Lord mountbatten: As India’s final Viceroy and its

As India’s final Viceroy and its first Governor-General, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten , 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British diplomat and naval officer. Lord Mountbatten started the process to transfer power as soon as he arrived. Louis Mountbatten , 1st Earl Mountbatten was a British statesman, naval leader, and the last viceroy of India. He had an international royal-family background; his career involved extensive naval commands, the diplomatic negotiation of independence for India and Pakistan, and the highest military. Lord Louis Mountbatten © Mountbatten was a British naval officer who oversaw the defeat of the Japanese offensive towards India during World War Two. Born to privilege, Mountbatten was a hard-working career public servant who did not always please everyone (such as Canadians, following the controversial Dieppe Raid of August 19, 1942). However, when he died, he was a popular figure in Britain.