Secretary of State for India

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Lord Stanley 	2 September 1858	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
Sir Charles Wood, Bt. 	18 June 1859 	16 February 1866	Liberal 	
The Earl de Grey 	16 February 1866	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
Viscount Cranborne 	6 July 1866 	8 March 1867 	Conservative 	
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt. 	8 March 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Argyll 	9 December 1868 	17 February 1874	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	21 February 1874	2 April 1878 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Cranbrook 	2 April 1878 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
Marquess of Hartington 	28 April 1880 	16 December 1882	Liberal 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	16 December 1882	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
Lord Randolph Churchill 	24 June 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	6 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Cross 	3 August 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	18 August 1892 	10 March 1894 	Liberal 	
Henry Fowler 	10 March 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
Lord George Hamilton 	4 July 1895 	9 October 1903 	Conservative/Unionist	
St. John Brodrick 	9 October 1903 	4 December 1905 	Unionist 	
John Morley laterThe Viscount Morley of Blackburn	10 December 1905	3 November 1910 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Crewe 	3 November 1910 	7 March 1911 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Morley of Blackburn 	7 March 1911 	25 May 1911 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Crewe laterThe Marquess of Crewe	25 May 1911 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
Austen Chamberlain 	25 May 1915 	17 July 1917 	Unionist 	
Edwin Montagu 	17 July 1917 	19 March 1922 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Peel 	19 March 1922 	22 January 1924 	Unionist/Conservative	
The Lord Olivier 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
The Earl of Birkenhead 	6 November 1924 	18 October 1928 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Peel 	18 October 1928 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Wedgwood Benn 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt. 	25 August 1931 	7 June 1935 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Zetland 	7 June 1935 	28 May 1937 	Conservative 	became Secretary of State for India and Burma