# Madras Legislative Council (1891–1909)

Madras Legislative Council was expanded by the Indian Councils Act of 1892. The Act increased the number of additional members of the Council to a maximum of 20, of whom not more than nine had to be officials. The Act introduced the method of election for the Council, but did not mention word "election" explicitly. The elected members were officially called as "nominated" members and their method of election was described as "recommendation". Such "recommendations" were made by district boards, universities, municipalities and other associations. The term of the members was fixed at two years. The Council could also discuss the annual financial statement and ask questions subject to certain limitations. Thirty eight Indian members were "nominated" in the eight elections during 1893–1909 when this Act was in effect. C. Jambulingam Mudaliar, N. Subba Rao Pantulu, P. Kesava Pillai and C. Vijayaraghavachariar representing southern group of district boards, Kruthiventi Perraju Pantulu of the northern group of municipalities, C. Sankaran Nair and P. Rangaiah Naidu from the Corporation of Madras and P. S. Sivaswami Iyer, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer and M. Krishnan Nair from the University of Madras were some of the active members. However, over a period of time, representation by Indian members dwindled, for example, the position of Bashyam Iyengar and Sankaran Nayar in 1902 was occupied by G L Acworth and Sir G. M. J. Moore.

## List of members

This is the list of the official and non-official members of the Madras Legislative Council between 1891 and 1909. The number of members in the Council at a given point of time may vary due to differing appointment dates of the individual members.
| Year | Governor | Officials | Non-officials |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock | James Charlemagne Dormer | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock | H. E. Stokes | Reginald James Hugh Arbuthnot |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock | John Henry Garstin | Mir H. J. Bahadur |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock | J. H. Spring-Branson | Maharaja of Vizianagaram |
| 1891–1892 | Baron Wenlock | J. Frederick Price | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | Charles Mansfield Clarke | Maharaja of Vizianagaram |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | John Henry Garstin | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | H. W. Bliss | J. A. Boyson |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | J. H. Spring-Branson | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | J. Frederick Price | A. Sabhapathi Mudaliar |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | G. A. Galton | K. Kalyanasundaramier |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | H. F. Clogstoun | N. Subba Rao |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | J. Grose | R. Ramasubbier |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | W. P. Austin | William Miller |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | John Pennycuick | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar | Gulam Mohammad Husain Ali Akbar Khan |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | A. Monroe | |
| 1892–1893 | Bailey Baron Wenlock | C. S. Crole | |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | Charles Mansfield Clerk | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | Henry William Bliss | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | James Grose | A. Sabhapathi Mudaliar |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | John Pennycuick | M. Kalyanasundaramier |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar | N. S. Rao |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | C. S. Crole | S. R. Ramasubbier |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | A. J. Arundel | William Miller |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | E. Gibson | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | J. H. Spring-Branson | Gulam Mohammad Hasan Ali |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | J. Sturrock | Maharaja of Vizianagaram |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | D. Duncan | G. Romilly |
| 1893–1894 | Baron Wenlock | J. Frederick Price | Sir Charles George Arbuthnot |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | Henry Williams Bliss | Vellore Mohammad Sheriff Khan Bahadur |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | James Grose | G. Romilly |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | C. S. Crole | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | A. T. Arundel | G. L. Chamber |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | F. Gibson | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | J. H. Spring-Branson | W. Miller |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | J. Sturrock | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | D. Duncan | N. Subba Rao |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | J. Frederick Price | K. Kalyana Sundaram Iyer |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1895–1896 | Baron Wenlock | | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Henry Williams Bliss | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | James Grose | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | C. S. Crole | W. Miller |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | A. T. Arundel | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | D. McNeil Campbell | N. Subba Rao |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. H. Spring-Branson | K. Kalyanasundaram Iyer |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. Sturrock | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | D. Duncan | Vellore Mohammad Sheriff |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | P. Rajarathna Mudaliar | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1896–1897 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Gabriel Stokes | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Henry Williams Bliss | Vellore Mohammad Sheriff |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | James Grose | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | C. S. Crole | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. Sturrock | Sir Charles George Arbuthnot |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | D. Duncan | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | P. Rajaratna Mudaliar | N. S. Rao |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | V. Bhasyam Aiyangar | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | A. T. Arundel | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. H. Stuart | P. Ratnasabhapathi Pillai |
| 1897–1898 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | H. T. Ross | G. H. Stuart |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | A. T. Arundel | P. Rangaiah Naidu |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | H. M. Winterbotham | N. S. Rao |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. H. Stuart | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | C. A. White | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Sturrock | P. Ratna Sabhapathi Pillai |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Gabriel Stokes | S. Shungrasoobyer |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. S. Forbes | |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. Thomson | H. B. Hodgson |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | D. D. Duncan | V. Bhasyam Aiyangar |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | P. Rajarathna Mudaliar | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1898–1899 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | W. J. H. Le Fanu | |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | A. T. Arundel | Gulam Mohammad Sheriff Bahadur |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | H. M. Winterbotham | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Gabriel Stokes | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. S. Forbes | G. M. J. Moore |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. Thomson | C. E. P. Vans Agnew |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | P. Rajarathna Mudaliar | Eardley Norton |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | F. A. Nicholson | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. H. Stuart | G. Venkata Ratnam |
