Mountbatten, Edwina Cynthia Annette (1901–1960)

English philanthropist. During the London Blitz (1940–42) she rendered distinguished service to the Red Cross and St John Ambulance Brigade, and became superintendent-in-chief of the Brigade in 1942. As vicereine of India (1947), her work in social welfare brought her the friendship of the national leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

She married Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, in 1922.