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data-title="অর্ডার অব দ্যা স্টার অব ইন্ডিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_de_l%27Estrella_de_l%27%C3%8Dndia" title="Orde de l'Estrella de l'Índia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Orde de l'Estrella de l'Índia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Order of the Star of India – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Order of the Star of India" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_de_la_Estrella_de_la_India" title="Orden de la Estrella de la India – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Orden de la Estrella de la India" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_de_l%27%C3%89toile_d%27Inde" title="Ordre de l'Étoile d'Inde – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ordre de l'Étoile d'Inde" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Order of the Star of India – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Order of the Star of India" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="ऑर्डर ऑफ द स्टार ऑफ इंडिया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऑर्डर ऑफ द स्टार ऑफ इंडिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Bintang_India" title="Ordo Bintang India – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ordo Bintang India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Insignia_of_the_Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_order_Vector.svg/375px-Insignia_of_the_Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_order_Vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Insignia_of_the_Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_order_Vector.svg/500px-Insignia_of_the_Knight_Grand_Commander_of_the_order_Vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1052" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Insignia of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Awarded by <br /><a href="/wiki/Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarch of the United Kingdom">monarch of the United Kingdom</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(St_Edward%27s_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/35px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/53px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg/70px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28St_Edward%27s_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_chivalry" title="Order of chivalry">Order of chivalry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1861</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Heaven's Light Our Guide</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">At the monarch's pleasure</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Last appointment in 1947</i><br /><i>Dormant order since 2009</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Victoria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grades</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)</li> <li>Knight Commander (KCSI)</li> <li>Companion (CSI)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former grades</th><td class="infobox-data">Knight Companion</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next (higher)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Order of St Michael and St George</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg/100px-ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg/150px-ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg/200px-ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br />Ribbon bar of the Star of India<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>The <b>Most Exalted Order of the Star of India</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_chivalry" title="Order of chivalry">order of chivalry</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: </p> <ol><li><b>Knight Grand Commander</b> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Knights_Grand_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India">GCSI</a>)</li> <li><b>Knight Commander</b> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Knights_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India">KCSI</a>)</li> <li><b>Companion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Category:Companions_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" title="Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India">CSI</a>)</li></ol> <p>No appointments have been made since the <a href="/wiki/1948_New_Year_Honours" title="1948 New Year Honours">1948 New Year Honours</a>, shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a> in 1947. Following the death in 2009 of the last surviving knight, the <a href="/wiki/Tej_Singh_Prabhakar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tej Singh Prabhakar">Tej Singh Prabhakar</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Alwar_state" title="Alwar state">Alwar</a>, the order became dormant. </p><p>The motto of the order was "Heaven's Light Our Guide". The <a href="/wiki/Star_of_India_(flag)#Emblem" class="mw-redirect" title="Star of India (flag)">Star of India emblem</a>, the insignia of order and the informal emblem of British India, was also used as the basis of <a href="/wiki/Star_of_India_(flag)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star of India (flag)">a series of flags</a> to represent the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Indian Empire</a>. </p><p>The order was the fifth most senior British order of chivalry, following the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Thistle" title="Order of the Thistle">Order of the Thistle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Patrick" title="Order of St Patrick">Order of St Patrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a>. It is the senior order of chivalry associated with the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>; junior to it is the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">Order of the Indian Empire</a>, and there is also, for women only, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Order_of_the_Crown_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Order of the Crown of India">Imperial Order of the Crown of India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several years after the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a> and the consolidation of Great Britain's power as the governing authority in India, it was decided by the British Crown to create a new order of knighthood to honour Indian Princes and Chiefs, as well as British officers and administrators who served in India. On 25 June 1861, the following proclamation was issued by <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes, Chiefs and People of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">Indian Empire</a>, a public and signal testimony of Her regard, by the Institution of an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_knighthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of knighthood">Order of knighthood</a>, whereby Her resolution to take upon Herself the Government of the Territories in India may be commemorated, and by which Her Majesty may be enabled to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty, has been graciously pleased, by <a href="/wiki/Letters_Patent" class="mw-redirect" title="Letters Patent">Letters Patent</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_Realm" title="Great Seal of the Realm">Great Seal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a>, to institute, erect, constitute, and create, an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, and have for ever hereafter, the name, style, and designation, of "The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India"<sup id="cite_ref-gazette22523_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette22523-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Governor-General_of_India_(1885%E2%80%931947).