Governor of Bombay

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
Sir John Gayer 	17 May 1694 	November 1704 	
Sir Nicholas Waite 	November 1704 	September 1708 	
William Aislabie 	September 1708 	11 October 1715 	
Stephen Strutt 	11 October 1715 	26 December 1715 	acting
Charles Boone 	26 December 1715 	9 January 1722 	
William Phipps 	9 January 1722 	10 January 1729 	
Robert Cowan 	10 January 1729 	22 September 1734	
John Horne 	22 September 1734	7 April 1739 	
Stephen Law 	7 April 1739 	15 November 1742 	
John Geekie 	15 November 1742 	26 November 1742 	acting
William Wake 	26 November 1742 	17 November 1750 	
Richard Bourchier 	17 November 1750 	February 1760 	
John Holkell 	February 1760 	28 February 1760 	acting
Charles Crommellin 	28 February 1760 	27 January 1767 	
Thomas Hodges 	27 January 1767 	23 February 1771 	
William Hornby 	26 February 1771 	1 January 1784 	
Rawson Hart Bodham 	1 January 1784 	9 January 1788 	
Andrew Ramsay 	9 January 1788 	6 September 1788 	acting
Sir William Medows 	6 September 1788 	21 January 1790 	
Sir Robert Abercromby 	21 January 1790 	26 November 1792 	
George Dick 	26 November 1792 	9 November 1795 	acting
John Griffith 	9 November 1795 	27 December 1795 	acting
Jonathan Duncan 	27 December 1795 	11 August 1811 	
George Brown 	11 August 1811 	12 August 1812 	acting
Sir Evan Nepean 	12 August 1812 	1 November 1819 	
Mountstuart Elphinstone 	1 November 1819 	1 November 1827 	
Sir John Malcolm 	1 November 1827 	1 December 1830 	
Sir Thomas Beckwith 	1 December 1830 	17 January 1831 	acting
John Romer 	17 January 1831 	21 March 1831 	acting
The Earl of Clare 	21 March 1831 	17 March 1835 	
Sir Robert Grant 	17 March 1835 	11 July 1838 	
James Farish 	11 July 1838 	31 May 1839 	acting
Sir James Rivett-Carnac 	31 May 1839 	28 April 1841 	
George William Anderson 	28 April 1841 	9 May 1842 	acting
Sir George Arthur 	9 May 1842 	6 July 1846 	
Lestock Reid 	6 July 1846 	23 January 1847 	acting
Sir George Russell Clerk 	23 January 1847 	1 May 1848 	acting
The Viscount Falkland 	1 May 1848 	26 December 1853 	
The Lord Elphinstone 	26 December 1853 	11 May 1860 	
Sir George Russell Clerk 	11 May 1860 	24 April 1862 	acting
Sir Bartle Frere 	24 April 1862 	6 March 1867 	
William Vesey Fitzgerald 	6 March 1867 	6 May 1872 	
Sir Philip Wodehouse 	6 May 1872 	30 April 1877 	
Sir Richard Temple 	30 April 1877 	13 March 1880 	
Lionel Ashburner 	13 March 1880 	28 April 1880 	acting
Sir James Fergusson 	28 April 1880 	27 March 1885 	
The Lord Reay 	27 March 1885 	12 April 1890 	
The Lord Harris 	12 April 1890 	16 February 1895 	
The Lord Sandhurst 	18 February 1895 	17 February 1900 	
The Lord Northcote 	17 February 1900 	5 September 1903 	
Sir James Monteath 	5 September 1903 	12 December 1903 	acting
The Lord Lamington 	12 December 1903 	28 July 1907 	
Sir John Muir-Mackenzie 	28 July 1907 	18 October 1907 	acting
Sir George Clarke later The Lord Sydenham 	18 October 1907 	4 April 1913 	
The Lord Willingdon 	4 April 1913 	17 December 1918 	
Sir George Lloyd 	17 December 1918 	8 December 1923 	
Sir Leslie Wilson 	10 December 1923 	20 March 1926 	
Sir Henry Lawrence 	20 March 1926 	8 December 1928 	acting
Sir Frederick Sykes 	8 December 1928 	25 April 1931 	
Michael Knatchbull later The Lord Brabourne	25 April 1931 	30 May 1937 	
Sir Robert Bell 	30 May 1937 	18 September 1937	
Sir Lawrence Lumley 	18 September 1937	24 March 1943 	
Sir David Colville 	24 March 1943 	15 August 1947