'George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven' (born
6 June 1961), styled 'Earl of Medina' before
1970, is the oldest son of the
3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce. He is an older brother of
Lord Ivar Mountbatten.
He is a direct descendant of the Russian writer
Aleksandr Pushkin, as well a direct descendant of
Peter the Great's
African protégé, the former slave
Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
He married Sarah Georgina Walker (born
17 November 1961), on
8 March 1989. The couple were divorced in
1996. They had two children:
★ Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Mountbatten (born
16 April 1990)
★
Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (born
19 October 1991)
Lord Milford Haven subsequently married
Clare Husted Steel (born
2 September 1960) on
20 August 1997.
In 2000, he founded
uSwitch, a website which compares gas and electricity prices, and helps customers switch suppliers. The company was sold to the American media firm
EW Scripps in March 2006 for around £210 million ($300million).
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Styles from birth
★ The Earl of Medina (
1961-
1970)
★ The Most Hon. The Marquess of Milford Haven (
1970-present)
References
1. Queen's cousin makes £100m in uSwitch sale