Earl Mountbatten D6944 – Large – Royal Doulton Character Jug

Royal Doulton Character Jug, Earl Mountbatten D6944 (yellow, black and white coloration). Designed by Stanley J. Taylor. Series: RDICC, issued 1993 in limited edition of 5,000. Size: 7″H (Large)

A British naval and military leader, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten (1900 – 1979) was the last Viceroy of India. Mountbatten was Governor – General of the Dominion of India from 1947 to 1948, relinquishing power to native rule in 1948. Upon his retirement from the navy in 1959, he became the principal military adviser to the Ministry of Defense. He was killed when a bomb exploded his fishing boat off the coast of Ireland.