English Agents

In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English

English colonial empire

The English colonial empire consisted of a variety of overseas territories colonized, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the former Kingdom of England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries....

 was finalized between the factors of the Masulipatnam factory, represented by Francis Day

Francis Day of Madras

Francis Day was an English colonial administrator, associated with the East India Company. He served as a factor of the Company's factory at Masulipatnam from 1632 to 1639. In 1639, he negotiated the purchase of a strip of land south of the Dutch factory at Pulicat from the Raja of Chandragiri,...

, and the Raja of Chandragiri. In 1640, Andrew Cogan

Andrew Cogan

Andrew Cogan was the first agent of the English East India Company to rule Madras. He was the chief of the Masulipatnam factory when Madras was purchased from the Raja of Chandragiri and the chief negotiator in that venture.- Purchase of Madras :...

, the chief of the Masulipatnam factory, made his way to Madras in the company of Francis Day and the English and Indian employees of the Masulipatnam factory. The Agency of Madras was established on 1 March 1640 and Cogan was made the first Agent. The official title was 'Governor of Fort St George' and the Governor was usually referred to as Agent. Cogan served in the post for three years and was succeeded by Francis Day. After four agents had served their terms, Madras was upgraded to a Presidency during the time of Aaron Baker

Aaron Baker

Aaron Eli Baker was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, holding Presidency positions in Bantam and Madras in the 1640s and 1650s. Baker made a fortune in the East India trade.-Madras period:...

. However financial considerations forced the Company to revert to an agency soon after Aaron Baker had served his term. The Agency survived until 1684 when Madras was made a Presidency once and for all. Streynsham Master

Streynsham Master

Sir Streynsham Master was one of the 17th century pioneers of the English East India Company. He served as the Agent of Madras from 27 January 1678 to 3 July 1681 and is credited with having introduced the first administrative reforms in the Madras Government.Returning to England, in 1692 he...

 is the best remembered and most renowned of the Agents of Madras.

Name	Took office	Left office
Andrew Cogan Andrew Cogan Andrew Cogan was the first agent of the English East India Company to rule Madras. He was the chief of the Masulipatnam factory when Madras was purchased from the Raja of Chandragiri and the chief negotiator in that venture.- Purchase of Madras :...	1 March 1640	1643
Francis Day Francis Day of Madras Francis Day was an English colonial administrator, associated with the East India Company. He served as a factor of the Company's factory at Masulipatnam from 1632 to 1639. In 1639, he negotiated the purchase of a strip of land south of the Dutch factory at Pulicat from the Raja of Chandragiri,...	1643	1644
Thomas Ivie Thomas Ivie Thomas Ivie was an English colonial administrator, the third agent of Madras after Andrew Cogan and Francis Day. He served in his post from 1644 to 1648.....	1644	1648
Thomas Greenhill Thomas Greenhill Thomas Greenhill was an English colonial administrator, one of the early pioneers of the East India Company and the Agent of Madras for two terms from 1648 to 1652 and 1655 to 1658.- Early life :...	1648	1652
Aaron Baker Aaron Baker Aaron Eli Baker was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, holding Presidency positions in Bantam and Madras in the 1640s and 1650s. Baker made a fortune in the East India trade.-Madras period:...  (President)	1652	1655
Thomas Greenhill Thomas Greenhill Thomas Greenhill was an English colonial administrator, one of the early pioneers of the East India Company and the Agent of Madras for two terms from 1648 to 1652 and 1655 to 1658.- Early life :...	1655	1658
Sir Thomas Chambers Thomas Chambers Thomas Chambers was an English administrator and factor of the Honourable East India Company who served as the Agent of Madras from 1658 to 1661 or 1662.- Tenure as Agent of Madras :...	1658	1661
Sir Edward Winter	1661	August, 1665
George Foxcraft George Foxcraft George Foxcraft was the ninth administrator of the colony of Madras in British India for two terms starting from August 1665 to 16 September 1665 and 22 August 1668 to January 1670. During the rule of his predecessor, Sir Edward Winter, he was imprisoned on suspicion of having made utterances...	August, 1665	16 September 1665
Sir Edward Winter (second term)	16 September 1665	22 August 1668
George Foxcraft George Foxcraft George Foxcraft was the ninth administrator of the colony of Madras in British India for two terms starting from August 1665 to 16 September 1665 and 22 August 1668 to January 1670. During the rule of his predecessor, Sir Edward Winter, he was imprisoned on suspicion of having made utterances...  (second term)	22 August 1668	January, 1670
Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet Sir William Langhorne, 1st Baronet was the Agent of Madras from January 1670 to 27 January 1678.-Family and early life:...	January, 1670	27 January 1678
Streynsham Master Streynsham Master Sir Streynsham Master was one of the 17th century pioneers of the English East India Company. He served as the Agent of Madras from 27 January 1678 to 3 July 1681 and is credited with having introduced the first administrative reforms in the Madras Government.Returning to England, in 1692 he...	27 January 1678	3 July 1681
William Gyfford William Gyfford William Gyfford was an English factor and Agent of Madras from July 3, 1681 to August 8, 1684 and the President of Madras from January 26, 1685 to July 25, 1687.....	3 July 1681	8 August 1684

