Myat Paya Lat

Who was Myat Paya Lat?

Princess Myat Paya Lat was the most senior member of the Burmese Royal Household after the death of her father, King Thibaw while in exile in 1916. Born at the Royal Palace to Thibaw and Supayalat, Mandalay, the princess married at the Collector’s Bungalow, Ratnagiri, Bombay, India, 20 February 1917, Khin Maung Lat [Burma Raja Sahib], Private Secretary to Ex-King Thibaw, sometime Officer in the Indian Police, a nephew of King Thibaw and son of the "Duke and Duchess" of Ngape and Mindat. She died at Kalimpong, India, 4 April 1956, having adopted the son of her Nepalese maidservant.