| Governors of Presidency |
| Name |
Period |
| Warren Hastings |
1773 to 1785 |
| Sir John Macpherson |
1785 to 1786 |
| Earl Cornwallis |
1786 to 1793 |
| Sir John Shore |
1793 to 1798 |
| Sir Alured Clarke |
March 1798 to May 1798 |
| Marquess Wellesley |
1798 to 1805 |
| Marquess Cornwallis |
July 1805 to Oct 1805 |
| Sir George Barlow |
1805 to 1807 |
| Lord Minto |
1807 to 1813 |
| Marquess of Hastings |
1813 to 1823 |
| John Adam |
Jan 1823 to Aug 1823 |
| Lord Amherst |
1823 to 1828 |
| William Butterworth Bayley |
March 1828 to July 1828 |
| Lord William Bentinck |
1828 to 1833 |
| Governor-General of India |
| Name |
Period |
| Lord William Bentinck |
1833 to 1835 |
| Sir Charles Metcalfe |
1835 to 1836 |
| Lord Auckland |
1836 to 1842 |
| Lord Ellenborough |
1842 to 1844 |
| William Wilberforce Bird |
June 1844 to July 1844 |
| Sir Henry Hardinge |
1844 to 1848 |
| Marquess of Dalhousie |
1848 to 1856 |
| Viscount Canning |
1856 to 1858 |
| Viceroys of India |
| Name |
Period |
| Viscount Canning |
1858 to 1862 |
| Earl of Elgin |
1862 to 1863 |
| Sir Robert Napier |
Nov 1863 to Dec 1863 |
| Sir William Denison |
1863 to 1864 |
| Sir John Lawrence |
1864 to 1869 |
| Earl of Mayo |
1869 to 1872 |
| Sir John Strachey |
Feb 9, 1872 to Feb 23, 1872 |
| Lord Napier |
Feb 1872 to May 1872 |
| Lord Northbrook |
1872 to 1876 |
| Lord Lytton |
1876 to 1880 |
| Marquess of Ripon |
1880 to 1884 |
| Earl of Dufferin |
1884 to 1888 |
| Marquess of Lansdowne |
1888 to 1894 |
| Earl of Elgin |
1894 to 1899 |
| Lord Curzon |
1899 to 1905 |
| Earl of Minto |
1905 to 1910 |
| Lord Hardinge |
1910 to 1916 |
| Lord Chelmsford |
1916 to 1921 |
| Earl of Reading |
1921 to 1926 |
| Lord Irwin |
1926 to 1931 |
| Earl of Willingdon |
1931 to 1936 |
| Marquess of Linlithgow |
1936 to 1943 |
| Viscount Wavell |
1943 to 1947 |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Feb 1947 to Aug 1947 |
| Governors-General of Independent India |
| Lord Mountbatten |
1947 to 1948 |
| C. Rajagopalachari |
1948 to 1950 |