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Crown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg/170px-William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg/255px-William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg/340px-William_Barnes_Wollen_-_Wollen-98228_-_George_V_investing_an_Indian_Prince_with_The_Star_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1401" data-file-height="1950" /></a><figcaption> <i><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> investing an Indian Prince with The Star of India, 14th December, 1911</i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Barnes_Wollen" title="William Barnes Wollen">William Barnes Wollen</a> </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Knights_Companion">Knights Companion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Knights Companion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>19 persons were appointed Knights Companion at the creation of the Order:<sup id="cite_ref-gazette22523_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette22523-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Knights_Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Knights Companion of the Order of the Star of India">List of Knights Companion of the Order of the Star of India</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert, Prince Consort">Albert, Prince Consort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Albert Edward, Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Canning,_1st_Earl_Canning" title="Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning">Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">GCB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_India" title="Governor-General of India">Governor-General of India</a> and Grand Master of the Order</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Outram,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet">Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet</a>, GCB, Member of the <a href="/wiki/Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council" title="Viceroy's Executive Council">Viceroy's Executive Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Harris,_3rd_Baron_Harris" title="George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris">George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Madras">Governor of Madras</a></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Russell_Clerk" title="George Russell Clerk">George Russell Clerk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Bombay">Governor of Bombay</a></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Lawrence,_1st_Baron_Lawrence" title="John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence">John Laird Mair Lawrence</a>, Bt, GCB, Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Rose,_1st_Baron_Strathnairn" title="Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn">Hugh Henry Rose</a>, GCB, <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India" title="Commander-in-Chief, India">Commander-in-Chief, India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Gough,_1st_Viscount_Gough" title="Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough">Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough</a>, former Commander-in-Chief, India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Campbell,_1st_Baron_Clyde" title="Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde">Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde</a>, former Commander-in-Chief, India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukojirao_Holkar_II" title="Tukojirao Holkar II">Tukojirao Holkar II</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Indore_State" title="Indore State">Indore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afzal-ud-Daulah" title="Afzal-ud-Daulah">Afzal-ud-Daulah</a>, 5th <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayajirao_Scindia" title="Jayajirao Scindia">Jayajirao Scindia</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Gwalior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duleep_Singh" title="Duleep Singh">Duleep Singh</a>, former Maharaja of the <a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Sikh Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Singh_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir">Ranbir Singh Dogra</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusef_Ali_Khan" title="Yusef Ali Khan">Yusef Ali Khan</a>, Nawab of <a href="/wiki/Rampur_State" title="Rampur State">Rampur</a></li> <li>Nawab Sikander Begum, <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bhopal" title="Nawabs of Bhopal">Nawab Begum of Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharaja_Narinder_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja Narinder Singh">Narendra Singh</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Patiala_State" title="Patiala State">Patiala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanderao_II_Gaekwad" title="Khanderao II Gaekwad">Khanderao II Gaekwad</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Baroda_State" title="Baroda State">Baroda</a><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Insignia_of_Knight_Commander_of_the_Star_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Insignia_of_Knight_Commander_of_the_Star_of_India.jpg/160px-Insignia_of_Knight_Commander_of_the_Star_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="418" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Insignia_of_Knight_Commander_of_the_Star_of_India.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="504" /></a><figcaption>Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order.