Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton, was a British aristocrat. As the wife of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, she was vicereine of India. After his death, she was a court-attendant of Queen Victoria. Her children included suffragette Constance Bulwer-Lytton.
The Delhi Durbar of 1877. The Viceroy of India is seated on the dais to the left.
Lady Edith Villiers dressed as Lady Melbourne for a costume party at Devonshire House (1897)
Portrait by George Frederic Watts (1862)
Order of the Crown of India
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
