List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras
Governors (of British India)
Table:
Name

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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

1820

Sir Thomas Munro

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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