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{{Short description|Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox nobility title
{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Marquessate of Milford Haven
| name = Marquessate of Milford Haven
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| image_size =
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| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Arms of the [[George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven|2nd Marquess]]
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| caption = ''Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure company of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Pallets Sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of the late Princess Alice, namely: the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable. The shield used to be encircled with the [[Royal Victorian Order]], of which the 2nd Marquess was a member.
| creation_date = 7 November 1917
| creation_date = 7 November 1917
| creation =
| creation =
| monarch = [[George V]]
| monarch = [[King George V]]
| peerage = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
| peerage = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
| baronetage =
| baronetage =
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| heir_presumptive =
| heir_presumptive =
| remainder_to = the 1st Marquess's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten
| remainder_to = the 1st Marquess's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten
| subsidiary_titles = Earl of Medina<br/>Viscount Alderney
| subsidiary_titles = Earl of Medina<br />Viscount Alderney
| status = Extant
| status = Extant
| extinction_date =
| extinction_date =
| family_seat =
| family_seat =Great Trippetts Estate
| former_seat =
| former_seat =Lynden Manor<br/>
[[Moyns Park]]
| motto = '''IN HONOUR BOUND'''
| motto = '''IN HONOUR BOUND'''
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
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==History==
==History==
The [[marquess]]ate of [[Milford Haven]] was created in 1917 for [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], the former [[First Sea Lord]], and a relation to the [[British Royal family]], who amidst the [[anti-German sentiment]]s of the [[First World War]] abandoned the use of his [[German surname]] and titles and adopted the surname ''[[Mountbatten]]'', an Anglicized version of the surname Battenberg. He was at the same time made '''Earl of Medina''' and '''Viscount Alderney''', also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30374 |date=9 November 1917 |pages=11593–11594 }}</ref>
The [[marquess]]ate of [[Milford Haven]] was created in 1917 for [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], the former [[First Sea Lord]], and a relation by marriage to the [[British Royal family]], who amidst the [[anti-German sentiment]]s of the [[First World War]] abandoned the use of his [[German surname]] and titles and adopted the surname ''[[Mountbatten]]'', an Anglicized version of the surname Battenberg. He was at the same time made '''Earl of Medina''' and '''Viscount Alderney''', also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30374 |date=9 November 1917 |pages=11593–11594 }}</ref> The title honours the Welsh seaport and shipyard town of Milford Haven.


{{As of|2016}}, the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1970.
{{As of|2016}}, the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1970.
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===Other family members===
===Other family members===
[[File:LudwigBattenberg.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven]]
[[File:LudwigBattenberg.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven]]
[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1900–1979), was the second son of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
* [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1900–1979), was the second son of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
* [[Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke|Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke]] (1886–1960), was a nephew of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.

[[Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke|Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke]] (1886–1960), was a nephew of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
* [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] (1921–2021) was a grandson of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, and through him, the younger generation of the [[British royal family]] are relatives of the 1st Marquess.


===Estates===
===Estates===
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The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son Henry David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)
The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's son Henry David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)


==Line of Succession==
==Line of succession==
Ref:<ref name=DP>{{cite book |year=2019|chapter=Milford Haven, Marquess of |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |publication-date=|pages=2448–2449 |arxiv= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref>

{{Tree list}}
{{tree list}}
*[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|15px]] ''[[Prince Louis of Battenberg|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1854-1921)''
*[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|25px]]''[[Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1854–1921)''
**[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|15px]] ''[[George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1892 - 1938))''
**[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|25px]]''[[George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1892–1938)''
***[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|15px]] ''[[David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1919 - 1970)''
***[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|25px]] ''[[David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven]] (1919–1970)''
****[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|15px]] '''[[George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven]]''' (b. 1961)
****[[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|25px]] '''[[George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven]]''' (born 1961)
*****'''(1)''' David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)
*****'''(1)''' Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)
****'''(2)''' Lord Ivar Mountbatten (b. 1963)
****'''(2)''' [[Lord Ivar Mountbatten]] (b. 1963)
**[[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|25px]] ''[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] (1900–1979)''
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}


