David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven

The Marquess of Milford Haven
Born	12 May 1919(1919-05-12) Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	14 April 1970(1970-04-14) (aged 50) London, England
Predecessor	George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
Successor	George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
Spouse	Romaine Dahlgren Pierce Janet Mercedes Bryce
Children	George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven Lord Ivar Mountbatten
Parents	George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Countess Nadejda de Torby

David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970), styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda de Torby.

Biography

Family

His paternal grandparents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and the Rhine. His maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and Sophie of Merenberg. He is also a descendant of the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin as well as Peter the Great's African protégé, General Abram Petrovich Gannibal.

Early life

He grew up at the family home in Holyport, Berkshire and enjoyed a close friendship with his first cousin Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later the Duke of Edinburgh, and served as best man to the prince at his marriage to The Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Navy and took part in Operation Pedestal.

Marriage

Lord Milford Haven married:

• 1) Romaine Dahlgren Pierce (17 July 1923 – 15 February 1975), daughter of Vinton Ulric Dahlgren Pierce of United States of America and wife Margaret Knickerbocker Clark, on 4 February 1950 at Washington, D.C., U.S.A., formerly married on 23 May 1946 to William Simpson. They were divorced in 1954 in Mexico and she married a third time James B. Orthwein. Romaine's great-grandfather was Admiral John A. Dahlgren
• 2) Janet Mercedes Bryce (born 29 September 1937), daughter of Major Francis Bryce of Hamilton, Bermuda and wife Gladys Jean Mosley (and whose aunt Mary Mercedes Bryce married Joseph Harold John Phillips, the grandparents of Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn and Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster), on 17 November 1960 at St. Andrew's Church, Frognal, London. They had two children:

1. George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961)
2. Lord Ivar Mountbatten (born 9 March 1963)

Death

He died from a heart attack on 14 April 1970 at Waterloo Railway Station, London, aged 50, and is buried at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight.

Styles from birth to death

• Viscount Alderney (1919–1921)
• Earl of Medina (1921–1938)
• The Most Honourable The Marquess of Milford Haven (1938–1970)

Ancestry

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten	Marquess of Milford Haven 1938–1970	Succeeded by George Ivar Louis Mountbatten

Persondata
Name	Mountbatten, David 3rd Marquess Of Milford Haven
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Short description
Date of birth	12 May 1919
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	14 April 1970
Place of death	London, England