MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48). T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, small 4to, Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, 7^th March 1970, to Michael Harrison. Mountbatten thanks his correspondent for their letter which he found on his return from visits abroad ('including dubbing my television series into French in Paris') and adds that he made a contact which may be valuable to his correspondent through the office of Radio Television Francaise, 'He is the Director of my television series in French, M. Daniel Costelle', further providing the address of Capitaine Holland, Head of S.I.R.P.A. who may be able to supply further information, and also providing the address of Rear-Admiral Peter Buckley, Head of Naval Historical Branch, who could supply information from Navy sources. Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with an original Post Office telegram (received copy) from Mountbatten, one page, oblong 8vo, London, 4^th June 1965, to Michael Harrison, asking him to call a telephone number in Belgravia either anytime that evening or between 8.15 and 9.00am on Saturday morning, and a printed card issued by Mountbatten's private secretary stating, in part, 'Lord Mountbatten is away and correspondence is not being forwarded so it is regretted that no answer can be sent in the near future', dated 20^th February 1970 and addressed to Michael Harrison. G to VG, 3

 

Michael Harrison (1907-1991) Maurice Desmond Rohan. English detective fiction and fantasy author, a noted Sherlock Holmes scholar.