Presidents

Madras was elevated to a Presidency

Presidency

The word presidency is often used to describe the administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation...

 in 1684 and remained so until 12 February 1785 when new rules and regulations brought by the Pitt's India Act reformed the administration of the East India Company with the exception of a three-year period of French rule from 1746 to 1749 when Madras was a governorship.

Subsequently, Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale was a Welsh merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honour.- Life :...

 who took charge on 8 August 1684 was the First President of Madras. Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale

Elihu Yale was a Welsh merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honour.- Life :...

, Thomas Pitt

Thomas Pitt

Thomas Pitt , born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, to a rector and his wife, was a British merchant involved in trade with India....

 and George Macartney

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled...

 are some of the well-known Presidents of Madras.

Name	Took office	Left office
Elihu Yale Elihu Yale Elihu Yale was a Welsh merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honour.- Life :...  (First time) (acting)	8 August 1684	26 January 1685
William Gyfford William Gyfford William Gyfford was an English factor and Agent of Madras from July 3, 1681 to August 8, 1684 and the President of Madras from January 26, 1685 to July 25, 1687.....	26 January 1685	25 July 1687
Elihu Yale Elihu Yale Elihu Yale was a Welsh merchant and philanthropist, governor of the East India Company, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School of Connecticut, which in 1718 was named Yale College in his honour.- Life :...  (Second time)	25 July 1687	3 October 1692
Nathaniel Higginson Nathaniel Higginson Nathaniel Higginson was an English politician and a scion of the Higginson family of Salem, Massachusetts who served as the first Mayor of Madras and later as the President of the colony from 3 October 1692 to 7 July 1698.-Early life:Nathaniel Higginson was born at Guilford, Connecticut Colony in...	3 October 1692	7 July 1698
Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt , born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, to a rector and his wife, was a British merchant involved in trade with India....	7 July 1698	18 September 1709
Gulston Addison Gulston Addison Gulston Addison was the President of Madras from 18 September 1709 to 17 October 1709. He was the younger brother of the famous essayist Joseph Addison, and the second son of Rev. Lancelot Addison.- Early life :...	18 September 1709	17 October 1709
Edmund Montague Edmund Montague Edmund Montague was the Acting Governor of Fort St George and the President of Madras from 17 October 1709 to 18 November 1709.- Tenure as President of Madras :...  (acting)	17 October 1709	14 November 1709
William Fraser William Fraser (British administrator) William Fraser was a British merchant and administrator who was the Acting President of Madras from 14 November 1709 to 11 July 1711.- Accusations against Armenians :...	14 November 1709 (acting)	11 July 1711
Edward Harrison Edward Harrison (British administrator) Edward Harrison was a British aristocrat who served as the President of Madras from 11 July 1711 to 8 January 1717.- War with Gingee :...	11 July 1711	8 January 1717
Joseph Collett Joseph Collett Joseph Collett was a British administrator in service of the British East India Company. He served as the Governor of Bencoolen from 1712 to 1717 and as the President of Madras from 1717 to 1720...	8 January 1717	18 January 1720
Francis Hastings Francis Hastings of Madras Francis Hastings was a British administrator and a factor of the British East India Company who functioned as the President of Madras from January 18, 1720 to October 15, 1721.- Tenure as President of Madras :...  (acting)	18 January 1720	15 October 1721
Nathaniel Elwick	15 October 1721	15 January 1725
James Macrae James Macrae James Macrae was a Scottish seaman and administrator who served as the President of Fort St George from 1725 to 1730. He is known for naval exploits against the pirate Edward England and for reforming the administration of Madras Presidency....	15 January 1725	14 May 1730
George Morton Pitt George Morton Pitt George Morton Pitt was a British politician and administrator who served as the President of Fort St George from 1730 to 1735....	14 May 1730	23 January 1735
Richard Benyon (governor)	23 January 1735	14 January 1744
Nicholas Morse Nicholas Morse Nicholas Morse the great-grandson of the British statesman and revolutionary Oliver Cromwell and served as the last President of Madras before the Battle of Madras and the French occupation of Fort St George and its surroundings in 1746....	14 January 1744	10 September 1746

