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 is open only to women; no new appointments have been made after the Partition of India 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 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. When her husband, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester died in 1974 he was the last surviving Knight of St. Patrick.
Dates unknown:
British honours system
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories...
.
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
in 1878, when she became Empress of India
Emperor of India
Emperor/Empress of India was used as a title by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II, and revived by the colonial British monarchs during the British Raj in India....
. The Order is open only to women; no new appointments have been made after the Partition of India 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 IndiaGovernor-General of IndiaThe Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William...
, - Governor of Madras,
- Governor of Bombay,
- Governor of BengalGovernor of BengalFrom 1690, a governor represented the British East India Company in Bengal, which had been granted the right to establish a trading post by the local rulers, the nawabs of Murshidabad, who were nominal vassals of the Mughal emperor in Delhi....
, - Secretary of State for IndiaSecretary of State for IndiaThe Secretary of State for India, or India Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister responsible for the government of India and the political head of the India Office...
, - 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 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. When her husband, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester died in 1974 he was the last surviving Knight of St. Patrick.
- 1878: HRH The Princess of WalesAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
- 1878: HI&RH The German Crown PrincessVictoria, Princess RoyalThe Princess Victoria, Princess Royal was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III...
- 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of HessePrincess Alice of the United KingdomThe Princess Alice was a member of the British royal family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Alice's education was devised by Albert's close friend and adviser, Baron Stockmar...
- 1878: HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-HolsteinPrincess Helena of the United KingdomPrincess Helena was a member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert....
- 1878: HRH The Princess Louise, Marchioness of LornePrincess Louise, Duchess of ArgyllThe Princess Louise was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort.Louise's early life was spent moving between the various royal residences in the...
- 1878: HRH The Princess BeatricePrincess Beatrice of the United KingdomThe Princess Beatrice was a member of the British Royal Family. She was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Juan Carlos, King of Spain, is her great-grandson...
- 1878: HI&RH The Duchess of EdinburghMaria Alexandrovna of Russia-Later life:She died in October 1920 in Zürich, Switzerland apparently after receiving a telegram addressed to her as "Frau Coburg"; she was buried in the Ducal Family's cemetery outside Coburg...
- 1878: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
- 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- 1878: HRH The Duchess of TeckPrincess Mary Adelaide of CambridgePrincess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cambridge was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of George III, and great-grandmother of Elizabeth II. She held the title of Duchess of Teck through marriage.Mary Adelaide is remembered as the mother of Queen Mary, the consort of...
- 1878: HH Maharani Dhulip Singh
- 1878: HH Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: HH Maharani Sita Vilas Dawaji Ammani Anaro of Mysore
- 1878: HH Maharanee Jumnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (widow of Maharaja Khanderao)
- 1878: HH Dilawar un-Nisa Begum Sahiba, of Hyderabad
- 1878: HH Nawab Qudsia, Begum of Bhopal
- 1878: HH Vijaya Mohinu Mukta Bayi Ammani Raja Sahib of Tanjore
- 1878: HH Maharani Surnamayi of CossimbazarCossimbazarKasim Bazar or Cossimbazar, or Kasimbazar is a census town in Murshidabad in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town on the river Bhagirathi in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India, at one time included in the Berhampore municipality. In 1901 its population was just...
- 1878: The Duchess of ArgyllElizabeth Campbell, Duchess of ArgyllLady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower CI VA was the eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland by his wife Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard. She was married on the 31 July 1844 to George Douglas Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, the eldest son of the 7th Duke of Argyll...
- 1878: The Marchioness of SalisburyGeorgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of SalisburyGeorgina Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, VA, CI was the wife of British statesman, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury....
- 1878: The Marchioness of Ripon
- 1878: Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-GrenvilleMary Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady KinlossMary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Lady Kinloss was a Scottish peeress.The eldest of the three daughters of Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Caroline , she married Major Luis Ferdinand Harry Courthorpe...
