List of political officers in the Kingdom of Sikkim
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

List of political officers in the Kingdom of Sikkim

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.	Name	Term	Notes

British Political Officers

1	John Claude White	1889 – April 1908

2	Charles Alfred Bell	September 1906 – January 1907	Acting for White

3	Charles Alfred Bell	April 1908 – April 1918	1st time

4	James Leslie Rose Weir	10 August 1911 – 8 November 1911	Acting for Bell

5	Basil Gould	13 October 1913 – 5 October 1914	Acting for Bell

6	William L. Campbell	April 1918 – January 1920	Acting to March 1919

7	Charles Alfred Bell	January 1920 – December 1920	2nd time

8	John Bartley	7 December 1920 – 24 January 1921	Acting

9	William Frederick Travers O'Connor	January 1921 – March 1921	1st time, acting

10	David Macdonald	March 1921 – 18 June 1921

11	Frederick Marshman Bailey	19 June 1921 – 6 June 1926	1st time

12	Frederick Williamson	7 June 1926 – 16 December 1926	1st time, acting

13	Frederick Marshman Bailey	16 December 1926 – 16 October 1928	2nd time

14	James Leslie Rose Weir	16 October 1928 – 2 April 1931	1st time

15	Frederick Williamson	3 April 1931 – August 1931	2nd time, acting

16	James Leslie Rose Weir	5 November 1931 – 3 January 1933	2nd time

17	Frederick Williamson	4 January 1933 – 17 November 1935	3rd time

18	Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye	18 November 1935 – 22 December 1935	Acting

19	Basil John Gould	22 December 1935 – May 1937	1st time

20	Hugh Edward Richardson	May 1937 – November 1937	Acting

21	Basil John Gould	November 1937 – June 1945	2nd time. From 1941, Sir Basil J. Gould

22	Arthur John Hopkinson	June 1945 – 14 August 1947

Indian Political Officers

23	Arthur John Hopkinson	15 August 1947 – 1948

24	Harishwar Dayal	1948–1952

25	Balraj Krishna Kapur	March 1952 – 1955

26	Apa Parshuram Rao Pant	1955–1961

27	Inder Jeet Bahadur Singh	23 October 1961 – December 1963

28	Avtar Singh	1964–1966

29	Vincent Herbert Coelho	1966 – 21 June 1967

30	Nedyam Balachandran Menon	3 July 1967 – May 1970

31	Inder Sen Chopra	1970 – July 1972

32	Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai	1972–1974

33	Gurbachan Singh	1974 – 16 May 1975

Sentence(s)

In 1926, Williamson was made Political Officer in Sikkim.
In 1926, Williamson was made Political Officer in Sikkim.
In 1926, Williamson was Political Officer in Sikkim.

final_sentence: In 1926, Williamson was made Political Officer in Sikkim.
final_sentence: In 1926, Williamson was made Political Officer in Sikkim.
final_sentence: In 1926, Williamson was Political Officer in Sikkim.