of Travancore wearing the badge and ribbon of the order
1878–1900 • 1878:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales • 1879: Lady Frances Cunynghame • 1881: Mrs William Patrick Adam (Emily Adam, widow of
William Patrick Adam, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1880–1881) • 1889:
Princess Victoria Mary of Teck • 1891: Lady Wenlock (Constance Mary Lawley, wife of
Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1891–1896) • 1892: Maharanee Chimnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (wife of
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III) • 1892: Lady Nandkuverbai Bhagvatsinh Jadeja, Rani Sahib of
Gondal • 1893:
Marie, Crown Princess of Romania • 1893:
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • 1900: Marina Katherine Stewart, Lady Stewart (widow of General
Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet, Commander-in-Chief, India 1881–1885) • 1900: Amelia Maria White, Lady White (wife of General Sir
George White, Commander-in-Chief, India 1893–1898) • 1910:
Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (wife of
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, 1910–1916) • 1911:
Princess Patricia of Connaught (Coronation of George V) • 1911:
Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
(Coronation of George V) • 1911: Margaret Primrose, Marchioness of Crewe (wife of
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, 1910–1911) • 1911:
Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal • 1911: Maharani Sri Nundkanvarba of
Bhavnagar • 1911:
Princesse de Durgam des Trois Couronnes, Rani Muniamma Pari of Nungambakkam (wife of
Prince de Durgam des Trois Couronnes, Raja Munuswami Pillai Pari of Nungambakkam ) • 1916:
Frances Thesiger, Viscountess Chelmsford (wife of
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, 1916–1921) • 1917:
Marie Freeman-Thomas, Baroness Willingdon (wife of
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron Willingdon, 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: Maji Sahiba Girraj Kuar, Maharani of Bharatpur, Regent of
Bharatpur, 1900–1918 • 1919:
The Princess Mary of the United Kingdom • 1921:
Alice Isaacs, Countess of Reading, Vicereine of India • 1926:
Dorothy Wood, Lady Irwin (wife of
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, 1926–1931) • 1927: Pamela Frances Audrey Chichele-Plowden, Countess of Lytton (wife of
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1925–1926) • 1928: Shrimati Chinkuraja Scindia, Senior Maharani of Gwalior • 1929: Puradam Thirunal
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, Regent Maharani of Travancore • 1930:
Margaret Evelyn, Viscountess Goschen (wife of
George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen, Governor of Madras 1924-29) • 1930: Lady Birdwood (wife of
William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief, India 1925–1930) • 1931:
Elizabeth, Duchess of York • 1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Ali Shah (widow of
Aga Khan II) • 1935: Maharani Bhatianiji Sri Ajab Kanwarji Sahib, of
Bikaner • 1935:
Lady Beatrix Taylour Stanley • 1937:
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester • 1937:
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent • 1937:
Doreen Knatchbull, Lady Brabourne • 1943: Eugenie Marie Quirk, Viscountess Wavell (wife of
Archibald Wavell, Viscount Wavell, later Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, 1943–1947) • 1945: Mrs Leopold Stennett Amery (Florence Amery, wife of
Leopold Stennett Amery, war-time Secretary of State for India, 1940–1945) • 1946: Maharani Tara Devi of
Jammu and Kashmir • 1947:
Edwina, Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, Vicereine of India • 1947:
The Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom • 1947:
The Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom == Sources ==