- 1878: The Countess of Elgin
- 1878: The Countess of Mayo
- 1878: Lady Susan Bourke
- 1878: The Viscountess Halifax
- 1878: Lady Hobart (Mary Hobart, wife of Vere Henry Hobart, Lord HobartVere Henry Hobart, Lord HobartVere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart was a British peer and colonial administrator.Hobart was born on 8 December 1818 at Welbourne, Lincolnshire to Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Williams. In 1840, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts...
, Governor of Madras) - 1878: Lady Jane Baring
- 1878: The Lady Napier (wife of Francis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 10th Lord NapierFrancis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC , was a Scottish polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the...
, Governor of the Presidency of Madras, 1866-1872) - 1878: The Lady Lytton
- 1878: The Lady Lawrence
- 1878: The Lady Northcote
- 1878: Lady Frere (Catherine Frere, wife of Sir Henry Frere, 1st BaronetHenry Bartle FrereSir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI, was a British colonial administrator.-Early life:Frere was born at Clydach House, Clydach, Monmouthshire, the son of Edward Frere, manager of Clydach Ironworks...
, Governor of Bombay) - 1878: Lady Temple (Mary Temple, wife of Sir Richard Temple, 1st BaronetSir Richard Temple, 1st BaronetSir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, FRS, GCSI, CIE, PC was an administrator in British India and a British politician.-Career:...
, Governor of Bombay) - 1878: Lady Denison (Caroline Denison, wife of Sir William DenisonWilliam DenisonSir William Thomas Denison, KCB was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 20 January 1855 to 22 January 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866....
, Governor of Madras) - 1878: Lady Strachey (wife of Sir John Strachey, Acting Viceroy of India 1872)
- 1878: The Viscountess Cranbrook
- 1878: Princess Frederica of HanoverPrincess Frederica of HanoverPrincess Frederica of Hanover, was a member of the House of Hanover. After her marriage, she lived mostly in England, where she was a prominent member of Society.-Early life:...
- 1878: Princess Marie of HanoverPrincess Marie of HanoverPrincess Marie of Hanover was the younger daughter of King George V of Hanover and of his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.-Biography:...
- 1879: HRH The Duchess of CumberlandPrincess Thyra of DenmarkPrincess Thyra of Denmark was the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.-Early life:Thyra was the sister of Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, George I of Greece and...
- 1879: HRH The Duchess of ConnaughtPrincess Louise Margaret, Duchess of ConnaughtPrincess Louise Margaret of Prussia was a German princess, and later a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn...
- 1879: The Lady Napier of Magdala (wife of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of MagdalaRobert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of MagdalaField Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS was a British soldier.-Early life:...
, Commander-in-Chief in India 1870-1876 and Acting Viceroy of India 1862-1863) - 1879: Lady Frances Cunynghame
- 1879: Dowager Lady Pottinger (widow of Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1848-1854)
- 1881: HH Rani Lakshmi Bayi of TravancoreRani Lakshmi Bayi of TravancoreRani Bharani Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi CI was the Senior Rani of Travancore from 1857 till her death in 1901. Her consort was the famous poet and writer, styled the father of Malayalam literature, Sri Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran. -Early life:...
(consort of Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran) - 1881: Lady Fergusson (Olive Fergusson, wife of Sir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet GCSI, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...
, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1880-1885) - 1881: Mrs William Patrick Adam (Emily Adam, widow of William Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...
, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1880-1881) - 1882: HRH The Duchess of Albany
- 1884: Miss Edith Fergusson (daughter of Sir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet GCSI, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...
, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1880-1885) - 1884: The Countess of DufferinHariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and AvaHariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava VA CI DBE was a British peeress, known for her success in the role of "diplomatic wife", and for leading an initiative to improve medical care for women in British India.-Biography:Born Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton, she...
(wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of DufferinFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and AvaFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society...
, Viceroy of India 1884-1888) - 1885: Lady Randolph Churchill (wife of Lord Randolph ChurchillLord Randolph ChurchillLord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...
, Secretary of State for India 1885-1886) - 1886: The Viscountess Cross (wife of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount CrossR. A. Cross, 1st Viscount CrossRichard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS , known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross, was a British statesman and Conservative politician...
