Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
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Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, was a British aristocrat of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India.
Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
Mary Victoria Leiter, 1887 by Alexandre Cabanel
Lady Curzon in her Delhi Durbar dress, oil on canvas, 1903 by William Logsdail
Lady Curzon of Kedleston, Vicereine of India, c. 1902 by Franz von Lenbach
Order of the Crown of India
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The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. The Order was established by Queen Victoria when she became Empress of India in 1878. The Order was open only to women, and no appointments have been made since the Partition of India in 1947. The Order was limited to British princesses, wives or female relatives of Indian princes and the wife or female relatives of any person who held the office of:Viceroy of India
Governor of Madras
Governor of Bombay
Governor of Bengal
Commander-in-Chief India
Secretary of State for India
Governor-General of India
Badge of the order
Elizabeth II, in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards, wears the badge of the order as a medal (first on left). (Trooping the Colour, 1986)
Rani Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore wearing the badge and ribbon of the order
Tara Devi, the Maharani of Jammu and Kashmir