</figcaption></figure></li></ul> <p>12 additional Knights Companion were appointed over the next five years. </p> <ul><li>19 August 1861<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stapleton_Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere" title="Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere">Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere</a>, former Commander-in-Chief, India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Pollock,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet">Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet</a> GCB, former commander of <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">British forces in Afghanistan</a></li></ul></li> <li>11 November 1863<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Singh_II" title="Ram Singh II">Ram Singh II</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Jaipur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaipur State">Jaipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarup_Singh_of_Jind" title="Swarup Singh of Jind">Swarup Singh</a>, Rajah of <a href="/wiki/Jind_State" title="Jind State">Jind</a></li></ul></li> <li>10 December 1864<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randhir_Singh_of_Kapurthala" title="Randhir Singh of Kapurthala">Randhir Singh</a>, Raja of <a href="/wiki/Kapurthala_State" title="Kapurthala State">Kapurthala</a></li> <li>Raghuraj Singh Ju Deo Bahadur, <a href="/wiki/Rewa_(princely_state)" title="Rewa (princely state)">Maharaja of Rewa</a></li></ul></li> <li>12 February 1866<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(civil_servant)" title="Robert Montgomery (civil servant)">Robert Montgomery</a>, former Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bartle_Frere" title="Henry Bartle Frere">Henry Bartle Frere</a>, Bt., GCB, Governor of Bombay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takht_Singh" title="Takht Singh">Takht Singh</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jodhpur State">Jodhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayilyam_Thirunal" title="Ayilyam Thirunal">Ayilyam Thirunal</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a></li> <li>General Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Mansfield,_1st_Baron_Sandhurst" title="William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst">William Mansfield</a>, KCB, Commander-in-Chief, India</li> <li>Madan Pal, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Karauli_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Karauli State">Karauli</a></li> <li>Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur KCSI, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Mandi_State" title="Mandi State">Mandi</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>On 24 May 1866, the Order was expanded to additional ranks. All surviving Knights Companion were elevated to Grand Commander. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_appointments">Later appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Additional appointments were made to the Order in the ranks of Grand Commander, Knight Commander, and Companion. These include </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shahu_of_Kolhapur" title="Shahu of Kolhapur">Shahu of Kolhapur</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur_State" title="Kolhapur State">Kolhapur</a></li> <li>Maharaja <a href="/wiki/Bir_Shumsher_Jung_Bahadur_Rana" title="Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana">Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nepal" title="Kingdom of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li>Maharaja Bahadur Sir JAIMANGAL Singh of <a href="/wiki/Gidhaur_chieftaincy" title="Gidhaur chieftaincy">Gidhaur Estate</a> KCSI 24.05.1866.</li> <li>Maharaja Bahadur Sir Ravaneshwar Singh of Gidhaur Estate KCIE 25.05.1895.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawab" title="Nawab">Nawab</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Salimullah" title="Khwaja Salimullah">Khwaja Salimullah</a> Bahadur, <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Dhaka" title="Nawab of Dhaka">Nawab of Dhaka</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Osman_Ali_Khan" title="Mir Osman Ali Khan">Mir Osman Ali Khan</a> Siddiqi Bayafandi - Asaf Jah VII - 7th <a href="/wiki/Nizam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam">Nizam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a></li> <li>Maharaj <a href="/wiki/Bhim_Shumsher_Jung_Bahadur_Rana" title="Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana">Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Mohammad_Khan_IV" title="Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV">Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Bahawalpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Bahawalpur">Nawab of Bahawalpur</a></li></ul><p> The last appointments to the Order were made in the <a href="/wiki/1948_New_Year_Honours" title="1948 New Year Honours">1948 New Year Honours</a>, some months after the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a> in August 1947.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/220px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/330px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/440px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png 2x" data-file-width="1301" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Insignia of the order</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">Order of the Indian Empire</a>, founded in 1877, was intended to be a less exclusive version of the Order of the Star of India; consequently, many more appointments were made to the latter than to the former. </p><p>As the last Grand Master of the Orders, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a> was also the last known individual to wear publicly the stars of a Knight Grand Commander of both Orders, during the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II">Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II</a> celebrations in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Vickers_orders_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vickers_orders-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>There were only three female members of the Order: Nawab Sikander Begum of Bhopal; Nawab Sikander's daughter, <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bhopal" title="Nawabs of Bhopal">Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal</a>; and Queen <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Mary</a>, consort of <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a>.</li> <li>The last Grand Master of the Order, <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral of the Fleet">Admiral of the Fleet</a> Lord Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), was assassinated by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional IRA</a> on 27 August 1979.</li> <li>The last surviving Knight Grand Commander, Maharaja Sree Padmanabhadasa Sir <a href="/wiki/Chithira_Thirunal_Balarama_Varma" title="Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma">Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma</a> GCSI, <a href="/wiki/GCIE" class="mw-redirect" title="GCIE">GCIE</a>, Maharajah of <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a> (1912–1991), died 19 July 1991 in <a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vickers_orders_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vickers_orders-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The last surviving Knight Commander, <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Tej_Singh_Prabhakar_Bahadur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur">Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur</a> KCSI (1911–2009), Maharaja of Alwar, died on 15 February 2009 in New Delhi.</li> <li>The last surviving Companion of the Order, <a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral">Vice-Admiral</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Brockman" title="Ronald Brockman">Ronald Brockman</a> <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Star of India">CSI</a> (1909–1999), died on 3 September 1999 in London.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG/290px-Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG" decoding="async" width="290" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG/435px-Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG/580px-Investiture_of_the_Star_of_India.