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Edwina, Countess Mountbatten of Burma was found dead on the morning of 21st February 1960 - she was aged just 58yrs old. On 25th February 1960, Edwina’s coffin (draped in the Union Flag) was taken from Romsey Abbey to Portsmouth as Edwina had asked to be buried at sea, which surprised many as she had never cared for the sea.
Meeting Edwina Ashley Just prior to his father's death, Mountbatten met a leading member of London society - Miss (later The Hon.) Edwina Ashley, the daughter of Lt-Col The Rt Hon. Wilfrid William Ashley, later 1st Lord Mount Temple (1867-1939), a former Army officer who was a Member of Parliament 1906-1932 who had held several junior ministerial posts including Minister of Transport 1924-1929.
Edwina Ashley, par son mariage comtesse Mountbatten de Birmanie (née le 28 novembre 1901 à Romsey, dans le Hampshire, au Royaume-Uni, et morte le 21 février 1960 à Kota Kinabalu, en Malaisie), est l'épouse de lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), et la dernière vice-reine des Indes britanniques.
On 14th February 1985 (the anniversary of the Mountbatten’s engagement in 1922), a memorial plaque was unveiled by Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) - Mountbatten’s nephew. The plaque, which is in the Nave of Westminster Abbey was designed by Christopher Ironside (1913-1992) who was particularly known for the reverse sides of ...
Mountbatten and Edwina were married on 18th July 1922 at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London in a glittering social event, with King George V (1865 (1910-1936) and all the Royal Family in attendance. His cousin - Prince Edward 'David', The Prince of Wales, subsequently King Edward VIII (1894 (1936)1972) and later The Duke of Windsor ...
12 de nov. de 2020 · The wild spirit he is referring to is Lady Edwina Ashley. The two said their “I do’s” on July 18, 1922, and though their combined good looks catapulted them to glam-couple status during the 1920s, their union was riddled with scandal. It’s been reported that Louis adored his Edwina, but she had a wandering eye.
18 de nov. de 2021 · By the time he met 20-year-old Edwina Ashley, in 1920, she was a leading light in London society with an inheritance of £2million (equivalent to £53m today) from her grandfather, financier Ernest Cassel, to fund her party lifestyle.
