Secretary of State for India

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Lord Stanley	2 September 1858	11 June 1859	Conservative
Sir Charles Wood, Bt.	18 June 1859	16 February 1866	Liberal
The Earl de Grey	16 February 1866	26 June 1866	Liberal
Viscount Cranborne	6 July 1866	8 March 1867	Conservative
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt.	8 March 1867	1 December 1868	Conservative
The Duke of Argyll	9 December 1868	17 February 1874	Liberal
The Marquess of Salisbury	21 February 1874	2 April 1878	Conservative
The Viscount Cranbrook	2 April 1878	21 April 1880	Conservative
Marquess of Hartington	28 April 1880	16 December 1882	Liberal
The Earl of Kimberley	16 December 1882	9 June 1885	Liberal
Lord Randolph Churchill	24 June 1885	28 January 1886	Conservative
The Earl of Kimberley	6 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal
The Viscount Cross	3 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative
The Earl of Kimberley	18 August 1892	10 March 1894	Liberal
Henry Fowler	10 March 1894	21 June 1895	Liberal
Lord George Hamilton	4 July 1895	9 October 1903	Conservative/Unionist
St. John Brodrick	9 October 1903	4 December 1905	Unionist
John Morley later The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	10 December 1905	3 November 1910	Liberal
The Earl of Crewe	3 November 1910	7 March 1911	Liberal
The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	7 March 1911	25 May 1911	Liberal
The Earl of Crewe later The Marquess of Crewe	25 May 1911	25 May 1915	Liberal
Austen Chamberlain	25 May 1915	17 July 1917	Unionist
Edwin Montagu	17 July 1917	19 March 1922	Liberal
The Viscount Peel	19 March 1922	22 January 1924	Unionist/Conservative
The Lord Olivier	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour
The Earl of Birkenhead	6 November 1924	18 October 1928	Conservative
The Viscount Peel	18 October 1928	4 June 1929	Conservative
Wedgwood Benn	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt.	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Conservative
The Marquess of Zetland	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	Conservative	became Secretary of State for India and Burma