==Arms==
==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
{{Infobox COA wide
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|150px|centre]][[File:Earl Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Shield.svg|180px|centre]]
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|130px|centre]][[File:1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven-CoA-Shield.svg|160px|centre]]
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| coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Marquess]]
| crest = 1st: Out of a Coronet Or two Horns barry of ten Argent and Gules issuing from each three Linden Leaves Vert and from the outer side of each horn four Branches barwise having three like Leaves pendent therefrom of the last (Hesse); 2nd: Out of a Coronet Or a Plume of four Ostrich Feathers alternately Argent and Sable (Battenberg)
| crest = 1st: Out of a Coronet Or two Horns barry of ten Argent and Gules issuing from each three Linden Leaves Vert and from the outer side of each horn four Branches barwise having three like Leaves pendent therefrom of the last (Hesse); 2nd: Out of a Coronet Or a Plume of four Ostrich Feathers alternately Argent and Sable (Battenberg)
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| escutcheon = Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure [[compony]] of the second and third ([[House of Hesse|Hesse]]); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two [[Pale (heraldry)|Pallets]] Sable ([[Battenberg family|Battenberg]]); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom]], namely the [[Coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] differenced by a [[Label (heraldry)|Label]] of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable
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| coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Marquess]]
| escutcheon = Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure compony of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Pallets Sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of the late Princess Alice, namely: the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable
| supporters = On either side a Lion double-queued and crowned all Or
| supporters = On either side a Lion double-queued and crowned all Or
| motto = In Honour Bound
| motto = In Honour Bound
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==Notes==
==Notes==
{{refimprove|date=June 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}}
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
{{Extant British marquesses}}
{{Extant British marquesses}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milford Haven}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milford Haven}}
[[Category:Marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 18:36, 23 December 2024

Marquessate of Milford Haven
Arms of the 2nd Marquess
Creation date7 November 1917
Created byKing George V
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderPrince Louis of Battenberg
Present holderGeorge Mountbatten, 4th Marquess
Heir apparentHenry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina
Remainder tothe 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Medina
Viscount Alderney
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Great Trippetts Estate
Former seat(s)Lynden Manor
Moyns Park
MottoIN HONOUR BOUND

Marquess of Milford Haven is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

History

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The marquessate of Milford Haven was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation by marriage to the British Royal family, who amidst the anti-German sentiments of the First World War abandoned the use of his German surname and titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten, an Anglicized version of the surname Battenberg. He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] The title honours the Welsh seaport and shipyard town of Milford Haven.

As of 2016, the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fourth Marquess, who succeeded his father in 1970.

Other family members

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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven

Estates

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The family lived at Lynden Manor at Holyport, Berkshire, now split into four houses. A later seat was Moyns Park in Birdbrook, Essex. The 1st and 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven are buried at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham; the 2nd Marquess is buried in Bray Cemetery, Bray, Berkshire.

The present Marquess owns the Great Trippetts Estate in Sussex.

Marquesses of Milford Haven (1917)

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Other titles (1st Marquess onwards): Earl of Medina (UK, 1917) Viscount Alderney (UK, 1917)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Henry David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)

Line of succession

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Ref:[2]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Marquess of Milford Haven
Coronet
A Coronet of a Marquess
Crest
1st: Out of a Coronet Or two Horns barry of ten Argent and Gules issuing from each three Linden Leaves Vert and from the outer side of each horn four Branches barwise having three like Leaves pendent therefrom of the last (Hesse); 2nd: Out of a Coronet Or a Plume of four Ostrich Feathers alternately Argent and Sable (Battenberg)
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure compony of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Pallets Sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, namely the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable
Supporters
On either side a Lion double-queued and crowned all Or
Motto
In Honour Bound

Notes

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  1. ^ "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. pp. 11593–11594.
  2. ^ Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Milford Haven, Marquess of". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 2448–2449. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

References

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