The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-26 00:00:00

ORDER 01 KNIGHTHOOD FOR INDIA

(Frani the Gazette of last night.)
INDIA-OFFICE, JUNE 25.

The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes,
Chiefs, and People, of the Indian Empire, a public and
signal testimony of her regard, by the institution of an
Order of Knighthood, 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 letters patent under the Great Seal of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 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."

And to ordain, direct, and appoint that the said Order
shall consist of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, and twenty'
five Knights, together with such extra and honorarY
Knights as her Majesty, her heirs and successors, shalt
from time to time appoint,

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And to ordain; direct, and appoint, that her MajestYF
her heirs and successors, Kings and Queens Regnant el-
the said United Kingdom, shall be Sovereigns of the said
most exalted Order.
And that the Viceroy and Governor-General of India for
the time being shall be Grand Master of the said Order, and,
that he shall, in virtue thereof, be the first and principal
Knight of the Order.
And that the said most exalted Order shall be governed
by statutes and ordinances, to be from time to time made
and ordained by her Majesty, her heirs, and successor*
Sovereigns of the said Order.
And to ordain and direct that it shall be competent for
the Sovereign of the said Order to confer the dignity Of
a Knight of the Order upon such Native Princes an Chide
of India as shall have entitled themselves to her Majesty's
favour, and upon such of her Majesty's British subjects as
have by important and loyal services rendered by them to
the Indian Empire, merited her Majesty's favour.
The Queen has been further pleased to ordain, consti-
tute, and appoint the Right Hon. Charles John, Earl
Canning, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, and Her Majesty's Viceroy and Gover-
nor-General of India, to be the first Grand Master of the
said Most Exalted Order of the Star of India;
And to nominate and appoint
His Highness Nizam-001-Moolk, Nuwab Tuyinat Ali
Khan Nizam of Hydrabad,
General the Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.B.,some time
Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's orces in the
East Indies,
His Highness Jyajee Rao Sindhia, Maharaja of Gwalior,
The Lord Harris, some time Governor of the Presidency
of Madras,
His Highness Maharaja Duleep Singh,
General the Lord Clyde, G.C.8., lately Commander-in-
Chief of Her Majesty's Forces in the East Indies,
His Highness Runbeer Singh, Maharaja of Cashmere,
Sir George Russell Clerk, K.C.8., Governor of the Presi-
dency of Bombay,
His Highness Tookoojee Rao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore,
His Highness Maharaja Khunde Rao, Guicowar of Baroda,
The Right Honourable Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence,
Baronet, G.C.8., lately Lieutenant- Governor of the
Punjab,
His Highness Nurendur Singh, Maharaja of Putiala,
Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Baronet, G.C.8.,
lately Member of the Council of the Governor-General
of India,
Her Highness Nuwab Sekunder Begum, of Bhopal,
General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.8., Commander-in'
Chief of her Majesty's Forces in the East Indies, and
His Highness Yoosuf Ali Khan, Nuwab of Rampore,
to be Knights of the said Most Exalted Order of the Star
of India.

The Queen, in order to mark the high sense and esteem
in which her Majesty holds the said order, and to give all
additional proof of her affectionate regard for his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort, and his Royal Highness
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, has been pleased to
nominate and appoint their Royal Highnesses to be Extra
Knights of the said Most Exalted Order of the Star of
India.