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 insignia of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.

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:

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.

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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: HH Maharanee Dhuleep Singh
1878: HH Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal
1878: HH Maharanee Seta Velass Dawajee Ammanee Anaro of Mysore
1878: HH Maharanee Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (widow of Maharaja Khande Rao)
1878: HH Dilawar un-Nissar Begum Saheba, of Hyderabad
1878: HH Nawab Kudsia, Begum of Bhopal
1878: HH Vijaya Mohenu Mukta Boyi Ammanee Rajah Saheb of Tanjore
1878: HH 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: The Baroness Northcote
1878: Catherine Frere, Lady Frere
1878: Mary Temple, Lady Temple
1878: Caroline Denison, Lady Denison
1878: Katherine Strachey, Lady Strachey
1879: The Baroness Napier of Magdala
1879: Lady Frances Cunynghame
1881: HH Lakshmi Bhayle Senior, Rani of Travancore
1881: Olive Fergusson, Lady Fergusson
1881: Mrs Emily Adam
1884: Miss Edith Fergusson
1884: The Countess of Dufferin
1886: The Viscountess Cross
1887: HRH Princess Louise of Wales
1887: HRH Princess Victoria of Wales
1887: HH Maharanee Sunity Devee of Kuch Batar
1889: HH Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1889: HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
1891: HH Maharanee Sakhya Bai Raje Sahib Scindia Bahadur, Regent of Gwalior (widow of Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia Bahadur)
1892: HH Maharanee Chimna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III)
1892: HH Lady Nundkooverbai Bhugvut Sinh Jareja, Ranee Saheb of Gondal
1893: HH Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, Maharani of Mysore (wife of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX Bahadur)
1893: HRH Princess Ferdinand of Romania
1893: HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
1893: HH Princess Aribert of Anhalt
1894: The Countess of Elgin (wife of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India 1894-1899)
1895: Ellen Fowler (wife of Henry Fowler, later Viscount Wolverhampton, Secretary of State for India 1894-1895)
1895: The Baroness Sandhurst (wife of William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, later Viscount Sandhurst, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1895-1900)
1895: Lady George Hamilton (wife of Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India 1895-1903)
1897: HRH The Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1897: HH Maharanee Sahiba of Udaipur (wife of Maharajah Dhiraj Fateh Singh)
1897: HH Nawab Shamesi Jahan, Begum Sahiba of Murshidabad
1897: Anne Havelock, Lady Havelock (wife of Sir Arthur Havelock, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1896-1900)
1889: The Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (wife of George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston, later Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1899-1904 & 1904-1905)
1900: The Baroness Ampthill (wife of Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1900-1905)
1900: The Baroness Northcote (wife of Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1900-1903)
1909: The Countess of Minto (wife of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India 1905-1910)
1910: The Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India 1910-1916)
1911: HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught (Coronation of George V)
1911: HRH Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (coronation of George V)
1911: The Marchioness of Crewe (wife of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Secretary of State for India 1910-1911)
1911: HH Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Begum of Bhopal
1911: HH Maharani Sri Nundkanvarba of Bhavnagar
1916: The Viscountess Chelmsford (wife of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Viceroy of India 1916-1921)
1917: The Baroness Willingdon (wife of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron Willingdon, later Marquess of Willingdon, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1913-1918, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1919-1924, Viceroy of India 1931-1936)
1919: HRH The Princess Mary
1921: The Countess of Reading (wife of Rufus Isaacs, Earl of Reeding, later Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India 1921-1925)
1926: The Baroness Irwin (wife of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India 1926-1931)
1927: The Countess of Lytton (wife of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India 1925-1926)
1928: HH the Senior Maharani Shrimati Chinkooraja Scindia, of Gwalior
1930: The Baroness Birdwood
1931: HRH The Duchess of York
1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Aly Shah
1936: The Marchioness of Linlithgow (wife of Victor Hope, Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India 1936-1943)
1937: HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
1937: HRH The Duchess of Kent
1937: The Baroness Brabourne (wife of Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1931-1937 and of Bengal 1937-1939)
1943: The Viscountess Wavell (wife of Archibald Wavell, Viscount Wavell, later Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India 1943-1947)
1945: Florence Amery (wife of Leopold Stennett Amery, war-time Secretary of State for India 1940-1945)
1946: HH Maharini Tara Devi of Jammu and Kashmir
1947: The Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma (wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy and later Governor-General of India 1947-1948)
1947: HRH The Princess Elizabeth
1947: HRH The Princess Margaret

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