List of Governors-General

Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1774–1833

Name Portrait Entered office Left office

Warren Hastings 20 October 1773 1 February 1785

Sir John Macpherson(acting) 1 February 1785 12 September 1786

The Earl Cornwallis 12 September 1786 28 October 1793

Sir John Shore 28 October 1793 March 1798

Sir Alured Clarke(acting) March 1798 18 May 1798

The Earl of Mornington 18 May 1798 30 July 1805

The Marquess Cornwallis 30 July 1805 5 October 1805

Sir George Barlow, Bt(acting) 10 October 1805 31 July 1807

The Lord Minto 31 July 1807 4 October 1813

The Earl of Moira 4 October 1813 9 January 1823

John Adam(acting) 9 January 1823 1 August 1823

The Lord Amherst 1 August 1823 13 March 1828

William Butterworth Bayley(acting) 13 March 1828 4 July 1828

Lord William Bentinck 4 July 1828 1833

Governors-General of India, 1833–1858

Name Portrait Entered office Left office

Lord William Bentinck 1833 20 March 1835

Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt(acting) 20 March 1835 4 March 1836

The Lord Auckland 4 March 1836 28 February 1842

The Lord Ellenborough 28 February 1842 June 1844

William Wilberforce Bird(acting) June 1844 23 July 1844

Sir Henry Hardinge 23 July 1844 12 January 1848

The Earl of Dalhousie 12 January 1848 28 February 1856

The Viscount Canning 28 February 1856 1 November 1858

Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947

Name Portrait Entered office Left office

The Viscount Canning 1 November 1858 21 March 1862

The Earl of Elgin 21 March 1862 20 November1863

Sir Robert Napier(acting)

21 November1863 2 December 1863

Sir William Denison(acting) 2 December 1863 12 January 1864

Sir John Lawrence, Bt 12 January 1864 12 January 1869

The Earl of Mayo 12 January 1869 8 February 1872

Sir John Strachey(acting) 9 February 1872 23 February 1872

The Lord Napier(acting) 24 February 1872 3 May 1872

The Lord Northbrook 3 May 1872 12 April 1876

The Lord Lytton 12 April 1876 8 June 1880

The Marquess of Ripon 8 June 1880 13 December1884

The Earl of Dufferin 13 December1884

10 December1888

The Marquess of Lansdowne 10 December1888 11 October 1894

The Earl of Elgin 11 October 1894 6 January 1899

The Lord Curzon of Kedleston 6 January 1899 18 November1905

The Earl of Minto 18 November1905

23 November1910

The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst 23 November1910 4 April 1916

The Lord Chelmsford 4 April 1916 2 April 1921

The Earl of Reading 2 April 1921 3 April 1926

The Lord Irwin 3 April 1926 18 April 1931

The Earl of Willingdon 18 April 1931 18 April 1936

The Marquess of Linlithgow 18 April 1936 1 October 1943

The Viscount Wavell 1 October 1943 21 February 1947

The Viscount Mountbatten ofBurma 21 February 1947 15 August 1947

Governors-General of India, 1947–1950

Name Portrait Entered office Left office

The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma 15 August 1947 21 June 1948

C. Rajagopalachari 21 June 1948 26 January 1950

Governors-General of Pakistan, 1947–1956

Name Portrait Entered office Left office

Muhammad Ali Jinnah 15 August 1947 11 September 1948

Khawaja Nazimuddin 14 September 1948 17 October 1951

Ghulam Muhammad 17 October 1951 6 October 1955

Iskander Mirza 6 October 1955 23 March 1956