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The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...
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: Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 â 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. ...
Imperial Crown of India Signature of King Edward VIII The R and I after his name indicate king and emperor in Latin (Rex and Imperator). The title Empress of India was given to Queen Victoria in 1877. ...
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 was appointed to the Order by her father King George VI in June 1947 and she is one of only two surviving members of the Order, the other being The Countess Mountbatten of Burma The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ...
The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ...
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British East India Company Governors (1668â1862) 1668â1669: Sir George Oxeden 1689â1677: Gerald Aungier 1677â1681: Gen. ...
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The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when India was brought under direct British rule (British Raj). ...
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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 The Maharanee Dhuleep Singh
- 1878: HH Nawab Shahjihan 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: 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
- 1889: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1889: HRH The Duchess of York
- 1892: HH Maharanee Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (wife of Sayaji Rao III)
- 1900: The Baroness Ampthill
- 1911: HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught
- 1911: The Marchioness of Crewe
- 1916: The Viscountess Chelmsford
- 1917: The Baroness Willingdon
- 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: Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
- 1943: The Viscountess Wavell
- 1945: Florence Amery
- 1947: HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh
- 1947: HRH Princess Margaret
- 1947: The Baroness Brabourne
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Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise (21 November 1840 â 5 August 1901) was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and her consort Albert. ...
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Helena, (Helena Augusta Victoria), (25 May 1846 - 9 June 1923), was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. ...
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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (17 October 1853â24 October 1920) was a daughter of Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse. ...
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1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, later the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 July 1822 â 5 December 1916), was a member of the British Royal Family. ...
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1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower CI VA (30 May 1824 â 25 May 1878) was the eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland by his wife Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard. ...
1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar) (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), was the third child and the eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. ...
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Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria (3 May 1870-13 March 1948), nee Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenberg, was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a member of the British Royal Family. ...
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The Right Honourable Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill, GCVO, CI, GBE (8 October 1874â12 December 1957) was the daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp. ...
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Princess Patricia of Connaught , later Lady Patricia Ramsay (17 March 1886-12 January 1974) was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. ...
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Dame Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon (1875â30 January 1960) was born Lady Marie Adelaide Brasset, a daughter of the future 1st Earl Brassey. ...
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The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary Lascelles, née Windsor) (25 April 1897 â 28 March 1965) was a member of the British Royal Family. ...
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Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott) (December 25, 1901 â October 29, 2004) was the wife of the Duke of Gloucester â the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. ...
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HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), (13 December 1906 - 27 August 1968) was a member of the British Royal Family; the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George...
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- The Viscountess Cranbrook
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- The Viscountess Wolverhampton
- Emily Adam, Lady Adam
- Olive Fergusson, Lady Fergusson
- The Baroness Sandhurst
- The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
- 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
| Table of the British honours system | | Current Orders The Most Noble Order of the Garter - The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle - The Most Honourable Order of the Bath - The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George - The Distinguished Service Order - The Royal Victorian Order - The Order of Merit - The Imperial Service Order - The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - The Order of the Companions of Honour The Marchioness of Lansdowne Dame Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne DGStJ CI VA CH GBE (17 December 1850â21 October 1932) was born Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, a daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. ...
Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (24 July 1860-1 October 1919) was the second child born to Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Victoria. ...
Princess Marie of Hanover, Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elizabeth Alexandrina (December 2, 1849 - June 4, 1904) was a member of the House of Hanover. ...
Thyra of Denmark (September 29, 1853 - February 26, 1933) was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Luise of Hesse-Kassel. ...
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Albany (née Her Serene Highness Princess Helene Friederike Auguste of Waldeck and Pyrmont) (17 February 1861 - 1 September 1922) was the daughter of George Victor of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1831-1893) and his wife Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (1831-1888) She was born in...
Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, later the Duchess of Connaught (25 July 1860 - 14 July 1917) was the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...
Jennie Jerome in 1874 Jeanette (Jennie) Jerome, known also as Lady Randolph Churchill (January 9, 1854 â June 9, 1921) was an American society beauty, best known to history as the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill. ...
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...
A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ...
James VII ordained the modern Order. ...
Military Badge of the Order of the Bath Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-11, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...
On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ...
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and other formerly Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ...
Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ...
For other Orders see Order of Merit (disambiguation). ...
The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. ...
Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...
The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order (decoration). ...
| | Old Orders The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick - Royal Guelphic Order - The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India - The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire - The Imperial Order of the Crown of India The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is an order of chivalry associated with Ireland. ...
The Royal Guelphic Order was a British order of chivalry instituted on 28 April 1815 by the Prince Regent (later George IV). ...
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1861. ...
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Victoria in 1877. ...
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In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ...
A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ...
The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ...
This article concerns British and Commonwealth orders and decorations awarded by the British Sovereign. ...
This page deals with the order after its revival in the 19th century. ...
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