Short answers, pulled from the story.
Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley entered the world on the 28th of November 1901 in London. Her father Wilfrid Ashley served as a Conservative member of Parliament while her mother Amalia Mary Maud Cassel was the sole child of Sir Ernest Cassel.
The couple married on the 18th of July 1922 at St Margaret Westminster church. More than eight thousand people attended their ceremony including members of the royal family such as Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra.
In 1942 she accepted appointment as Superintendent-in-Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade serving extensively throughout the conflict. By 1945 she assisted in repatriating prisoners of war across Southeast Asia and received an appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1943.
Edwina served as last vicereine from February 1947 until June 1948 covering both the end of the British Raj and early post-Partition months. From the 28th of October 1947 onwards she held title Countess Mountbatten of Burma after husband elevation to earldom.
Will proven London the 21st of March 1960 valued gross personal estate five hundred eighty-nine thousand six hundred fifty-five pounds net value four hundred seventy-eight thousand six hundred eighteen pounds after death duties levied three hundred thirty-three thousand one hundred fifty-three pounds. Each daughter received seven point five percent inheritance after payment obligations settled leaving husband with approximately one shilling per pound total return from wife estate.