List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras
Governors (of British India)

List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras

Section Title: Governors (of British India)
Table Section Text: None

Name	Took office	Left office

George MaCartney	12 February 1785	14 June 1785

Alexander Davidson (acting)	14 June 1785	6 April 1786

Sir Archibald Campbell	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	7 September 1794	21 February 1798

George Harris (acting)	21 February 1798	21 August 1798

The 2nd Baron Clive	21 August 1798	30 August 1803

Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	30 August 1803	11 September 1807

William Petrie (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

Hugh Elliot	16 September 1814	10 June 1820

Sir Thomas Munro	10 June 1820	10 July 1827

Henry Sullivan Graeme (acting)	10 July 1827	18 October 1827

Stephen Rumbold Lushington	18 October 1827	25 October 1832

Sir Frederick Adam	25 October 1832	4 March 1837

George Edward Russell (acting)	4 March 1837	6 March 1837

The 13th Lord Elphinstone	6 March 1837	24 September 1842

The 8th Marquess of Tweeddale	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

The 3rd Baron Harris	28 April 1854	28 March 1859

Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan	28 March 1859	8 June 1860

William Ambrose Morehead (1st time) (acting)	8 June 1860	5 July 1860

Sir Henry George Ward	5 July 1860	2 August 1860

William Ambrose Morehead (2nd time) (acting)	4 August 1860	18 February 1861

Sir William Thomas Denison (1st time)	18 February 1861	26 November 1863

Edward Maltby (acting)	26 November 1863	18 January 1864

Sir William Thomas Denison (2nd time)	18 January 1864	27 March 1866

Francis Napier	27 March 1866	19 February 1872

Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting)	19 February 1872	15 May 1872

Lord Hobart	15 May 1872	29 April 1875

William Rose Robinson (acting)	29 April 1875	23 November 1875

The 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	23 November 1875	20 December 1880

William Patrick Adam	20 December 1880	24 May 1881

William Huddleston (acting)	24 May 1881	5 November 1881

M.E. Grant Duff	5 November 1881	8 December 1886

The 1st Baron Connemara	8 December 1886	1 December 1890

John Henry Garstin	1 December 1890	23 January 1891

The 3rd Baron Wenlock	23 January 1891	18 March 1896

Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock	18 March 1896	28 December 1900

The 2nd Baron Ampthill (1st time)	28 December 1900	30 April 1904

James Thompson (acting)	30 April 1904	13 December 1904

The 2nd Baron Ampthill (2nd time)	13 December 1904	15 February 1906

Sir Gabriel Stokes (acting)	15 February 1906	28 March 1906

Sir Arthur Lawley	28 March 1906	3 November 1911

Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael	3 November 1911	30 March 1912

Sir Murray Hammick (acting)	30 March 1912	30 October 1912

The 1st Baron Pentland	30 October 1912	29 March 1919

Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew	29 March 1919	10 April 1919

The 1st Baron Willingdon	10 April 1919	12 April 1924

Sir Charles George Todhunter (acting)	12 April 1924	14 April 1924

The 2nd Viscount Goschen	14 April 1924	29 June 1929

Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks (acting)	29 June 1929	11 November 1929

Sir George Frederick Stanley (1st time)	11 November 1929	16 May 1934

Sir Muhammad Usman Sahib Bahadur (acting)	16 May 1934	16 August 1934

Sir George Frederick Stanley (2nd time)	16 August 1934	15 November 1934

Lord Erskine (1st time)	15 November 1934	18 June 1936

Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu (acting)	18 June 1936	1 October 1936

Lord Erskine (2nd time)	1 October 1936	12 March 1940

Arthur Oswald James Hope	12 March 1940	26 February 1946

Sir Henry Foley Knight (acting)	26 February 1946	5 May 1946

Sir Archibald Edward Nye	5 May 1946	15 August 1947

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