Order of the Crown of India
Imperial Order of the Crown of India | |
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![]() The insignia of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India | |
Awarded by the British monarch | |
Type | Order of Chivalry |
Eligibility | British princesses, wives or female relatives of Indian princes |
Awarded for | A national order of chivalry |
Status | Not awarded since 1947 |
Sovereign | Queen Elizabeth II |
Post-nominals | CI |
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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 when she became Empress of India in 1878,[1] and was named after the Imperial Crown of India. The Order was open only to women, and no appointments have been made since the Partition of India in 1947. The Order was limited to British princesses, wives or female relatives of Indian princes and the wife or female relatives of any person who held the office of:
- Viceroy of India,
- Governor of Madras,
- Governor of Bombay,
- Governor of Bengal,
- Commander-in-Chief India,
- Secretary of State for India,
- Governor-General of India.
Description[]
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The members of the Order could use the post-nominal letters "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 turquoises 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 former member (now Sovereign) of the Order. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was the last ordinary member at the time of her death in 2004.
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Recipients[]
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1878–1900[]
- 1878: The Princess of Wales
- 1878: The German Crown Princess
- 1878: The Grand Duchess of Hesse[1]
- 1878: Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1878: Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne
- 1878: Princess Beatrice
- 1878: The Duchess of Edinburgh
- 1878: The Duchess of Cambridge
- 1878: The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1878: The Duchess of Teck
- 1878: Maharani Bamba Singh
- 1878: Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: Maharani Sita Vilas Dawaji Ammani Anaro of Mysore
- 1878: Maharanee Jumnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (widow of Maharaja Khanderao)
- 1878: Dilawar un-Nisa Begum Sahiba, of Hyderabad
- 1878: Nawab Qudsia, Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: Vijaya Mohana Muktamba Bai Ammani Raja Sahib of Tanjore
- 1878: Maharani Swarnamoyee of Cossimbazar
- 1878: The Duchess of Argyll
- 1878: The Marchioness of Salisbury
- 1878: The Marchioness of Ripon, the Vicereine
- 1878: Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
- 1878: Mary Bruce, The Countess of Elgin
- 1878:
- 1878:
- 1878: Viscountess Halifax
- 1878: (Mary Hobart, wife of Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart, Governor of the Presidency of Madras)
- 1878:
- 1878: (wife of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, 1866–1872)
- 1878: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1878:
- 1878:
- 1878: (wife of Sir Henry Frere, 1st Baronet, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay)
- 1878: (wife of Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay)
- 1878: (wife of Sir William Denison, Governor of the Presidency of Madras)
- 1878: (wife of Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy of India 1872)
- 1878:
- 1878: Princess Frederica of Hanover
- 1878: Princess Marie of Hanover
- 1879: The Duchess of Cumberland
- 1879: The Duchess of Connaught
- 1879: (wife of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Commander-in-Chief India 1870–1876 and acting Viceroy of India, 1862–1863)
- 1879:
- 1879: (widow of Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1848–1854)
- 1881: Bharani Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal
- 1881: (Olive Fergusson, wife of Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1880–1885)
- 1881: (Emily Adam, widow of William Patrick Adam, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1880–1881)
- 1882: The Duchess of Albany
- 1883: (Anna Julia Grant Duff, wife of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1881–1886)
- 1884: (daughter of Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1880–1885)
- 1884: The Countess of Dufferin (wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin, Viceroy of India, 1884–1888)
- 1885: Lady Randolph Churchill (wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, 1885–1886)
- 1885: (Fanny Georgiana Jane Mackay, wife of Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1885–1890)
- 1886: (Georgina Cross, wife of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India 1886–1892)
- 1887: Princess Louise of Wales
- 1887: Princess Victoria of Wales
- 1887: Princess Maud of Wales
- 1887: Maharanee Sunity Devee of Kuch Behar
- 1888: The Marchioness of Lansdowne (Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, wife of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India 1888–1894)
- 1889: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1889: Princess Victoria Mary of Teck
- 1890: (Lucy Ada Harris, wife of George Harris, 4th Baron Harris, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1890–1895)
- 1891: Maharanee Sakhiabai Raje Sahib Scindia Bahadur, Regent of Gwalior (widow of Maharaja Sir Jayajirao Scindia Bahadur)