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="1342" /></a><figcaption><i>Investiture of the Star of India, Delhi</i> (detail), by George Jacomb-Hood. King George V is depicted awarding the GCSI to <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Singh" title="Ganga Singh">Ganga Singh</a>, Maharaja of Bikaner, at the 1911 <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Durbar" title="Delhi Durbar">Delhi Durbar</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/British_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British monarchy">British Sovereign</a> was, and still is, Sovereign of the Order. The next most senior member was the Grand Master, a position held <i>ex officio</i> by the <a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of India">Viceroy of India</a>. When the order was established in 1861, there was only one class of Knights Companion, who bore the postnominals KSI. In 1866, however, it was expanded to three classes. Members of the first class were known as "Knights Grand Commander" (rather than the usual "Knights Grand Cross") so as not to offend the non-Christian Indians appointed to the Order. All those surviving members who had already been made Knights Companion of the Order were retroactively known as Knights Grand Commander. </p><p>Former viceroys and other high officials, as well as those who served in the Department of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_India" title="Secretary of State for India">Secretary of State for India</a> for at least thirty years were eligible for appointment. Rulers of Indian Princely States were also eligible for appointment. Some states were of such importance that their rulers were almost always appointed Knights Grand Commanders; such rulers included the <a href="/wiki/Nizam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizam">Nizam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad state">Hyderabad</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Mysore" title="Maharaja of Mysore">Maharaja of Mysore</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir">Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gaekwad_of_Baroda" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaekwad of Baroda">Maharaja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baroda_State" title="Baroda State">Baroda</a>, the Maharajas of <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Gwalior</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Bhopal">Nawab of Bhopal</a>, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Holkar" title="House of Holkar">Maharaja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indore_State" title="Indore State">Indore</a>, the Maharajas of Singrauli, the <a href="/wiki/Maharana_of_Mewar" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharana of Mewar">Maharana of</a> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mewar" title="Kingdom of Mewar">Udaipur</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Travancore" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja of Travancore">Maharaja of Travancore</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jodhpur State">Jodhpur</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Maharao" title="Maharao">Maharao</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kutch_State" title="Kutch State">Cutch</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg/199px-Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg/299px-Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg/399px-Tanjore_Madhava_Rao_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/T._Madhava_Rao" title="T. Madhava Rao">Tanjore Madhava Rao</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Diwan_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diwan (title)">Diwan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a>, wearing the Order. Portrait circa 1880.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Kashi_Naresh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashi Naresh">Kashi Naresh</a> <a href="/wiki/Prabhu_Narayan_Singh_of_Benares" class="mw-redirect" title="Prabhu Narayan Singh of Benares">Prabhu Narayan Singh of Benares</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Azizul_Haque" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Azizul Haque">Sir Azizul Haque</a> were appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1892 and 1941 respectively, Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) in 1898, and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) for his services in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> in the 1921 New Year Honours.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rulers of other nations in Asia and the Middle East, including the <a href="/wiki/Emir_of_Kuwait" title="Emir of Kuwait">Emir of Kuwait</a>, the Maharajas of the <a href="/wiki/Rana_dynasty" title="Rana dynasty">Rana dynasty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Khedive_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Khedive of Egypt">Khedive of Egypt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Bhutan" title="King of Bhutan">King of Bhutan</a> and the rulers of <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar" title="Sultanate of Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bahrain_(1783%E2%80%931971)" title="History of Bahrain (1783–1971)">Bahrain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Oman</a> were also appointed to the Order. Like some rulers of <a href="/wiki/Princely_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely states">princely states</a>, some rulers of particular prestige, for example the Maharajas of the Rana dynasty or the Sultans of Oman, were usually appointed Knights Grand Commanders. </p><p>Women, save the princely rulers, were ineligible for appointment to the order. They were, unlike the habit of many other orders, admitted as "Knights", rather than as "Dames" or "Ladies". The first woman to be admitted to the order was Nawab Sikandar Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Bhopal; she was created a Knight Companion at the Order's foundation in 1861. The order's statutes were specially amended to permit the admission of Queen <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Mary</a> as a Knight Grand Commander in 1911. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vestments_and_accoutrements">Vestments and accoutrements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Vestments and accoutrements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GCSI_mantle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/GCSI_mantle.jpg/170px-GCSI_mantle.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="509" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/GCSI_mantle.jpg/255px-GCSI_mantle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/GCSI_mantle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Mantle of the Order</figcaption></figure> <p>Members of the Order wore elaborate costumes on important ceremonial occasions: </p> <ul><li>The <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mantle" class="extiw" title="wikt:Mantle">mantle</a></i>, worn only by Knights Grand Commander, was made of light blue satin lined with white silk. On the left side was a representation of the star (see below).