Governors of the French East India Company

In 1746, Dupleix's deputy, La Bordannais laid siege to Madras and captured the city. For the next three years, Madras remained under French Governors, until 1749, when Madras was handed to the British as per the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappele. The illustrious Mahe de la Bordannais served as acting Governor for a few months until the appointment of Governor Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil, who served until 1749 when Madras reverted to British rule.

Name	Took office	Left office
Mahé de La Bourdonnais (acting)	10 September 1746	2 October 1746
Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil , French magistrate and politician, was born in India at Pondicherry, his father being a colleague of Dupleix....	2 October 1746	August 1749

Presidents of the British East India Company

During the period between 1746 and 1749, when Madras was under French rule, the British ran a provisional government from Fort David, near modern-day Porto Novo. In 1752, when Madras had been returned to the British, the then President of Madras, John Saunders, shifted the seat of government from Fort David to Madras. The British gained a lot of territory during the mid-18th century, so that by the time the French military power was crushed at the Battle of Wandiwash in 1761, the territory under the Presidency of Madras had increased manifold. In 1785, the Province of Madras was created and the President became the Governor of Madras.

Name	Took office	Left office
John Hinde (in Fort David)	10 September 1746	14 April 1747
Charles Floyer (in Fort David)	14 April 1747	19 September 1750
Thomas Saunders (in Fort David up to 5 April 1752)	19 September 1750	14 January 1755
George Pigot (1st time)	14 January 1755	14 November 1763
Robert Palk Robert Palk Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet was an English cleric and politician. He is mostly known for his involvement with the British East India Company and his term as governor of the Madras Presidency.-Early life:...	14 November 1763	25 January 1767
Charles Bourchier	25 January 1767	31 January 1770
Josias DuPre	31 January 1770	2 February 1773
Alexander Wynch	2 February 1773	11 December 1775
George Pigot (2nd time)	11 December 1775	23 August 1776
George Stratton	23 August 1776	31 August 1777
John Whitehall (first time) (acting)	31 August 1777	8 February 1778
Sir Thomas Rumbold	8 February 1778	6 April 1780
John Whitehall (second time) (acting)	6 April 1780	8 November 1780
Charles Smith (acting)	8 November 1780	22 June 1781
George MaCartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled...	22 June 1781	12 February 1785

Governors (of British India)

