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 THE IMPERIAL

The decoration or BADGE consists of Her Majesty’s Royal and Imperial Cypher, "V. R. & I." in diamonds, pearls, and turquoises, encircled by a border set with pearls, surmounted by the imperial crown, jewelled and enamelled in proper colours, attached to a light blue watered riband, edged white, of one inch and a half in width, tied in a bow.

THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE CROWN OF INDIA was instituted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India, 1 Jan. 1878, to commemorate the assumption of Her Majesty's Imperial title of Empress of India, and is to consist of the Sovereign, and of such Princesses of Her Majesty’s Royal and Imperial Household, the Wives and other Female Relatives of Princes of the Indian Empire and other Indian Ladies, and of the Wives and other Female Relatives of any of the persons who have held or may hold the offices of Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Governors of Madras or Bombay, or of Principal Secretary of State for India, as the Sovereign may think fit.

The first day of January in every year is to be deemed the Anniversary of the Institution of the Order.

SOVEREIGN OF THE ORDER—

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, EMPRESS OF INDIA.

LADIES OF THE ORDER. C.I.

1 Jan. 1878.


 * H.R.H. The Princess of Wales
 * H.R.H. The Crown Princess of Germany (Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland)
 * H.R.H. Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein (Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland)
 * H.R.H. Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorne)
 * H.R.H. Princess Beatrice
 * H.R. and I. H. The Duchess of Edinburgh (Grand Duchess of Russia)
 * H.R.H. The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn (13 Mar. 1879)
 * H.R.H. The Duchess of Cambridge
 * H.R.H. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Princess Augusta of Cambridge)
 * H.R.H. The Duchess of Teck (Princess Mary of Cambridge)
 * H.R.H. The Duchess of Cumberland (25 Feb. 1879)
 * H.R.H. Princess Frederica of Hanover (27 June,1878) (wife of Baron de Pawel Rammingen)
 * H.R.H. Princess Mary of Hanover (27 June, 1878)
 * H.H. The Maharani Dhulip Singh
 * H.H. Nawab Shahjihan, Begum of Bhopal, G.C.S.I.
 * H.H. Maharani Seta Vclass Dawaji Ammani Anaro, of Mysore
 * H.H. Maharani Jumna Bai Saheb Gaekwar, of Baroda
 * H.H. Dilawar un-Nissar Begum Saheb, of Hyderabad
 * H.H. Nawab Kudsia Begum of Bhopal
 * H.H. Vijava Mohenu Mukta Boyi Ammandi Rajah Seheb, of Tanjore
 * Maharani Hai Shomomoyi, of Cossimbazar
 * Georgina Caroline, Marchioness of Salisbury
 * Henrietta Anne Theodosia, Marchioness of Ripon
 * Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
 * Mary Louisa, Countess Dowager of Elgin and Kincardine
 * Blanche Julia, Countess of Mayo
 * Lady Susan Georgiana Bourke
 * Mary, Viscountess Halifax
 * Mary Catherine, widow of Vere Henry Hobart, commonly called Lord Hobart, and now wife of Charles Coates, F.R.C.P.
 * Lady Jane Emma Baring
 * Anne Jane Charlotte, Baroness Napier and Ettrick
 * Edith, Countess of Lytton
 * Harriette Katherine, Baroness Lawrence
 * Cecilia Frances, Lady Northcote
 * Catherine, Lady Frere
 * Mary Augusta, Lady Temple
 * Caroline Lucy, Lady Denison
 * Katherine Jane, Lady Strachey
 * Jane, Viscountess Cranbrook (20 April, 1878)
 * Mary Cecilia, Baroness Napier of Magdala (31 May, 1879)
 * The Hon. Lady Cunynghame (31 May, 1879)
 * Susanna Maria, Dowager Lady Pottinger-(31 May, 1879)
 * H.H. Lakshm Bhayie, senior Rani of Travancore
 * Mrs Emily Adam (8 Oct. 1881)

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