George Mountbatten MarquessAge: 461892–1938
- Name
- George Mountbatten Marquess
- Given names
- George
- Surname
- Mountbatten
- Name suffix
- Marquess
| Birth | 1892 38 29 |
| Marriage | Nadejda … Countess - View family |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1892
maternal grandfather -
Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse
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| Australian History | 1892 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 12 months) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 2) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 3) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 4) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 5) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 6) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 7) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a brother | 1900 (Age 8) Windsor, Berkshire, England
younger brother -
Earl Mountbatten Louis Mountbatten Of Burma
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 8) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 9) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 10) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Marriage of a sister | Princess Alice … Of Battenberg - View family 1903 (Age 11)
brother-in-law -
Prince Andrew … Of Greece
elder sister -
Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1903 (Age 11) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 12) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 14) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 16) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 17) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 18) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 19) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 20) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 21) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 21) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 22) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 23) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 24) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1917 (Age 25)
daughter -
Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten Lady
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| Australian History | 1917 (Age 25) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 26) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1919 (Age 27) |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 27) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 28) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Death of a father | 1921 (Age 29)
father -
Prince Louis … Of Battenberg
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| Australian History | 1921 (Age 29) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 30) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Marriage of a sister | Louise Alexandra Mountbatten Princess - View family 3 November 1923 (Age 31) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, England
brother-in-law -
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf "Gustaf" Adolf Bernadotte
elder sister -
Louise Alexandra Mountbatten Princess
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 31) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Australian History | 1926 (Age 34) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 35) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 36) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 37) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 38) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 39) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 40) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 41) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 44) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 45) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (on the date of death) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Death | 1938 (Age 46) |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Prince Louis … Of Battenberg
Birth 1854 Death 1921 (Age 67) Loading...
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9 years mother |
Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse
Birth 1863 26 19 Death 1950 (Age 87) Loading...
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Marriage: 1884 |
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1 year #1 elder sister |
Princess Alice … Of Battenberg
Birth 1885 31 22 Death about 1969 (Age 84) Buckingham, Palace, London, England Loading...
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5 years #2 elder sister |
Louise Alexandra Mountbatten Princess
Birth 13 July 1889 35 26 Schloss, Heiligenberg, Baden- Württemberg, Germany Death 7 March 1965 (Age 75) Stockholm, Sweden Loading...
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3 years #3 himself |
George Mountbatten Marquess
Birth 1892 38 29 Death 1938 (Age 46) Loading...
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8 years #4 younger brother |
Earl Mountbatten Louis Mountbatten Of Burma
Birth 1900 46 37 Windsor, Berkshire, England Death 27 August 1979 (Age 79) Donegal Bay, County Sligo, Ireland Loading...
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| Family with Nadejda … Countess - View family |
| himself |
George Mountbatten Marquess
Birth 1892 38 29 Death 1938 (Age 46) Loading...
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4 years wife |
Nadejda … Countess
Birth 1896 18 16 Death 1963 (Age 67) Loading...
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 daughter |
Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten Lady
Birth 1917 25 21 Death yes Loading...
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2 years #2 son |
Marquess David Mountbatten Of Milford Haven
Birth 1919 27 23 Death 14 April 1970 (Age 51) Loading...
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