Mountbatten venne nominato primo "Lord Lieutenant" (Lord Luogotenente) dell'isola di Wight a seguito della creazione della contea nel 1974. ###>A personal high point was the reception of the Japanese surrender in Singapore when British troops returned to the island to receive the formal surrender of Japanese forces in the region led by General Itagaki Seishiro on 12 September 1945, codenamed Operation Tiderace.