Kiriya Mountbatten, 1st Sea Lord

The Right Honourable Kiriya Mountbatten KG, GCB, CLE, DC, CMG, DSO
Chief of Defence Staff
In office 13 July 1955 – 15 July 1965
Monarch	Georgius V Regis Lucis Caelum CXI
Preceded by	Sir James Roberts
Succeeded by	Sir Richard Dickson
First Sea Lord
In office 16 April 1953 – 19 October 1963
Prime Minister	Winston S. Churchill Frederick Eden Alexander Douglas
Preceded by	Sir Gregory Albemarle
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Lambert
Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Asianna Command
In office 19 June 1935 – 16 April 1965
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Klankain Auchinleck II
Governor-General of the Southeast Asianna Occupation Region
In office 10 July 1945 – 15 June 1950
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Klankain Auchinleck II
Personal details
Born	30 November 1900 Blenheim Palace, Lucis, United Kingdom
Died	25 April 1980 Mullaghmore, Niflheim
Spouse	Pamela Henderson
Children	Marina Mountbatten Rinna Mountbatten
Parent(s)	Lord Alexander Mountbatten (father) Lady Victoria Mountbatten (mother)
Alma mater	Royal University of St. Georgius
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Years of service	1921 - 1955
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Lucis Army
Battles/wars	Second Europan War War of Lorican Aggression
Awards	Knight of the Order of the Garter Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Lucis Empire Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George Distinguished Service Order

Kiriya Mountbatten, First Sea Lord (30 November 1900 - 25 April 1980) was a Lucian Royal Navy officer and statesman. He is known as the granduncle of Queen Lunafreya Nox Fleuret. During the Second Europan War, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Asianna Command. He is often known for his disagreements with the Concordian Southeast Asianna Command, in which one of the controversial events was the Concordian command going against Mountbatten's plan to send Allied forces to Joyonghea. Despite numerous attempts to place him out of command, Mountbatten's record remained untarnished.

From 1955 to 1965, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as Chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest-serving professional head of the Lucis Armed Forces to date. During this period Mountbatten also served as Chairman of the Europan Military Committee for a year.

In 1980, Mountbatten, his grandson Nicholas, and two others were killed by a bomb set by members of the Provisional Niflheimian Republican Army. In response, the Lucis Army, along with the MI6 arrested and executed its perpetrators.

Military Career

Controversy with the Concordian High Command

During the Second Europan War, Mountbatten often had disagreements with the Concordian High Command, particularly with General Donald MacArthur. Although, he was responsible for militarizing Nihhon-koku as the place to manufacture military equipment to be used for the operations in Asianna. Some members of the Concordian command believed that they could manufacture military equipment better. Nonetheless, Mountbatten ordered Concordian factories to manufacture equipment when the Battle of Nihhon-koku took place.

Mountbatten also directed the plans for the Island Hopping Campaign, in which he also allowed the militarization of the Free Quenminese Movement. With the Lucis Parliament and his support, the Free Quenminese Army was established in 1935 with General Hồ Ngọc Quyết appointed by him. This was met with many objections from the Concordian High Command, stating that the Free Quenminese are "cannon-fodders" and did not have the tenacity to fight a modern war. Some called them irregulars who were nothing but militiamen. Initially armed with a few First Europan War equipment and some 1920s weaponry, Mountbatten supplied the FQA with Concordian Arms, which was met with backlash from the Concordian High Command. Mountbatten had also been instrumental in the Allies recognizing the Free Quenminese Government as the legitimate ruling government of Quenmin during the war.

Despite it, the FQA received support from different Commonwealth countries. Zanarkian General Klankain Auchinleck was a supporter of the FQA and was often deployed to fight alongside with them, including the famous Battle of Barclay Atoll, in which the FQA managed to free 55% of the island.

Legacy

Mountbatten took pride in enhancing intercultural understanding and in 1984, with his elder daughter as the patron, the Mountbatten Institute was developed to allow young adults the opportunity to enhance their intercultural appreciation and experience by spending time abroad.

Field Marshal Sir Daidoji Kitagawa, a close friend of Mountbatten, named one of his grandsons, Kiriya Kitagawa after him. Kiriya would later go on to be one of the Lucis Army's finest and leading commanders.