Royal Profile: The Lady Pamela Hicks

The Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks was born 19 April 1929 as the daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and The Hon. Edwina Ashley{Source}. She has one older sister, a brother-in-law, several nieces and nephews and their families {Source}

1. Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924-2017)
1. John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924-2005)
1. Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947)
1. Penelope Eastwood (1953, m. 1979)
1. Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne, Lord Romsey (1981)
2. Lady Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Knatchbull (1982)
1. Thomas Hooper (2016)
1. Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper (2017)
2. The Hon. Leonora Louise Marie Elizabeth Knatchbull (1986-1991, cancer)
2. The Hon. Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull (1950)
1. Melissa Clare Owen (1960, m. 1985-1997, div)
2. Susan Penelope "Penny" Jane Henderson, (1959, m. 1999-2006, div) 
1. Kelly Louise Doreen Knatchbull (1988)
2. Savannah Knatchbull (2001)
3. The Hon. Anthony Knatchbull (1952-1952)
4. Lady Joanna Edwina Doreen Knatchbull (1955)
1. Baron Hubert Pernot du Breuil (1956 -2004, m. 1984-1995, div)
1. Baroness Eleuthera Roselyne Patricia Pernot du Breuil (1986)
2. Azriel Zuckerman (1943, m. 1995)
1. Alexander Azriel John David Zuckerman (2002)
3. Lady Amanda Patricia Victoria Knatchbull (1957)
4. Charles Vincent Ellingworth (1957, m. 1987)
1. Luke John William Ellingworth (1991)
2. Joseph William Vincent Ellingworth (1992)
3. Louis Charles Nicholas Ellingworth (1995)
5. The Hon. Philip Wyndham Ashley Knatchbull (1961)
1. Atalanta Cowan (1962, m. 1991-1999)
1. Daisy Isadora Louise Knatchbull (1992)
2. Wendy Amanda Leach (1966, m. 2002)
1. Phoebe Knatchbull (1995)
2. Frederick Michael Hubert Knatchbull ( 2003)
3. John Robin Rocky Knatchbull (2004)
6. The Hon. Nicholas Timothy Charles Knatchbull (1964-1979, killed by an IRA Bomb
7. The Hon. Timothy Nicholas Sean Knatchbull (1964)
1. Isabella Julia Norman (1971, m. 1998)
1. Amber Diana Patricia Knatchbull (2000)
2. Milo Columbus John Knatchbull (2001)
3. Ludovic David Nicholas Knatchbull (2003)
4. Isla Selina Edwina Knatchbull (2005)
5. Wilhelmina "Willa" Victoria Agatha Knatchbull (2008)

Lady Pamela married David Hicks on 13 January 1960 {Source}. Together, they have three children{Source}:

1. Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (1961)
1. Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (m. 1984)
1. Maddison May Brudenell (1994)
2. Jordon Anne Brudenell (1995)
3. Rowan Michael David Brudenell (2001)
2. Ashley Louis David Hicks (1963)
1. Allegra Marina Tondato (1960, m. 1983, div)
1. Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks (1992)
2. Ambrosia Maria Elizabeth Hicks (1997)
2. Katalina Sharkey de Solis (1981, m. 2015, divorce pending 2017)
1. Caspian William Donald Sebastian Hicks (2018)
2. Horatio Valentine Hicks (2019)
3. India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)
1. David Flint Wood (not married)
1. Felix Austin Flint Wood (1997)
2. Amory John Flint Wood (1999)
3. Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood (2003)
4. Domino Carmen Flint Wood (2007)

She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Elizabeth in 1952{Source} She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1953 and 1954.

She is one of the eldest surviving five great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria. The "new" five eldest living great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria are:

1. Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926)
3. The Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (1929)
4. Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg,Mrs. Ferner (1932)
5. Mrs. Anne Mary Sibylla Liddell-Grainger (1932)

On 20 October 2024, Lady Pamela Hicks will join the rankings of Queen Victoria's eldest living descendants ever, if she is still living at that time.