List of Knights Companion of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of Knights Companion of the Order of the Star of India. The Letters Patent of 23 February 1861 founding the Order were gazetted on 25 June 1861, and established that the Order would consist of the Sovereign (the Queen of the United Kingdom), the Grand Master (the Viceroy of India, ex officio) and 25 Knights, who bore the postnominal KSI.

Letters Patent of 28 March 1866, gazetted on 25 May 1866, expanded the Order to include the Sovereign, the Grand Master, 25 Knights Grand Commanders, 50 Knights Commanders, and 100 Companions. There were later further extensions to the membership. At the time of the expansion of the Order in 1866, the surviving Knights Companions became Knights Grand Commanders (GCSI).

Date Image Name Notes
25 June 1861 The Prince Consort Died 14 December 1861
The Prince of Wales Became GCSI 24 May 1866
The Nizam of Hyderabad
The Viscount Gough
The Maharajah of Gwalior
The Lord Harris
The Maharajah Duleep Singh
The Lord Clyde Died 24 August 1863
The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir Became GCSI 24 May 1866
Sir George Russell Clerk
The Maharajah Holkar of Indore
The Maharajah Gaekwad of Baroda
Sir John Lawrence
The Maharajah of Patiala Died 13 November 1862[1]
Sir James Outram Died 11 March 1863
The Begum of Bhopal Became GCSI 24 May 1866
Sir Hugh Henry Rose
The Nawab of Rampur Died 20 April 1865[2]
19 August 1861 The Viscount Combermere Died 21 February 1865
Sir George Pollock Became GCSI 24 May 1866
11 November 1863 The Rajah Bahadur of Jaipur
The Rajah Bahadur of Jind Died 26 January 1864[3]
10 December 1864 The Rajah Bahadur of Kapurthala Became GCSI 24 May 1866
The Maharajah of Rewa
12 February 1866 Sir Henry Bartle Frere
The Maharajah of Jodhpur
Sir Robert Montgomery
The Maharajah of Travancore
Sir William Mansfield
The Maharajah of Karauli

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