</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Collar_(Order_of_Knighthood)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collar (Order of Knighthood)">collar</a></i>, also worn only by Knights Grand Commander, was made of gold. It was composed of alternating figures of lotuses, red and white roses and palm branches, with an imperial crown in the centre.</li></ul> <p>On certain "<a href="/wiki/Collar_day" title="Collar day">collar days</a>" designated by the Sovereign, members attending formal events wore the order's collar over their military uniform, formal day dress, or evening wear. When collars were worn (either on collar days or on formal occasions such as coronations), the badge was suspended from the collar. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GCSI_star.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/GCSI_star.jpg/200px-GCSI_star.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/GCSI_star.jpg/300px-GCSI_star.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/GCSI_star.jpg/400px-GCSI_star.jpg 2x" data-file-width="703" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Representation of the star of the order on the mantle</figcaption></figure> <p>At less important occasions, simpler insignia were used: </p> <ul><li>The <i>star</i>, worn only by Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders, included a <a href="/wiki/Sunburst" title="Sunburst">sunburst</a>, with twenty-six large rays alternating with twenty-six small rays; it was in gold and circular for Knights Grand Commanders, and in silver and eight-pointed for Knights Commanders. In the centre of the sunburst was a light blue ring bearing the motto of the Order. Within the ribbon was a five-pointed star, decorated with diamonds for Knights Grand Commanders.</li> <li>The <i>badge</i> was worn by Knights Grand Commanders on a white-edged light blue riband, or sash, passing from the right shoulder to the left hip, and by Knights Commanders and Companions from a white-edged light blue ribbon around the neck. It included an oval, containing the effigy of the Sovereign, surrounded by a light blue ring bearing the motto of the Order; the oval was suspended from a five-pointed star, which may be decorated with diamonds depending on class.</li></ul> <p>Unlike the insignia of most other British chivalric orders, the insignia of the Order of the Star of India did not incorporate crosses, as they were deemed unacceptable to the Indian princes appointed to the Order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Precedence_and_privileges">Precedence and privileges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Precedence and privileges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of all classes of the Order were assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of members of all classes also featured on the order of precedence, as did sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders. (See <a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_England_and_Wales" title="Order of precedence in England and Wales">order of precedence in England and Wales</a> for the exact positions.) </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_of_India_Insignia_(1).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg/125px-Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg/188px-Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg/250px-Star_of_India_Insignia_%281%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="573" /></a><figcaption>Star and <a href="/wiki/Collar_(order)" title="Collar (order)">Collar</a> of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order</figcaption></figure> <p>Knights Grand Commanders used the <a href="/wiki/Post-nominal" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-nominal">post-nominal</a> initials "GCSI", Knights Commanders "KCSI" and Companions "CSI". Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders prefixed "Sir" to their forenames. Wives of Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders could prefix "Lady" to their surnames. Such forms were not used by peers and Indian princes, except when the names of the former were written out in their fullest forms. </p><p>Knights Grand Commanders were also entitled to receive <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldic supporters</a>. They could, furthermore, encircle their arms with a depiction of the circlet (a circle bearing the motto) and the <a href="/wiki/Collar_(Order_of_Knighthood)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collar (Order of Knighthood)">collar</a>; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter. Knights Commanders and Companions were permitted to display the circlet, but not the collar, surrounding their arms. The badge is depicted suspended from the collar or circlet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 138.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 136.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of King George V at Delhi by Christopher Clark, 1915. He wears the Order with the uniform of the 18th King George's Own Lancers."><img alt="Portrait of King George V at Delhi by Christopher Clark, 1915. He wears the Order with the uniform of the 18th King George's Own Lancers." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg/205px-Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg/308px-Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg/411px-Portrait_of_H.M._King_George_V_at_Delhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4718" data-file-height="6887" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of King <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> at Delhi by Christopher Clark, 1915. He wears the Order with the uniform of the <a href="/wiki/19th_Lancers#18th_King_George's_Own_Lancers" title="19th Lancers">18th King George's Own Lancers</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 140.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 138.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of King Edward VII wearing the Robes of the Order, by Alfred James Downey."><img alt="Portrait of King Edward VII wearing the Robes of the Order, by Alfred James Downey." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/208px-Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png" decoding="async" width="139" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/312px-Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png/417px-Portrait_of_King_Edward_VII_with_the_Robes_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="792" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of King <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward VII</a> wearing the Robes of the Order, by Alfred James Downey.