, Secretary of State for India 1886-1892) - 1887: HRH Princess Louise of Wales
- 1887: HRH Princess Victoria of WalesPrincess Victoria Alexandra of the United Kingdom-Titles and styles:*6 July 1868 – 22 January 1901: Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Wales*22 January 1901 – 3 December 1935: Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria-Honours:*Imperial Order of the Crown of India, 6 August 1887...
- 1887: HRH Princess Maud of WalesMaud of WalesPrincess Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. She was a member of the British Royal Family as the youngest daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark and granddaughter of Queen Victoria and also of Christian IX of Denmark. She was the younger sister of George V...
- 1887: HH Maharanee Sunity Devee of Kuch BeharCooch Behar DistrictCooch Behar district is a district of the state of West Bengal, India, as well as the district's namesake town. During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Koch dynasty....
- 1889: HH Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-HolsteinPrincess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Titles:*1870–1917: Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein*1917–1948: Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria-Honours:British honours*VA: Lady of the Order of Victoria and Albert...
- 1889: HSH Princess Victoria Mary of TeckMary of TeckMary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
- 1890: The Lady Harris (wife of George Harris, 4th Baron HarrisGeorge Harris, 4th Baron HarrisGeorge Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE was a British politician, cricketer and cricket administrator...
, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1890-1895) - 1891: HH Maharanee Sakhiabai Raje Sahib Scindia Bahadur, Regent of Gwalior (widow of Maharaja Sir Jayajirao Scindia Bahadur)
- 1892: HH Maharanee Chimnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad IIIMaharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III165454565Sayajirao Gaekwad III was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, and is notably remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule....
) - 1892: HH Lady Nandkuverbai Bhagvatsinh Jadeja, Rani Sahib of GondalGondalGondal is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state Gujarat. Gondal state was one of the eight first class princely states of Kathiawar Agency during Bombay Presidency...
- 1893: HH Vani Vilasa SannidhanaMaharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa SannidhanaMaharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana was the wife of Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar IX and mother of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.Maharani Kempananjammanni of Vani Vilasa Sannidhana [in full] occupies as high a place as any in the annals of Mysore history...
, Maharani of Mysore (wife of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX BahadurChamaraja WodeyarChamaraja Wadiyar X was the ruling Maharaja of Mysore between 1881 and 1894.-Adoption and accession:Chamaraja was born at the old palace in Mysore on February 22, 1863, as the third son of Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs, of the Bettada-Kote branch of the ruling clan. His father died about a week...
) - 1893: HRH The Crown Princess of RomaniaMarie of EdinburghMarie of Romania was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania.-Early life:...
- 1893: HRH Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- 1893: HH Princess Aribert of AnhaltPrincess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Titles:*1872–1891: Her Highness Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein*1891–1900: Her Highness Princess Aribert of Anhalt*1900–1917: Her Highness Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein...
- 1894: The Countess of Elgin (wife of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of ElginVictor Bruce, 9th Earl of ElginVictor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899.-Background and education:...
, Viceroy of India 1894-1899) - 1895: Mrs Henry Fowler (Ellen Fowler, wife of Henry FowlerHenry Fowler, 1st Viscount WolverhamptonHenry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton PC , was a British solicitor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1908 when he was raised to the peerage...
, later Viscount WolverhamptonViscount Wolverhamptonthumb|200px|Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton.Viscount Wolverhampton, of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 May 1908 for the Liberal politician Henry Fowler...
, Secretary of State for India 1894-1895) - 1895: The Lady Sandhurst (wife of William Mansfield, 1st Baron SandhurstWilliam Mansfield, 1st Viscount SandhurstWilliam Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor...
, later Viscount Sandhurst, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1895-1900) - 1895: Lady George Hamilton (wife of Lord George HamiltonLord George HamiltonLord George Francis Hamilton GCSI, PC, JP was a British Conservative Party politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-Background:...
, Secretary of State for India 1895-1903) - 1897: HRH The Hereditary Princess of Hohenlohe-LangenburgPrincess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-GothaPrincess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , was the fourth child and third daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia...