Name	Took office	Left office
George MaCartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled...	12 February 1785	14 June 1785
Alexander Davidson (acting)	14 June 1785	6 April 1786
Sir Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell (British Army officer) General Sir Archibald Campbell KB served as Governor of Jamaica and Madras. He was a major Scottish landowner, Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland and a Member of Parliament for the Stirling Burghs.-Birth:...	6 April 1786	7 February 1789
John Holland (acting)	7 February 1789	13 February 1790
Edward J.Holland (acting)	13 February 1790	20 February 1790
William Medows	20 February 1790	1 August 1792
Sir Charles Oakeley	1 August 1792	7 September 1794
Baron Hobart Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire PC , styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Background:...	7 September 1794	21 February 1798
George Harris George Harris, 1st Baron Harris George Harris, 1st Baron Harris GCB was a British soldier.Harris was the son of the Reverend George Harris, curate of Brasted, Kent. He was educated at Westminster School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned to the Royal Artillery in 1760, transferring to an ensigncy in...  (acting)	21 February 1798	21 August 1798
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis , known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...	21 August 1798	30 August 1803
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	30 August 1803	11 September 1807
William Petrie William Petrie William Petrie was an Officer of the East India Company in Chennai during the 1780s. He set up a private observatory in his residence located in Egmore, Chennai, India. The main aim of the observatory was "to provide navigational assistance to the company ships and help determine the longitudes...  (acting)	11 September 1807	24 February 1808
Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet	24 February 1808	21 May 1813
John Abercromby (acting)	21 May 1813	16 September 1814
Sir Thomas Munro	16 September 1814	10 July 1827
Henry Sullivan Graeme (acting)	10 July 1827	18 October 1827
Stephen Rumbold Lushington Stephen Rumbold Lushington Stephen Rumbold Lushington was an English Tory politician and an administrator in India. He was Governor of Madras from 1827 to 1835....	18 October 1827	25 October 1832
Sir Frederick Adam Frederick Adam General Sir Frederick Adam GCB GCMG was a Scottish major-general at the Battle of Waterloo, in command of the 3rd Brigade. He was the fourth son of William Adam of Blair Adam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone.-Military career:At the age of fourteen...	25 October 1832	4 March 1837
George Edward Russell (acting)	4 March 1837	6 March 1837
John Elphinstone, Baron Elphinstone John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone GCB GCH PC was a Scottish soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was twice elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a Scottish Representative peer, serving once from 14 January 1833 to 29 December 1834 and then...	6 March 1837	24 September 1842
George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, KT, GCB was a Scottish soldier and administrator.-Military career:...	24 September 1842	23 February 1848
Henry Dickinson (acting)	23 February 1848	7 April 1848
Sir Henry Eldred Pottinger	7 April 1848	24 April 1854
Daniel Eliott (acting)	24 April 1854	28 April 1854
George Francis Robert Harris, Baron Harris George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris George Francis Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris GCSI , was a British peer, Liberal politician and colonial administrator...	28 April 1854	28 March 1859
Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India; in the late 1850s and 1860s he served there in senior-level appointments...	28 March 1859	8 June 1860
William Ambrose Morehead William Ambrose Morehead William Ambrose Morehead was a British civil sevrant of the Indian civil service who acted as the Governor of Madras for two terms in 1860 and 1860-61.- Early life and education :...  (1st time) (acting)	8 June 1860	5 July 1860
Sir Henry George Ward Henry George Ward Sir Henry George Ward GCMG was an English diplomat and politician. The son of politician and, in his retirement, writer Robert Ward and his first wife Catherine Julia Maling, and the cousin of William Ward and William George Ward, he entered the diplomatic service in 1816...	5 July 1860	2 August 1860
William Ambrose Morehead William Ambrose Morehead William Ambrose Morehead was a British civil sevrant of the Indian civil service who acted as the Governor of Madras for two terms in 1860 and 1860-61.- Early life and education :...  (2nd time) (acting)	4 August 1860	18 February 1861
Sir William Thomas Denison William Denison Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 20 January 1855 to 22 January 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866....  (1st time)	18 February 1861	26 November 1863
Edward Maltby Edward Maltby (British civil servant) Edward Maltby was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service who acted as the Governor of Madras from November 26, 1863 to January 18, 1864.- Early life :...  (acting)	26 November 1863	18 January 1864
Sir William Thomas Denison William Denison Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 20 January 1855 to 22 January 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866....  (2nd time)	18 January 1864	27 March 1866
Francis Napier Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, PC , was a Scottish polyglot, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British Minister to the United States from 1857 to 1859, Netherlands from 1859 to 1860, Russia from 1861 to 1864, Prussia from 1864 to 1866 and as the...	27 March 1866	19 February 1872
Alexander John Arbuthnot Alexander John Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot KCSI CIE was a British official and writer. Educated at Rugby School.Arbuthnot served in Madras as the director of Public Instruction ; he was a key force in the incorporation of Madras University ; he was the chief secretary to the Madras Government ; he was a...  (acting)	19 February 1872	15 May 1872
Lord Hobart Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart was a British peer and colonial administrator.Hobart was born on 8 December 1818 at Welbourne, Lincolnshire to Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Williams. In 1840, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts...	15 May 1872	29 April 1875
William Rose Robinson William Rose Robinson Sir William Rose Robinson KCSI was a British civil servant of the Indian civil service who acted as the Governor of Madras from April 28, 1875 to November 23, 1875.- Early life and education :...  (acting)	29 April 1875	23 November 1875
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	23 November 1875	20 December 1880
William Patrick Adam William Patrick Adam William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...	20 December 1880	24 May 1881
