Secretary of State for India

The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when India was brought under direct British rule (British Raj). It was the cabinet office responsible for the government of India. In 1935, the name of the office was changed to Secretary of State for India and Burma. The office came to an end in 1947, when India became independent.

Secretaries of State for India

Edward Henry Stanley, Lord Stanley 1858 - 1859
Sir Charles Wood 1859 - 1866
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon 1866
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 1866 - 1867
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote 1867 - 1868
George Douglas-Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1868 - 1874
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1874 - 1878
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook 1878 - 1880
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 1880 - 1882
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1882 - 1885
Lord Randolph Churchill 1885 - 1886
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1886
Sir Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1886) 1886 - 1892
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1892 - 1894
Henry Hartley Fowler 1894 - 1895
Lord George Hamilton 1895 - 1903
William St. John Brodrick 1903 - 1905
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908) 1905 - 1910
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1911) 1910 - 1915
Austen Chamberlain 1915 - 1917
Edwin Samuel Montagu 1917 - 1922
William Peel, Viscount Peel 1922 - 1924
Sydney Haldane Olivier, Lord Olivier 1924
Frederick Smith, Earl of Birkenhead 1924 - 1928
William Peel, Viscount Peel 1928 - 1929
William Wedgwood Benn 1929 - 1931
Sir Samuel Hoare 1931 - 1935
Laurence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland 1935 - 1940
Leopold Charles Amery 1940 - 1945
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Lord Pethick-Lawrence 1945 - 1947
William Hare, Earl of Listowel 1947