Under-Secretary of State for India

This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State was a ministerial position and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State was a civil service positions.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office
Henry Baillie		1858	1859
Hon. Thomas Baring		1859	1861
The Earl de Grey		1861	1861
Hon. Thomas Baring		1861	1864
The Lord Wodehouse		1864	1864
The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye		1864	1866
James Stansfeld		1866	1866
Sir James Fergusson, Bt		1866	1867
The Lord Clinton		1867	1868
M. E. Grant Duff		1868	1874
Lord George Hamilton		1874	1878
Hon. Edward Stanhope		1878	1880
The Marquess of Lansdowne		1880	1880
Viscount Enfield		1880	1883
John Kynaston Cross		1883	1885
The Lord Harris		1885	1886
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt		1886	1886
Stafford Howard		1886	1886
Sir John Eldon Gorst		1886	1891
Hon. George Curzon		1891	1892
George W. E. Russell		1892	1894
The Lord Reay		1894	1895
The Earl of Onslow		1895	1900
The Earl of Hardwicke		1900	1902
Earl Percy		1902	1904
Vacant		1904	1904
The Marquess of Bath		1904	1905
John Ellis		1905	1907
Charles Hobhouse		1907	1908
Thomas Buchanan	60px	1908	1909
The Master of Elibank		1909	1910
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu		1910	1914
Charles Henry Roberts		1914	1915
The Lord Islington		1915	1919
The Lord Sinha		1919	1920
The Earl of Lytton		1920	1922
The Earl Winterton		1922	1924
Robert Richards		1924	1924
The Earl Winterton		1924	1929
Drummond Shiels		1929	1929
The Earl Russell		1929	1931
The Lord Snell		1931	1931
Vacant		1931	1931
The Marquess of Lothian		1931	1932
Rab Butler		1932	1937

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937-1948

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office
Lord Stanley		1937	1938
Anthony Muirhead		1938	1939
Hon. Hugh O'Neill		1939	1940
The Duke of Devonshire		1940	1943
The Earl of Munster		1943	1944
The Earl of Listowel		1944	1945
The Earl of Scarbrough		1945	1945
Arthur Henderson		1945	1947

Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office
Sir George Russell Clerk		1858	1860
Herman Merivale		1860	1874
Sir Louis Mallet		1874	1883
Sir Arthur Godley		1883	1909
Sir Richmond Ritchie		1909	1912
Sir Thomas Holderness		1912	1920
Sir William Duke		1920	1924
Sir Arthur Hirtzel		1924	1930
Sir Findlater Stewart		1930	1937

Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937-1948

Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office
Sir Findlater Stewart		1937	1941
Sir David Monteath		1941	1948

See also

• Secretary of State for India

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