Order of the Crown of India
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The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system.
The Order was established by Queen Victoria in 1878, when she became Empress of India. The Order was only open to women; it was discontinued after India's independence in 1947. The Order was limited to British Princesses, wives or female relatives of Indian Princes, and wives or female relatives of any person who holds or held the office of:
- Viceroy of India,
- Governor-General of India,
- Governor of Madras,
- Governor of Bombay,
- Governor of Bengal,
- Secretary of State for India,
- Commander-in-Chief in India.
The members of the Order, titled Companions, could use the post-nominals "CI," but did not acquire any special precedence or status due to it. Furthermore, they were entitled to wear the badge of the Order, which included Queen Victoria's Imperial Cypher, VRI (Victoria Regina Imperatrix). The letters were set in diamonds, pearls and turqouises, and were together surrounded by a border of pearls surmounted by a figure the Imperial Crown. The badge was worn attached to a light blue bow, edged in white, on the left shoulder. Queen Elizabeth II (as Princess Elizabeth) and her sister Princess Margaret were appointed to the Order by their father King George VI in June 1947. Queen Elizabeth II is the last surviving member of the Order.
- 1878: HRH The Princess of Wales
- 1878: HIH The Crown Princess of Germany
- 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of Hesse
- 1878: HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1878: HRH The Marchioness of Lorne
- 1878: HRH Princess Beatrice
- 1878: HR&IH The Duchess of Edinburgh
- 1878: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
- 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1878: HRH The Duchess of Teck
- 1878: Maharanee Dhuleep Singh
- 1878: Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: Maharanee Seta Velass Dawajee Ammanee Anaro of Mysore
- 1878: Maharanee Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (widow of Maharaja Khande Rao)
- 1878: Dilawar un-Nissar Begum Saheba, of Hyderabad
- 1878: Nawab Kudsia Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: Vijaya Mohenu Mukta Boyi Ammanee Rajah Saheb of Tanjore
- 1878: Maharanee Surnamayee of Cossimbazar
- 1878: The Duchess of Argyll
- 1878: The Marchioness of Salisbury
- 1878: The Marchioness of Ripon
- 1878: Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
- 1878: The Countess of Elgin
- 1878: The Countess of Mayo
- 1878: Lady Susan Bourke
- 1878: The Viscountess Halifax
- 1878: Mary Hobart, Lady Hobart
- 1878: Lady Jane Baring
- 1878: Anne Napier, Lady Napier
- 1878: The Baroness Lytton
- 1878: The Baroness Lawrence
- 1878: Cecilia Northcote, Lady Northcote
- 1878: Catherine Frere, Lady Frere
- 1878: Mary Temple, Lady Temple
- 1878: Caroline Denison, Lady Denison
- 1878: Katherine Strachey, Lady Strachey
- 1887: HRH Princess Louise of Wales
- 1889: HH Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1889: HRH The Duchess of York
- 1891: Maharanee Sakhya Bai Raje Sahib Scindia Bahadur, Regent of Gwalior (widow of Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia Bahadur)
- 1892: Maharanee Chimna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (wife of Sayajirao III)
- 1892: Lady Nundkooverbai Bhugvut Sinh Jareja, Ranee Saheb of Gondal
- 1893: Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, Maharani of Mysore (wife of Chamarajendra Wodeyar X Bahadur)
- 1893: HM Queen Marie of Romania
- 1893: HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
- 1893: HH Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1900: The Baroness Ampthill
- 1911: HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught
- 1911: The Marchioness of Crewe
- 1916: The Viscountess Chelmsford
- 1917: The Baroness Willingdon
- 1917: The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
- 1919: HRH Princess Mary
- 1921: The Countess of Reading
- 1926: The Baroness Irwin
- 1927: The Countess of Lytton
- 1931: HRH The Duchess of York
- 1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Aly Shah
- 1936: The Marchioness of Linlithgow
- 1937: HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
- 1937: HRH The Duchess of Kent
- 1937: The Baroness Brabourne
- 1943: The Viscountess Wavell
- 1945: Florence Amery
- 1947: The Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma
- 1947: HRH The Princess Elizabeth
- 1947: HRH The Princess Margaret
Date unknown:
- The Viscountess Cranbrook
- The Viscountess Cross
- The Viscountess Wolverhampton
- Emily Adam, Lady Adam
- Olive Fergusson, Lady Fergusson
- The Baroness Sandhurst
- Marchioness of Landsdowne
- The Countess of Elgin
- The Viscountess Scarsdale
- The Countess of Minto
- The Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst
- Lady Frances Cunynghame
- The Baroness Napier of Magdala
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia
- Princess Frederica of Hanover
- Princess Marie of Hanover
- HRH The Duchess of Cumberland
- HRH The Duchess of Albany
- HRH The Duchess of Connaught
- The Baroness Birdwood
- Lady Randolph Churchill
- The Viscountess Falkland
- Lady Maud Hamilton
- The Countess Roberts
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