Viceroy of India

Previously, India was ruled by a Governor-General. The Viceroys continued to hold the title of Governor-General as well as that of Viceroy.
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party
The Viscount Canning later The Earl Canning, P.C. 	1 November 1858 	21 March 1862 	Peelite
The Earl of Elgin, K.T., G.C.B., K.S.I., P.C. 	21 March 1862 	20 November 1863	Liberal
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Lawrence, G.C.B., K.S.I. 	12 January 1864 	12 January 1869 	
The Earl of Mayo, K.P., G.C.S.I., P.C. 	12 January 1869 	8 February 1872 	Conservative
The Lord Northbrook, G.C.S.I., P.C. 	3 May 1872 	12 April 1876 	Liberal
The Lord Lytton, G.C.S.I. 	12 April 1876 	8 June 1880 	Conservative
The Marquess of Ripon, K.G., G.C.S.I., P.C. 	8 June 1880 	13 December 1884	Liberal
The Earl of Dufferin, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., P.C. 	13 December 1884	10 December 1888	Liberal
The Marquess of Lansdowne, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E. 	10 December 1888	11 October 1894 	Liberal Unionist
The Earl of Elgin, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C. 	11 October 1894 	6 January 1899 	Liberal
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C. 	6 January 1899 	18 November 1905	Conservative
The Earl of Minto, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., P.C. 	18 November 1905	23 November 1910	Unionist
The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., P.C. 	23 November 1910	4 April 1916 	
The Lord Chelmsford, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., P.C. 	4 April 1916 	2 April 1921 	
The Earl of Reading, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., P.C. 	2 April 1921 	3 April 1926 	Liberal
The Lord Irwin, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., P.C. 	3 April 1926 	18 April 1931 	Conservative
The Earl of Willingdon, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., P.C. 	18 April 1931 	18 April 1936 	Liberal
The Marquess of Linlithgow, K.T., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., O.B.E., P.C. 	18 April 1936 	1 October 1943 	Conservative
Field Marshal The Viscount Wavell, G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., M.C., P.C. 	1 October 1943 	21 February 1947	
Rear-Admiral The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O.	21 February 1947	15 August 1947 	
Thereafter, the representative of the King in India was the Governor-General of India, until India became a republic in 1950.