Governor-General of India

[edit] Governors-General of India, 1773-1858

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Warren Hastings	20 October 1774	1 February 1785
John Macpherson	1 February 1785	12 September 1786		acting
The Earl Cornwallis from 1792, the Marquess Cornwallis	12 September 1786	28 October 1793
Sir John Shore	28 October 1793	March 1798
Sir Alured Clarke	March 1798	18 May 1798		acting
The Earl of Mornington from 1799, the Marquess Wellesley	18 May 1798	30 July 1805	Tory
The Marquess Cornwallis	30 July 1805	5 October 1805	Tory
Sir George Barlow	10 October 1805	31 July 1807		acting
The Lord Minto	31 July 1807	4 October 1813	Whig
The Earl of Moira from 1817, the Marquess of Hastings	4 October 1813	9 January 1823	Whig
John Adam	9 January 1823	1 August 1823		acting
The Lord Amherst from 1826, the Earl Amherst	1 August 1823	13 March 1828
William Bayley	13 March 1828	4 July 1828		acting
Lord William Bentinck	4 July 1828	20 March 1835	Whig
Sir Charles Metcalfe	20 March 1835	4 March 1836		acting
The Lord Auckland from 1839, the Earl of Auckland	4 March 1836	28 February 1842	Whig
The Lord Ellenborough	28 February 1842	June 1844	Conservative
William Wilberforce Bird	June 1844	23 July 1844		acting
Sir Henry Hardinge from 1846, the Viscount Hardinge	23 July 1844	12 January 1848	Conservative
The Earl of Dalhousie from 1849, the Marquess of Dalhousie	12 January 1848	28 February 1856	Whig
The Viscount Canning	28 February 1856	1 November 1858	Peelite	became Viceroy of India, 1858

For Governors-General from 1858-1947, see Viceroy of India.

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma	15 August 1947	21 June 1948		the last British Governor-General
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari	21 June 1948	26 January 1950		the first and only Indian Governor-General; in 1950, India became a republic.

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