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Full Name George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, Earl of Medina Born 6 June 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-06-06 ) Spouse Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (m. 1997) Children Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina Grandparents Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Great-grandparents Prince Louis of Battenberg Similar People Clare Mountbatten - Marchion, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, George Mountbatten - 2nd Marq, Nadejda Mountbatten - Marchion, Prince Louis of Battenberg | ||
The 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961), styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is a British businessman, peer, and current Head of the House of Mountbatten.
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Family
Lord Milford Haven is the oldest son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce, the older brother of Lord Ivar Mountbatten and a direct descendant of Catherine the Great and Alexander Pushkin. With the death of his father on 14 April 1970, he became subsequently the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven and head of the House of Mountbatten. He is in the line of succession to the British Throne through his descent from Queen Victoria's 2nd daughter, Princess Alice.
Lord Milford Haven married firstly Sarah Georgina Walker (born London, 17 November 1961/2), married firstly in 1985 and divorced in 1987 to Andreas Antoniou, daughter of George Alfred Walker and wife Jean Maureen Hatton, in London on 8 March 1989. The couple were divorced on 27 February 1996. They had two children:
Lord Milford Haven subsequently married Clare Husted Steel (born New York City, 2 September 1960) at Coatue Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997.
Career
In 2000, he founded uSwitch, a website which helps consumers compare and change suppliers of various services. The company was sold to the American media firm EW Scripps in March 2006 for around £210 million ($400 million).
He plays polo, and Julian Hipwood has coached his teams.
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Ancestry
Lord Milford Haven is a descendant of Prince Louis of Battenberg, a German Prince related to the British Royal Family, and later the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. Through his paternal grandmother he is also a descendant of Catherine the Great, the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin, and Peter the Great's African General, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.