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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.
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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 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

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  1. 1878: HRH The Princess of Wales
  2. 1878: HIH The Crown Princess of Germany
  3. 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of Hesse
  4. 1878: HRH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
  5. 1878: HRH The Marchioness of Lorne
  6. 1878: HRH Princess Beatrice
  7. 1878: HR&IH The Duchess of Edinburgh
  8. 1878: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
  9. 1878: HRH The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  10. 1878: HRH The Duchess of Teck
  11. 1878: HH The Maharanee Dhuleep Singh
  12. 1878: HH Nawab Shahjihan Begum of Bhopal
  13. 1878: HH Maharanee Seta Velass Dawajee Ammanee Anaro of Mysore
  14. 1878: HH Maharanee Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (widow of Maharaja Khande Rao)
  15. 1878: HH Dilawar un-Nissar Begum Saheba, of Hyderabad
  16. 1878: HH Nawab Kudsia Begum of Bhopal
  17. 1878: HH Vijaya Mohenu Mukta Boyi Ammanee Rajah Saheb of Tanjore
  18. 1878: Maharanee Surnamayee of Cossimbazar
  19. 1878: The Duchess of Argyll
  20. 1878: The Marchioness of Salisbury
  21. 1878: The Marchioness of Ripon
  22. 1878: Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
  23. 1878: The Countess of Elgin
  24. 1878: The Countess of Mayo
  25. 1878: Lady Susan Bourke
  26. 1878: The Viscountess Halifax
  27. 1878: Mary Hobart, Lady Hobart
  28. 1878: Lady Jane Baring
  29. 1878: Anne Napier, Lady Napier
  30. 1878: The Baroness Lytton
  31. 1878: The Baroness Lawrence
  32. 1878: Cecilia Northcote, Lady Northcote
  33. 1878: Catherine Frere, Lady Frere
  34. 1878: Mary Temple, Lady Temple
  35. 1878: Caroline Denison, Lady Denison
  36. 1878: Katherine Strachey, Lady Strachey
  37. 1887: HRH Princess Louise
  38. 1889: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
  39. 1889: HRH The Duchess of York
  40. 1892: HH Maharanee Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar of Baroda (wife of Sayaji Rao III)
  41. 1900: The Baroness Ampthill
  42. 1911: HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught
  43. 1911: The Marchioness of Crewe
  44. 1916: The Viscountess Chelmsford
  45. 1917: The Baroness Willingdon
  46. 1917: The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
  47. 1919: HRH Princess Mary
  48. 1921: The Countess of Reading
  49. 1926: The Baroness Irwin
  50. 1927: The Countess of Lytton
  51. 1931: HRH The Duchess of York
  52. 1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Aly Shah
  53. 1936: The Marchioness of Linlithgow
  54. 1937: HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
  55. 1937: HRH The Duchess of Kent
  56. 1937: Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
  57. 1943: The Viscountess Wavell
  58. 1945: Florence Amery
  59. 1947: HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh
  60. 1947: HRH Princess Margaret
  61. 1947: The Baroness Brabourne
Date unknown:

  1. The Viscountess Cranbrook
  2. The Viscountess Cross
  3. The Viscountess Wolverhampton
  4. Emily Adam, Lady Adam
  5. Olive Fergusson, Lady Fergusson
  6. The Baroness Sandhurst
  7. Marchioness of Landsdowne
  8. The Countess of Elgin
  9. The Viscountess Scarsdale
  10. The Countess of Minto
  11. The Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst
  12. Lady Frances Cunynghame
  13. The Baroness Napier of Magdala
  14. Princess Charlotte of Prussia
  15. Princess Frederica of Hanover
  16. Princess Marie of Hanover
  17. HRH The Duchess of Cumberland
  18. HRH The Duchess of Albany
  19. HRH The Duchess of Connaught
  20. The Baroness Birdwood
  21. Lady Randolph Churchill
  22. The Viscountess Falkland
  23. Lady Maud Hamilton
  24. The Countess Roberts
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