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Edwina Cynthia Annette (née Ashley), Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901-1960), Director of emergency relief services and Vicereine of India; wife of 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; daughter of 1st Baron Mount Temple. Sitter in 42 portraits
Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CI, GBE, DCVO, GCStJ (née Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960), was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last vicereine of India as the wife of (the then) Rear Admiral The 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
