Background
Her mother was a granddaughter of Aleksandr Pushkin, who in turn was a great-grandson of Peter the Great"s African protégé, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
Her mother was a granddaughter of Aleksandr Pushkin, who in turn was a great-grandson of Peter the Great"s African protégé, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
She was a younger sister of Countess Anastasia de Torby. Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecily of Baden. They had two children:
Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten (16 December 1917 – 15 May 1988), who died unmarried.
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970), father of the present Marquess.
During the 1934 Gloria Vanderbilt custody trial, a former maid of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt"s offered testimony regarding a possible lesbian relationship between Lady Milford Haven and her former employer. Lady Milford Haven also appeared as a witness at the trial.
Before leaving for the United States to testify, Lady Milford Haven publicly denounced the maid"s testimony as "a set of malicious, terrible lies". Lady Milford Haven died in Cannes, France, in 1963.
28 March 1896 – 15 November 1916: Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby
15 November 1916 – 1917: Her Serene Highness Princess George of Battenberg
14 July – 7 November 1917: Mrs George Mountbatten
7 November 1917 – 11 September 1921: Countess of Medina
11 September 1921 – 1950: The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Milford Haven
1950 – 22 January 1963: The Most Honourable The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven
Following her death, a portion of her jewels surfaced with family members living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.