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SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR INDIA

Edward Henry Stanley, Lord Stanley ( September 2 , 1858 - June 11 , 1859 )

Sir Charles Wood ( June 18 , 1859 - February 16 , 1866 ) (resigned after being injured in a hunting accident)

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl Of Ripon ( February 16 , 1866 - June 26 , 1866 )

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne ( July 6 , 1866 - March 8 , 1867 )

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote ( March 8 , 1867 - December 1 , 1868 )

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke Of Argyll ( December 9 , 1868 - February 17 , 1874 )

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess Of Salisbury ( February 21 , 1874 - April 2 , 1878 )

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook ( April 2 , 1878 - April 21 , 1880 )

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess Of Hartington ( April 28 , 1880 - December 16 , 1882 )

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl Of Kimberley ( December 16 , 1882 - June 9 , 1885 )

Lord Randolph Churchill ( June 24 , 1885 - January 28 , 1886 )

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl Of Kimberley ( February 6 , 1886 - July 20 , 1886 )

Sir Richard Assheton Cross , 1st Viscount Cross (1886) ( August 3 , 1886 - August 11 , 1892 )

John Wodehouse, 1st Earl Of Kimberley ( August 18 , 1892 - March 10 , 1894 )

Henry Hartley Fowler ( March 10 , 1894 - June 21 , 1895 )

Lord George Hamilton ( July 4 , 1895 - October 9 , 1903 ) (resigned)

William St John Brodrick ( October 9 , 1903 - December 4 , 1905 )

John Morley , 1st Viscount Morley (1908) ( December 10 , 1905 - November 3 , 1910 )

Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl Of Crewe , 1st Marquess of Crewe (1911) ( November 3 , 1910 - March 7 , 1911 )

John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley ( March 7 , 1911 - May 25 , 1911 )

Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess Of Crewe ( May 25 , 1911 - May 25 , 1915 )

Austen Chamberlain ( May 25 , 1915 - July 17 , 1917 ) (resigned)

Edwin Samuel Montagu ( July 17 , 1917 - March 19 , 1922 )

William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel ( March 19 , 1922 - January 22 , 1924 )

Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier ( January 22 , 1924 - November 3 , 1924 )

Frederick Smith, Earl Of Birkenhead ( November 6 , 1924 - October 18 , 1928 )

William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel ( October 18 , 1928 - June 4 , 1929 )

William Wedgwood Benn ( June 7 , 1929 - August 24 , 1931 )

Sir Samuel Hoare ( August 25 , 1931 - June 7 , 1935 )

Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess Of Zetland ( June 7 , 1935 - May 28 , 1937 )

SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR INDIA AND BURMA

Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess Of Zetland ( May 28 , 1937 - May 13 , 1940 )

Leo Amery ( May 13 , 1940 - July 26 , 1945 )

Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Lord Pethick-Lawrence ( August 3 , 1945 - April 17 , 1947 )

William Francis Hare, 5th Earl Of Listowel ( April 17 , 1947 - August 14 , 1947 )

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BURMA

William Francis Hare, 5th Earl Of Listowel ( August 14 , 1947 - January 4 , 1948 )

SEE ALSO

British Raj

India Office

Governor-General Of India

Indian Civil Service

Commander-in-Chief, India

Government Of India Act

Partition Of India

British Empire

History Of Bangladesh

History Of India

History Of Pakistan

List Of British Politicians By Wealth At Death