Viceroy of India

From British Offices and Honours

Previously, India was ruled by a Governor-General. The Viceroys continued to hold the title of Governor-General as well as that of Viceroy.

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
The Viscount Canning from 1859, the Earl Canning	1 November 1858	21 March 1862	Peelite
The Earl of Elgin	21 March 1862	20 November 1863	Liberal
Sir Robert Napier	21 November 1863	2 December 1863		provisional
Sir William Denison	2 December 1863	12 January 1864		provisional
Sir John Lawrence	12 January 1864	12 January 1869
The Earl of Mayo	12 January 1869	8 February 1872	Conservative
Sir John Strachey	8 February 1872	23 February 1872		Provisional
The Lord Napier of Merchistoun	24 February 1872	3 May 1872		Provisional
The Lord Northbrook	3 May 1872	12 April 1876	Liberal
The Lord Lytton	12 April 1876	8 June 1880	Conservative
The Marquess of Ripon	8 June 1880	13 December 1884	Liberal
The Earl of Dufferin	13 December 1884	10 December 1888	Liberal
The Marquess of Lansdowne	10 December 1888	11 October 1894	Liberal Unionist
The Earl of Elgin	11 October 1894	6 January 1899	Liberal
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston	6 January 1899	18 November 1905	Conservative
The Earl of Minto	18 November 1905	23 November 1910	Unionist
The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst	23 November 1910	4 April 1916
The Lord Chelmsford	4 April 1916	2 April 1921
The Earl of Reading	2 April 1921	10 April 1925	Liberal
The Earl of Lytton	10 April 1925	3 April 1926		Provisional
The Lord Irwin	3 April 1926	18 April 1931	Conservative
The Earl of Willingdon	18 April 1931	18 April 1936	Liberal
The Marquess of Linlithgow	18 April 1936	1 October 1943	Conservative
The Viscount Wavell	1 October 1943	21 February 1947
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma	21 February 1947	15 August 1947

Thereafter, the representative of the King in India was the Governor-General of India, until India became a republic in 1950.