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. 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
• Lawrence Dundas, Marquess of Zetland[?] 1935 - 1940
• Leopold Charles Amery[?] 1940 - 1945
• Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Lord Pethick-Lawrence[?] 1945 - 1947
• William Hare, Earl of Listowel[?] 1947