OBITUARY
MARQUIS OF MILFORD HAVEN
(CNIHB PItEIS ASSOCIATION COPIRHHT.) (AMTIUUAN ■ NIW ZIALAMB CAILI AIMCIATIM.) (Received September 12, 1 p.m.) LONDON, 11th September. Obituary.—The Marquis of. Milford Haven. The Marquis wae holidaying in, Scotland, and returned to London on Saturday in good health. He stayed at ttie iNav.^,l and Military Club in Piccadilly, attended a theatre in the evening. >He complained on Sunday morning that he was not well, and died in the afternoon at the club from heart failure following a severe attack of influenza. [The Marquis of Milford Haven,. formerly Prince Louis of Battenburg, was born in Giatz, Austria, on 24th May, 1854. He was the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse. He was naturalised a British subject, and' entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1874.' In 1884 he married his cousin, Princess 1 Victoria, daughter of Louis IV., Grand Duke of Hesse, and of Princess Alice, QueenVictoria's granddaughter. In 1904 Jna became Rear-Admiral, 1911-12 Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty, and in 1912----14 First Sea Lord. At the outbreak of war he relinquished his position. In 1917, at the request of the King, he relinquished his German titles, and assumed by Royal License the surname of Mountbatten, anfl was created a Peer as Marquis of Milford Haven. In August last he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet on the retired list, in recognition of his services before and after the out-. break of war.] ,
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 63, 12 September 1921, Page 8
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239OBITUARY Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 63, 12 September 1921, Page 8
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