I.
Governors-General of Fort William in Bengal
(Regulating
Act of 1773)
1774 (October) Warren Hastings
1785 (February) Sir John Macpherson
1786 (September) Earl (Marques) Cornwallis
1793 (October) Sir John Shore (Lord Teignmouth)
1798 (March) Sir A. Clarke
1798 (May) Earl of Mornington (Marquess Wellesley)
1805 (30th July) Marquess Cornwallis (for the second time)
1805 (October) Sir George Barlow
1807 (July) Baron (1st Earl of) Minto (I)
1813 (4th October) Earl of Moira (Marquess of Hastings)
1823 (January) John Adam
1823 (1st August) Baron (Earl) Amherst
1828 (March) William Butterworth Bayley
1828 (4th July) Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck
II. Governors-General of India
(Charter Act of 1833)
1833 Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck
1835 (20th March) Sir Charles (Lord) Metcalfe
1836 (March) Baron (Earl of) Auckland
1842 (February) Baron (Earl of) Ellenborough
1844 (June) William Wilberforce Bird
1844 (July) Sir Henry (Viscount) Hardinge
1848 (January) Earl (Marquess) of Dalhousie
1856 (February) Viscount (Earl) Canning
III. Governors-General and Viceroy
1858 (1st November) Viscount (Earl) Canning
1862 (March) 8th Earl of Elgin (I)
1863 Sir Robert Napier (Baron Napier of Magdala)
1863 Sir William T. Denison
1864 (January) Sir John (Lord) Lawrence
1869 (January) Earl of Mayo
1872 Sir John Strachey
1872 Lord Napier of Merchistoun
1872 (May) Baron (Earl of) Northbrook
1876 (April) Baron (1st Earl of) Lytton (I)
1880 (June) Marquess of Ripon
1884 (december) Earl of Dufferin (Marquess of Dufferin
and Ava)
1888 (December) Marquess of Landsdowne
1894 (January) 9th Earl of Elgin (II)
1899 (6th January) Baron (Marquess) Curzon of Kedleston
1904 (April) Lord Ampthill
1904 (December) Baron (Marquess) Curzon of Kedleston
(re-appointed)
1905 (November) 4th Earl of Minto (II)
1910 (November) Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (II)
1916 (April) Baron Chelmford
1921 (April) Earl of Reading
1925 2nd Earl of Lytton (II)
1926 (April) Lord Irwin
1929 Lord Goschen (during the absence of Lord Irwin
on leave)
1931 (April) Earl of Willingdon
1934 (May-August) Sir George Stanley (Offg.)
1934 Earl of Willingdon
1936 (18th April) Marquess of Linlithgow
IV. Governors-General and Crown Representatives
(Act of 1935)
1937 (31st March) Marquess of Linlithgow
1938 (June-October) Baron Brabourne (Offg.)
1938 Marquess of Linlithgow
1943 Viscount (Earl) Wavell
1945 Sir John Colville (Offg.)
1947 (March-August) Viscount (Earl) Mountbatten (last
Viceroy of United India, First Governor-General of the
Indian Domiion, 1947-1948)
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