued for probate at £589,655.