- 1897: HH Maharani Sahiba of UdaipurUdaipur, RajasthanUdaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...
(wife of Maharajadhiraja Fateh Singh) - 1897: HH Nawab Shamsi Jahan, Begum Sahiba of MurshidabadMurshidabadMurshidabad is a city in Murshidabad district of West Bengal state in India. The city of Murshidabad is located on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, a distributary of the Ganges River. It was the capital of undivided Bengal during the Mughal rule. Nawabs of Bengal used to rule Bengal from this...
- 1897: Lady Havelock (Anne Havelock, wife of Sir Arthur HavelockArthur HavelockSir Arthur Elibank Havelock, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904....
, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1896-1900) - 1899: The Lady Curzon of KedlestonMary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of KedlestonMary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, CI was a British-American peeress who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India.-In America:...
(wife of George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of KedlestonGeorge Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonGeorge Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...
, later Marquess Curzon of KedlestonMarquess Curzon of KedlestonThe title Marquess Curzon of Kedleston was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1921 for the Foreign Secretary George Nathaniel Curzon, the then 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston. The title became extinct upon his death four years later....
, Viceroy of India 1899-1904 & 1904-1905) - 1900: Princess Margaret of ConnaughtPrincess Margaret of ConnaughtPrincess Margaret of Connaught was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, and his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia...
- 1900: The Lady AmpthillMargaret Russell, Baroness AmpthillMargaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill, GCVO, CI, GBE was the daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp.Born as Margaret Lygon, she married the 2nd Baron Ampthill, in Madresfield, Worcestershire on 6 October 1894 .She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary, and in 1918 was made a Dame Grand Cross of the...
(wife of Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron AmpthillArthur Russell, 2nd Baron AmpthillOliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, GCSI, GCIE, DL, JP was a British peer, rower and administrator who served as the Governor of Madras from October 1900 to February 1906 and acted as the Viceroy of India from April to December 1904.Oliver Russell was born on February 19, 1869 to Odo...
, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1900-1905) - 1900: The Lady Northcote (wife of Henry Northcote, 1st Baron NorthcoteHenry Northcote, 1st Baron NorthcoteHenry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC , known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator...
, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1900-1903) - 1909: The Countess of Minto (wife of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of MintoGilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the eighth since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 17th.-Early life and career:Minto was born in London, the...
, Viceroy of India 1905-1910) - 1910: The Lady Hardinge of Penshurst (wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of PenshurstCharles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of PenshurstCharles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, was a British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916.-Background and education:...
, Viceroy of India 1910-1916) - 1911: HRH Princess Patricia of ConnaughtPrincess Patricia of ConnaughtPrincess Patricia of Connaught was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria...
(Coronation of George V) - 1911: HRH Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-MeiningenPrincess Charlotte of PrussiaPrincess Charlotte of Prussia , Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen was the second child born to Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Victoria...
(coronation of George V) - 1911: The Marchioness of Crewe (wife of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
, Secretary of State for India 1910-1911) - 1911: HH Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, Begum of BhopalBhopal (state)Bhopal State was an independent state of 18th century India, a princely salute state in a subsidiary alliance with British India from 1818 to 1947, and an independent country from 1947 to 1949...
- 1911: HH Maharani Sri Nundkanvarba of BhavnagarBhavnagar-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...
- 1916: The Viscountess Chelmsford (wife of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount ChelmsfordFrederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount ChelmsfordFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland , Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford...
, Viceroy of India 1916-1921) - 1917: The Lady WillingdonMarie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of WillingdonMarie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE CI was born as Marie Adelaide Brassey, a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey....
(wife of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron WillingdonFreeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonMajor Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...
, 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: HH Maji Sahiba Girraj Kuar, Maharani of BharatpurMaharani Girraj KaurMaharani Girraj Kaur, CI was the ruling Maharani of princely state Bharatpur and successor of Maharaja Ram Singh, whose ruling powers were suspended on 10 August 1900 after the murder of one of his personal servants...
