Biography

Biography

Timothy Knatchbull is the youngest child of Patricia and John Brabourne, the 7th Lord Brabourne, and grandson of Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He attended the Dragon School in Oxford and after winning scholarships to Gordonstoun and the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, he read Social and Political Science at Cambridge. Following [...]


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What was your relationship to Earl Mountbatten of Burma? Lord Mountbatten was my maternal grandfather. His eldest daughter, Patricia, is my mother. After his wife, Edwina Mountbatten, died he devoted himself to his family. He was great fun and shared his grandchildren’s passion for toys and was a great storyteller. I learnt of his connections [...]


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