This is a list of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India. The Letters Patent of 23 February 1861 founding the Order were gazetted on 25 June 1861, and established that the order would consist of the sovereign (the queen of the United Kingdom), the grand master (the viceroy of India, ex officio) and 25 knights, who bore the postnominal KSI.
Letters patent of 28 March 1866, gazetted on 25 May 1866, expanded the order to include the sovereign, the grand master, 25 knights grand commanders, 50 knights commanders, and 100 companions. There were later further extensions to the membership. At the time of the expansion of the order in 1866, the surviving knights companions became knights grand commanders (GCSI).
DateImageNameNotes25 June 1861The Prince ConsortDied 14 December 1861The Prince of WalesBecame GCSI 24 May 1866The Nizam of HyderabadThe Viscount GoughThe Maharajah of GwaliorThe Lord HarrisThe Maharajah Duleep SinghThe Lord ClydeDied 24 August 1863The Maharajah of Jammu and KashmirBecame GCSI 24 May 1866Sir George Russell ClerkThe Maharajah Holkar of IndoreThe Maharajah Gaekwad of BarodaSir John Lawrence, BtThe Maharajah of PatialaDied 13 November 1862Sir James Outram, BtDied 11 March 1863The Begum of BhopalBecame GCSI 24 May 1866Sir Hugh Henry RoseThe Nawab of RampurDied 20 April 186519 August 1861The Viscount CombermereDied 21 February 1865Sir George PollockBecame GCSI 24 May 186611 November 1863The Rajah Bahadur of JaipurThe Rajah Bahadur of JindDied 26 January 186410 December 1864The Rajah Bahadur of KapurthalaBecame GCSI 24 May 1866The Maharajah of Rewa12 February 1866Sir Henry Bartle FrereThe Maharajah of JodhpurSir Robert MontgomeryThe Maharajah of TravancoreSir William MansfieldThe Maharajah of Karauli
See also List of knights commander of the Order of the Star of India List of knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India
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