- 1891: (Constance Mary Lawley, wife of Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1891–1896)
- 1892: Maharanee Chimnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III)
- 1892: Lady Nandkuverbai Bhagvatsinh Jadeja, Rani Sahib of Gondal
- 1893: Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, Maharani of Mysore (wife of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX Bahadur)
- 1893: The Crown Princess of Romania
- 1893: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 1893: Princess Aribert of Anhalt
- 1894: (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: (wife of William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, later Viscount Sandhurst, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1895–1900)
- 1895: (wife of Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, 1895–1903)
- 1897: The Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- 1897: Maharani Sahiba of Udaipur (wife of Maharajadhiraja Fateh Singh)
- 1897: Nawab Shamsi Jahan, Begum Sahiba of Murshidabad
- 1897: (Anne Havelock, wife of Sir Arthur Havelock, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, 1896-1900)
- 1899: Lady 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: Princess Margaret of Connaught
- 1900: (wife of Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1900–1903)
- 1900: (wife of Frederick Roberts, Baron Roberts, Commander-in-Chief India 1885–1893)[2]
- 1900: (Marina Katherine Stewart, widow of General Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet, Commander-in-Chief India 1881–1885)[3]
- 1900: (Amelia Maria White, wife of General Sir George White, Commander-in-Chief India 1893–1898)[3]
- 1900: Lady Mary Katharine Lockhart (née Eccles; widow of General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, Commander in Chief India, 1898–1900)
- 1900: Lady Ampthill (wife of Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, 1900–1905)
1901–1947[]
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- 1909: (wife of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India, 1905–1910)
- 1910: (wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, 1910–1916)
- 1911: Princess Patricia of Connaught (Coronation of George V)
- 1911: Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (Coronation of George V)
- 1911: (wife of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, 1910–1911)
- 1911: Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal
- 1911: Maharani Sri Nundkanvarba of Bhavnagar
- 1916: (wife of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, 1916–1921)
- 1917: Lady 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)
- 1918: , Regent of Bharatpur, 1900–1918
- 1919:
- 1921: The Countess of Reading (wife of Rufus Isaacs, Earl of Reading, later Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India, 1921–1925)
- 1926: Lady Irwin (wife of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, 1926–1931)
- 1927: (wife of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1925–1926)
- 1928: Shrimati Chinkuraja Scindia, Senior Maharani of Gwalior
- 1929: Puradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, Regent Maharani of Travancore
- 1930: (wife of William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief India, 1925–1930)
- 1931: The Duchess of York (Elizabeth, the Queen Mother)
- 1932: (widow of Aga Khan II)
- 1935: Maharani Bhatianiji Sri Ajab Kanwarji Sahib, of Bikaner, Rajputana.[4]
- 1935: Lady Beatrix Taylour Stanley, (wife of Sir George Frederick Stanley, Governor of Madras 1929-1934).[4]
- 1936: The Marchioness of Linlithgow (wife of Victor Hope, Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, 1936–1943)[5]
- 1937: The Duchess of Gloucester
- 1937: The Duchess of Kent
- 1937: The Lady Brabourne (wife of Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1931–1937, and of Bengal, 1937–1939)[6]
- 1943: (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)[7]
- 1946: Maharani Tara Devi of Jammu and Kashmir[8]
- 1947: Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma (wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India, 1947-1947 and later Governor-General of the Union of India, 1947–1948)[9]
- 1947: Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II)[10]
- 1947: Princess Margaret[10]
- 1947: Agnes Anne, Baroness Clydesmuir (wife of John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay)[11]
Sources[]
- ^ a b c "No. 24539". The London Gazette. 4 January 1878. p. 113.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times (36075). London. 26 February 1900. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Court Circular". The Times (36083). London. 7 March 1900. p. 6.
- ^ a b "No. 15136". The Edinburgh Gazette. 4 January 1935. p. 15.
- ^ "No. 34259". The London Gazette. 25 February 1936. p. 1232.
- ^ "No. 34451". The London Gazette. 5 November 1937. p. 6889.
- ^ "No. 37325". The London Gazette. 26 October 1945. p. 5237. "In recognition of her work for Indian service men and Indian seamen as Chairman of the Indian Comforts Fund."
- ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2763.
- ^ "No. 37905". The London Gazette. 14 March 1947. p. 1216.
- ^ a b "No. 37976". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1947. p. 2569.
- ^ "No. 38041". The London Gazette. 8 August 1947. p. 3731.
- The India List and India Office List. Harrison and sons. 1905.
- Orders, decorations, and medals of British India
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