Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke


The Marquess of Carisbrooke

Wearing the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Birth namePrince Alexander Albert of Battenberg
Born(1886-11-23)23 November 1886
Died23 February 1960(1960-02-23) (aged 73)
Buried
Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
 British Army
 Royal Air Force
Service years1902–08; 1909–19; 1941–45
RankLieutenant (RN)
Captain (British Army)
Flight Lieutenant (RAF)
UnitGrenadier Guards
Royal Air Force
ConflictsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
Spouse
(m. 1917; died 1956)
ChildrenLady Iris Kemp
RelationsPrince Henry of Battenberg
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
Marquess of Carisbrooke
In office
7 November 1917 – 23 February 1960

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British Royal Navy officer, a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the last surviving grandson of Queen Victoria.