William Huddleston William Huddleston William Huddleston was a British colonial administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from May 24, 1881 to November 5, 1881.- References :* , Worldstatesmen.org...  (acting)	24 May 1881	5 November 1881
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff GCSI, CIE, PC FRS , known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author...	5 November 1881	8 December 1886
Robert Bourke Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara GCIE, PC was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator...	8 December 1886	1 December 1890
John Henry Garstin John Henry Garstin John Henry Garstin was an Indian civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from December 1, 1890 to January 23, 1891.- Early life :Garstin was born in the United Kingdom in 1838...	1 December 1890	23 January 1891
Bentley Lawley, Baron Wenlock Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock GCSI, GCIE, KCB, VD, PC was a British soldier, Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880 and administrator who was the Governor of Madras from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...	23 January 1891	18 March 1896
Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock	18 March 1896	28 December 1900
Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell, Baron Ampthill Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, GCSI, GCIE, DL, JP was a British peer, rower and administrator who served as the Governor of Madras from October 1900 to February 1906 and acted as the Viceroy of India from April to December 1904.Oliver Russell was born on February 19, 1869 to Odo...  (1st time)	28 December 1900	30 April 1904
James Thompson James Thompson (British civil servant) Sir James Thompson KCSI was a British civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 April 1904 to 13 December 1904.- Early life and education :...  (acting)	30 April 1904	13 December 1904
Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell, Baron Ampthill Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, GCSI, GCIE, DL, JP was a British peer, rower and administrator who served as the Governor of Madras from October 1900 to February 1906 and acted as the Viceroy of India from April to December 1904.Oliver Russell was born on February 19, 1869 to Odo...  (2nd time)	13 December 1904	15 February 1906
Sir Gabriel Stokes (acting)	15 February 1906	28 March 1906
Sir Arthur Lawley Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, GCIE, KCMG was a British politician, soldier and administrator who served as the administrator of Matabeleland, Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal and Governor of Madras.Lawley was born in 1860 to 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife, Lady...	28 March 1906	3 November 1911
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael GCSI, GCIE, KCMG, DL , known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator....	3 November 1911	30 March 1912
Sir Murray Hammick (acting)	30 March 1912	30 October 1912
John Sinclair, Baron Pentland John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, GCSI, GCIE was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and the Governor of Madras from 1912 to 1919.Baron Pentland was born John Sinclair to Sir John...	30 October 1912	29 March 1919
Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew Alexander Cardew Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew KCSI was an Indian civil servant of British origin who served as the acting Governor of Madras from 29 March 1919 to 10 April 1919.-Early life:...	29 March 1919	10 April 1919
George Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...	10 April 1919	12 April 1924
Sir Charles George Todhunter Charles Todhunter Sir Charles George Todhunter KCSI was a New Zealand-born civil servant in British India.Todhunter was educated in England at Aldenham School and King's College, Cambridge...  (acting)	12 April 1924	14 April 1924
George Joachim Goschen, Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen GCSI GCIE CBE VD PC was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1906 and as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929....	14 April 1924	29 June 1929
Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks Norman Marjoribanks Sir Norman Edward Marjoribanks KCIE, CSI was an Indian magistrate and civil servant of British origin who served as the acting Governor of Madras from June 29, 1929 to November 11, 1929....  (acting)	29 June 1929	11 November 1929
Sir George Frederick Stanley George Frederick Stanley Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East...  (1st time)	11 November 1929	16 May 1934
Muhammad Usman Sahib Bahadur Mohammad Usman of Madras Khan Bahadur Sir Mohammad Usman, KCSI, KCIE, Kt was an Indian politician, hakim and socialite who served as the Minister of Home for the Madras Presidency in the Justice Party government of the Raja of Bobbili and as the acting Governor of Madras from May 16, 1934 to August 16, 1934...  (acting)	16 May 1934	16 August 1934
Sir George Frederick Stanley George Frederick Stanley Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East... (2nd time)	16 August 1934	15 November 1934
John Francis Ashley Erskine John Erskine, Lord Erskine John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine GCSI, GCIE was a British soldier, Conservative Party politician and administrator who served as Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare and Brighton... (1st time)	15 November 1934	18 June 1936
Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Rao Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu KCSI was an Indian lawyer, professor, politician and Justice Party leader who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 1, 1937 to July 14, 1937...  (acting)	18 June 1936	1 October 1936
Sir John Francis Ashley Erskine John Erskine, Lord Erskine John Francis Ashley Erskine, Lord Erskine GCSI, GCIE was a British soldier, Conservative Party politician and administrator who served as Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare and Brighton... (2nd time)	1 October 1936	12 March 1940
Arthur Oswald James Hope Arthur Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour GCIE MC was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was a Conservative and served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1924 to 1929 and for Birmingham Aston from 1931 to 1939, after which he was Governor of the Madras Presidency of...	12 March 1940	26 February 1946
Sir Henry Foley Knight Henry Foley Knight Sir Henry Foley Knight KCSI CIE was a British administrator and civil servant who served as the Acting Governor of Madras in 1946.- Early life :...  (acting)	26 February 1946	5 May 1946
Sir Archibald Edward Nye Archibald Nye Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, KCB, KBE, MC was a British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II...	5 May 1946	15 August 1947

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