The Countess Mountbatten of Burma | |
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Viceregal-Consort of India | |
In office 21 February 1947 – 21 June 1948 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Governor- General | The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
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Born | Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley 28 November 1901 London, England[1] |
Died | 21 February 1960 Jesselton, Crown Colony of North Borneo | (aged 58)
Resting place | Off the coast of Portsmouth |
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Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (née Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960),[2] 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.