List_of_Knights_Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Star_of_India References

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,^[1] 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,^[2] 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).

Date	Name	Notes
25 June 1861^[1]	The Prince Consort	Died 14 December 1861
	The Prince of Wales	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
	The Nizam of Hyderabad
	The Viscount Gough
	The Maharajah of Gwalior
	The Lord Harris
	The Maharajah Duleep Singh
	The Lord Clyde	Died 24 August 1863
	The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
	Sir George Russell Clerk
	The Maharajah Holkar of Indore
	The Maharajah Gaekwad of Baroda
	Sir John Lawrence, Bt
	The Maharajah of Patiala	Died 13 November 1862^[3]
	Sir James Outram, Bt	Died 11 March 1863
	The Begum of Bhopal	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
	Sir Hugh Henry Rose	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
	The Nawab of Rampur	Died 20 April 1865^[4]
19 August 1861^[5]	The Viscount Combermere	Died 21 February 1865
19 August 1861^[5]	Sir George Pollock	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
11 November 1863^[6]	The Rajah Bahadur of Jaipur	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
11 November 1863^[6]	The Rajah Bahadur of Jind	Died 26 January 1864^[7]
10 December 1864^[8]	The Rajah Bahadur of Kapurthala	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
10 December 1864^[8]	The Maharajah of Rewa
12 February 1866^[9]	Sir Henry Bartle Frere
	The Maharajah of Jodhpur
	Sir Robert Montgomery
	The Maharajah of Travancore
	Sir William Mansfield
	The Maharajah of Karauli