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 150px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 148px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order of the Star of India (as Grand Master of the Order)"><img alt="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order of the Star of India (as Grand Master of the Order)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg/222px-Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="148" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg/333px-Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg/443px-Victor_Bruce%2C_9th_Earl_of_Elgin_Viceroy_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="788" data-file-height="1066" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bruce,_9th_Earl_of_Elgin" title="Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin">Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin</a>, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order of the Star of India (as Grand Master of the Order)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 127.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 125.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Hardinge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order (as Grand Master of the Order)"><img alt="Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order (as Grand Master of the Order)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Charles_Hardinge.jpg/188px-Charles_Hardinge.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Charles_Hardinge.jpg/282px-Charles_Hardinge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Charles_Hardinge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hardinge,_1st_Baron_Hardinge_of_Penshurst" title="Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst">Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst</a>, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order (as Grand Master of the Order)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rama Varma XV, Maharaja of Cochin wearing the mantle of the Order for the occasion of King Edward VII's Delhi Durbar of 1903"><img alt="Rama Varma XV, Maharaja of Cochin wearing the mantle of the Order for the occasion of King Edward VII's Delhi Durbar of 1903" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg/225px-H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg/337px-H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg/449px-H_H_Raja_of_Cochin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="868" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rama_Varma_XV" title="Rama Varma XV">Rama Varma XV</a>, Maharaja of Cochin wearing the mantle of the Order for the occasion of King Edward VII's <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Durbar" title="Delhi Durbar">Delhi Durbar</a> of 1903</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 148.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 146.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Idar, wearing the Order. Paint on photograph, 1900-20."><img alt="Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Idar, wearing the Order. Paint on photograph, 1900-20." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg/220px-Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="147" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg/330px-Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg/440px-Sir_Pratap_Singh_of_Idar_1900-1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="818" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Singh_of_Idar" title="Pratap Singh of Idar">Pratap Singh</a>, Maharaja of <a href="/wiki/Idar_State" title="Idar State">Idar</a>, wearing the Order. Paint on photograph, 1900-20.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 153.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring,_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook wearing the GSCI sash"><img alt="Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook wearing the GSCI sash" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg/230px-Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg/345px-Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg/460px-Arthur_Stockdale_Cope_-_Thomas_George_Baring%2C_Earl_of_Northbrook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Baring,_1st_Earl_of_Northbrook" title="Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook">Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook</a> wearing the GSCI sash</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 154px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 152px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_(26322003985).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts with GCSI star and sash"><img alt="Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts with GCSI star and sash" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG/228px-General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="152" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG/342px-General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG/456px-General_Lord_Roberts_AKA_%22Bobs%22_%2826322003985%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="952" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts" title="Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts">Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts</a> with GCSI star and sash</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 147.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 145.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III,_Maharaja_of_Baroda,_1919.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda, wearing the sash and star of a Knight Grand Commander (GCSI), along with the star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)"><img alt="Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda, wearing the sash and star of a Knight Grand Commander (GCSI), along with the star of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg/218px-Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg/327px-Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg/435px-Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III%2C_Maharaja_of_Baroda%2C_1919.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1033" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sayajirao_Gaekwad_III" title="Sayajirao Gaekwad III">Sayajirao Gaekwad III</a>, Maharaja of Baroda, wearing the sash and star of a Knight Grand Commander (GCSI), along with the star of a Knight Grand Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">Order of the Indian Empire</a> (GCIE)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 131.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 129.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_(United_Kingdom_1900)_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Badge of a Knight Commander, circa 1900."><img alt="Badge of a Knight Commander, circa 1900." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/194px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/291px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/387px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_badge_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="807" data-file-height="1249" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Badge of a Knight Commander, circa 1900.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Indian Civil Service officer Henry Stokes, wearing the insignia of a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the Order."><img alt="Indian Civil Service officer Henry Stokes, wearing the insignia of a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the Order." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG/225px-Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG/337px-Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG/450px-Sir_Henry_Edward_Stokes_KCSI.