| 1899–1900 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. E. P. Wallis | P. Ratnasabhapathi Pillai |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | A. T. Arundel | S. Shungrasoobyer |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | H. M. Winterbotham | Nawab Mohammad Khan Bahadur |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Gabriel Stokes | G. L. Acworth |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. S. Forbes | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. Thomson | G. M. J. Moore |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | P. Rajarathna Mudaliar | Sir Charles George Arbuthnot |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | F. A. Nicholson | Eardley Norton |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | G. H. Stuart | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | J. E. P. Wallis | G. Venkataratnam |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Francis Spring | P. Ratnasabhapathi Pillai |
| 1900–1901 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Le Fanu | |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. M. Winterbotham | W. Miller |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. Thomson | Eardley Norton |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. E. P. Wallis | Nawab Syed Mohammad Sahib |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. S. Forbes | G. L. Acworth |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. Bradley | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. W. B. Higgins | G. M. J. Moore |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. A. Sim | A. J. Yorke |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | W. B. DeWinter | C. Jambulingam Mudaliar |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. N. Atkinson | P. Ratnasabhapathi Pillai |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar | G. Srinivasa Rao |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | M. Hammick | K. Perraju Pantulu |
| 1901–1902 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. H. Stuart | |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. M. Winterbotham | Eardley Norton |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | James Thomson | G. Srinivasa Rao |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. A. Sim | K. Perraju Pantulu |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. N. Atkinson | P. R. S. Pillai |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. H. Stuart | Nawab Sayed Mohammad Sahib |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. W. Smart | G. L. Acworth |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. E. P. Wallis | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | F. A. Nicholson | C. M. J. Moore |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. S. Forbes | Sir Charles George Arbuthnot |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | Gabriel Stokes | L. A. Govindaraghava Aiyar |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. Bradley | |
| 1902–1903 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | R. V. Srinivasa Aiyar | |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | James Thomason | Nawab Sayid Mohammad Sahib |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | Gabriel Stokes | G. L. Acworth |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. S. Forbes | Raja of Bobbili |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. E. P. Wallis | L. A. Govindaraghava Aiyar |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. B. Bilderbeck | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | M. Hammick | K. Vasudeva Aiyangar |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | C. J. weir | H. Scott |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. A. Sim | R. V. Prakasha Mudaliar |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. E. Castle Stuart Stuart | G. Srinivasa Rao |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. Twig | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. N. Atkinson | |
| 1903–1904 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. G. Bourke | |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | James Thomson | L. A. Govindaraghava Iyer |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | Gabriel Stokes | K. Vasudeva Aiyangar |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | C. J. Weir | G. Srinivasa Rao |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. N. Atkinson | K. Venkata Rao |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. G. Bourne | Sir Charles George Arbuthnot |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. Bradley | Ghulam Muhammad Ali Khan |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. E. Castle Stuart | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. E. P. Wallis | C. Muttukumaraswami Mudaliyar |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. Twigg | P. S. Sivaswami Iyer |
| 1904–1905 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | | V. C. Desikachariar |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | Gabriel Stokes | L. A. Govindaraghava Iyer |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | G. S. Forbes | K. Vasudeva Aiyangar |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | C. J. Weir | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | Ghulam Muhammad Ali Khan |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. N. Atkinson | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. G. Bourne | C. Muttukumarasami Mudaliyar |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | H. Bradley | P. S. Sivasami Iyer |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | A. E. Castle Stuart Stuart | V. C. Desikachariar |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. E. P. Wallis | A. J. Yorke |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | J. Twigg | K. R. Guruswami Iyer |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | M. Hammick | |
| 1905–1906 | Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell | Alexander Gordon Cardew | |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | G. S. Forbes | L. A. Govindaraghava Iyer |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | M. Hammick | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | C. J. weir | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | C. Muttukumarasami Mudaliyar |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | J. N. Atkinson | P. S. Sivaswami Iyer |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | A. E. Castle Stuart Stuart | V. C. Desikachariar |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | J. Twigg | K. R. Guruswami Iyer |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | H. Bradley | B. Narasimheswara Sarma |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | A. G. Cardew | Nawab Mohammad Raza Khan |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | V. Bhashyam Aiyangar | Raja Vasudva Raja Valia Nambidi of Kollengode |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | T. T. Logan | V. G. Lynn |
| 1906–1907 | Arthur Lawley | P. J. Wilson | |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | Gabriel Stokes | K. R. Guruswami Iyer |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | G. S. Forbes | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | J. N. Atkinson | B. Narasimheswara Sharma |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | Nawab Mohammad Raja Khan |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | A. G. Cardew | H. P. Hodgson |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | P. J. Wilson | Raja of Kollengode |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | J. Twigg | V. G. Lynn |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | H. Bradley | V. C. Desikachariar |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | J. Andrew | The Zamindar of Kurupam |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | C. J. weir | C. K. Srinivasa Rao |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | A. G. Bourne | |
| 1907–1908 | Arthur Lawley | P. S. Sivasami Iyer | |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | George Stuart Forbes | The Zamindar of Kurupam |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | M. Hammick | V. Krishnaswami Iyer |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | A. G. Bourne | K. R. Guruswami Iyer |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | C. J. Weir | M. Krishnan Nair |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | R. V. Srinivasa Iyer | B. Narasimheswara Sharma |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | P. S. Sivaswami Iyer | Nawab Mohammad Raza Khan |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | W. O. Horne | C. E. Abbot |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | P. J. Wilson | A. J. Yorke |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | R. B. Clegg | Raja of Kollengode |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | J. Twigg | P. Thyagaraya Chetty |
| 1908–1909 | Arthur Lawley | | P. Kesava Pillai |