Penelope Anne Vere Mountbatten, Lady Ivar Mountbatten (née Thompson; born 17 March 1966), known as Penny Mountbatten, is a British philanthropist and businesswoman. She served as the

lady of the manor Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a historical rural estate. The titles date to the English Feudalism, feudal (specifically English feudal barony, baronial) system. The ...

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and then Bridwell Park until her divorce from

Lord Ivar Mountbatten Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten, DL (born 9 March 1963) is a British aristocrat, farmer, geologist, reality TV personality and businessman. He is a former director of SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. He is the firs ...

in 2011.

Biography

Mountbatten was born on 17 March 1966 to Colin Graham Thompson and Rosemary Vere Edwards, of Old Manor House, Sutton Veny,

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. Her parents later divorced and her mother remarried Tim Walker. She was educated at

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. On 23 April 1994 she married

, a third cousin-once removed of

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, at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare in a ceremony attended by

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and Prince Edward. They have three daughters: * Ella Louise Georgina Mountbatten (born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 20 March 1996) – goddaughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh *Alexandra ''Alix'' Nada Victoria Mountbatten (born Bridwell Park, Uffculme, Devon, 8 May 1998) – goddaughter of

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. *Louise ''Luli'' Xenia Rose Mountbatten (born Bridwell Park, 30 July 2002). Mountbatten served as

of her husband's country estate

until 1997, when the couple purchased Bridwell Park. She and her husband separated in September 2010 and divorced amicably in November 2011. Her ex-husband, who came out as homosexual, later married James Coyle. Mountbatten gave her ex-husband away at the wedding. Mountbatten serves as patron of Leukaemia Care, an organization that promotes cancer research and finding a cure for

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. She succeeded her ex-husband's first cousin once-removed,

Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (''née'' Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British nobility, British aristocrat and relative of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (form ...

, as patron. She is the patron of four other charities, including Devon Air Ambulance. An avid cyclist, Mountbatten would bike to raise money for different charitable causes, including biking at the

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. Mountbatten owns and manages Penny Mountbatten London, a luxury brand representation and event management firm, which has several royal warranted labels.

References

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