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Civil_Service" title="Indian Civil Service">Indian Civil Service</a> officer <a href="/wiki/Henry_Stokes" title="Henry Stokes">Henry Stokes</a>, wearing the insignia of a Knight Commander (KCSI) of the Order.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 199.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 197.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_(United_Kingdom_1900)_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Star of a Knight Commander, circa 1900."><img alt="Star of a Knight Commander, circa 1900." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/296px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" decoding="async" width="198" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/444px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/591px-Order_of_the_Star_of_India_knight_commander_star_%28United_Kingdom_1900%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="975" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Star of a Knight Commander, circa 1900.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Star_of_India&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit" title="Order of Merit">Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">St Michael and St George</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Royal Victorian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">British Empire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Service_Order" title="Imperial Service Order">Imperial Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Companions of Honour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_John_(chartered_1888)" title="Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)">St John</a></span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Orders_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal Family Orders of the United Kingdom">Royal family orders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_VI" title="Royal Family Order of George VI">George VI</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Elizabeth_II" title="Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Charles_III" title="Royal Family Order of Charles III">Charles III</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dormant</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Patrick" title="Order of St Patrick">St Patrick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_of_India" title="Order of the Crown of India">Crown of India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Star of India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Indian_Empire" title="Order of the Indian Empire">Indian Empire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">British India</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Burma" title="Order of Burma">Burma</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Guelphic_Order" title="Royal Guelphic Order">Royal Guelphic</a></span></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal family orders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_IV" title="Royal Family Order of George IV">George IV</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_Victoria_and_Albert" title="Royal Order of Victoria and Albert">Victoria & Albert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_Edward_VII" title="Royal Family Order of Edward VII">Edward VII</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Family_Order_of_George_V" title="Royal Family Order of George V">George V</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Chain" title="Royal Victorian Chain">Royal Victorian Chain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">Hereditary peerage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">Life peerage</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy counsellor</a></span></li> <li><span 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href="/wiki/George_Cross" title="George Cross">George Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Cross" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Cross">Conspicuous Gallantry Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Red_Cross" title="Royal Red Cross">Royal Red Cross (class I)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Medal" title="George Medal">George Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Police_Medal" title="King's Police Medal">King's Police Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Fire_Service_Medal" title="King's Fire Service Medal">King's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Service Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)">Air Force Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Red_Cross" title="Royal Red Cross">Royal Red Cross (class II)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sea_Gallantry_Medal" title="Sea Gallantry Medal">Sea Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Gallantry_Medal" title="King's Gallantry Medal">King's Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Medal" title="Royal Victorian Medal">Royal Victorian Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Empire_Medal" title="British Empire 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Medal" title="Edward Medal">Edward Medal (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Empire_Gallantry_Medal" title="Empire Gallantry Medal">Empire Gallantry Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="Distinguished Conduct Medal">Distinguished Conduct Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_Gallantry_Medal" title="Conspicuous Gallantry Medal">Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 2B</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Medal_for_Lifesaving" title="Albert Medal for Lifesaving">Albert Medal (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Medal" title="Edward Medal">Edward Medal (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa_King%27s_Medal_for_Bravery,_Gold" title="Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold">Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 3A</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">Order of British India (1st class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_British_India" title="Order of British India">Order of British India (2nd class)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Order_of_Merit" title="Indian Order of Merit">Indian Order of Merit (3rd 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Medal">Ceylon Police Medal, for Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Police_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Police Medal">Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Meritorious Service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Fire_Brigades_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal">Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Meritorious Service</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Level 4</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Brave_Conduct" title="Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct">Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Commendation_for_Valuable_Service_in_the_Air" title="Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the 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