George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961), styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is a British hereditary peer and businessman.
The Marquess of Milford Haven | |
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| Marquess of Milford Haven | |
| Tenure | 14 April 1970 – present |
| Predecessor | David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven |
| Other titles | Earl of Medina (1961–1970) |
| Born | George Ivar Louis Mountbatten 6 June 1961 |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Issue | Lady Tatiana Mountbatten Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina |
| Heir | Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina |
| Parents | David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven Janet Mercedes Bryce |
Biography
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editLord Milford Haven is the elder son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce, the older brother of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, and a descendant of Queen Victoria, Catherine the Great, Alexander Pushkin, and Abram Gannibal. Upon the death of his father on 14 April 1970, he became the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven and head of the Mountbatten family. He is second cousin to Charles III through both of their fathers.
Lord Milford Haven married firstly Sarah Georgina Walker (born London, Middlesex, 17 November 1961/2), in London on 8 March 1989. She is the daughter of George Alfred Walker and Jean Maureen (née Hatton), and the former wife of Andreas Antoniou (married 1985; divorced 1987). Lord Milford Haven and Walker had two children:
- Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Mountbatten (born London, 16 April 1990), who works in public relations.[1] She married Alexander 'Alick' Bernard Molyneux Dru (born 1991) on 23 July 2022 at Winchester Cathedral. Alick is the son of Bernard Auberon Alexander Dru and Catherine Margaret Norden. He is a great-grandson of Colonel Aubrey Herbert, great-great-grandson of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and of John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci, and great-nephew (by marriage) of Evelyn Waugh.
- Henry (Harry) David Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (born London, 19 October 1991).
The couple divorced on 27 February 1996. In June 2016, Walker married Michael Spencer, Lord Spencer of Alresford.
Lord Milford Haven subsequently married Clare Husted Steel at Coatue Point in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997.[2]
Career
editIn 2000, Lord Milford Haven founded uSwitch, a website to help consumers compare and change suppliers of various services. The company was sold in March 2006 to the American media firm E. W. Scripps for around £210 million ($400 million).[3]
He plays polo, and Julian Hipwood has coached his teams.[4] Lord Milford Haven won the Queen's Cup with the Broncos team in 1988, and he reached the final in 2006.[5]
Arms
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References
edit- ^ Cope, Rebecca (18 October 2018). "Lady Tatiana Mountbatten is announced as Crofton & Hall's new ambassador". Tatler.
- ^ Clare Milford Haven (3 September 2024). "Forget the Hamptons". tatler.com.
- ^ "Queen's cousin makes £100m in uSwitch sale". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
- ^ Yolanda Carslaw, 'Who’s who among polo’s star attractions', in The Financial Times, 23 July 2010 [1]
- ^ Laffaye, Horace A. (28 August 2015). Profiles in Polo: The Players Who Changed the Game. McFarland. p. 94. ISBN 978-1476662732.
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