, Regent of BharatpurBharatpur, IndiaBharatpur is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was founded by Maharaja Suraj Mal in 1733. Located in the Brij region, Bharatpur was once an impregnable, well-planned and well-fortified city, and the capital of Jat kingdom ruled by Sinsinwar Maharajas.The trio of Bharatpur, Deeg and...
1900-1918 - 1919: HRH The Princess Mary
- 1921: The Countess of Reading (wife of Rufus Isaacs, Earl of ReedingRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of ReadingRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC , was an English lawyer, jurist and politician...
, later Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India 1921-1925) - 1926: The Lady Irwin (wife of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron IrwinE. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxEdward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, , known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s, during which he held several senior ministerial posts, most notably as...
, later Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India 1926-1931) - 1927: The Countess of Lytton (wife of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of LyttonVictor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of LyttonVictor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...
, Viceroy of India 1925-1926) - 1928: HH Shrimati Chinkuraja Scindia, Senior Maharani of Gwalior
- 1929: HH Puradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi BayiSethu Lakshmi BayiMaharani Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi CI was the ruler of Travancore as regent for her nephew, Chithira Tirunal from 1924 until late 1931...
, Senior Maharani of TravancoreTravancoreKingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of... - 1930: The Lady Birdwood (wife of William Birdwood, 1st Baron BirdwoodWilliam Birdwood, 1st Baron BirdwoodField Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, CIE, DSO was a First World War British general who is best known as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.- Youth and early career :Birdwood was born...
, Commander-in-Chief in India 1925-1930) - 1931: HRH The Duchess of YorkElizabeth Bowes-LyonElizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
- 1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Ali Shah (widow of Aga Khan IIAga Khan IIAga Khan II , was the title of Aqa Ali Shah , the 47th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims. A member of the Iranian royal family, he became the Imam in 1881. During his lifetime, he helped to better not only his own community, but also the larger Muslim community of India...
) - 1936: The Marchioness of Linlithgow (wife of Victor Hope, Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Hope, 2nd Marquess of LinlithgowVictor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE, OBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943.-Early life and family:...
, Viceroy of India 1936-1943) - 1937: HRH The Duchess of GloucesterPrincess Alice, Duchess of GloucesterPrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
- 1937: HRH The Duchess of KentPrincess Marina, Duchess of KentPrincess Marina, Duchess of Kent, née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark was a member of the British Royal Family; the wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck....
- 1937: The Lady BrabourneDoreen Knatchbull, Baroness BrabourneDoreen Knatchbull, Baroness Brabourne, CI was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, socialite and victim of the Provisional IRA.-Family life:...
(wife of Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron BrabourneMichael Knatchbull, 5th Baron BrabourneMichael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne....
, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay 1931-1937 and of Bengal 1937-1939) - 1943: The Viscountess Wavell (wife of Archibald Wavell, Viscount WavellArchibald Wavell, 1st Earl WavellField Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC was a British field marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army...
, later Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India 1943-1947) - 1945: Mrs Leopold Stennett Amery (Florence Amery, wife of Leopold Stennett AmeryLeopold Stennett AmeryLeopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery CH , usually known as Leo Amery or L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist, noted for his interest in military preparedness, India, and the British Empire.-Early life:Leopold Amery was born in Gorakhpur, India to an English...
, war-time Secretary of State for India 1940-1945) - 1946: HH Maharani Tara Devi of Jammu and KashmirJammu and KashmirJammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
- 1947: The Viscountess Mountbatten of BurmaEdwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of BurmaEdwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma,, GBE, DCVO, CI, DStJ was an English heiress, socialite, relief-worker, wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and last Vicereine of India.- Lineage and wealth :Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma...
(wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaLouis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAdmiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, Viceroy and later Governor-General of India 1947-1948) - 1947: HRH The Princess ElizabethElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
- 1947: HRH The Princess MargaretPrincess Margaret, Countess of SnowdonPrincess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
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- The Marchioness of LandsdowneMaud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI , née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888...
- The Countess Roberts