Governor-General of India

==Governors-General of India, 1773-1858==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Warren Hastings 	20 October 1774 	1 February 1785 	 	
John Macpherson 	1 February 1785 	12 September 1786	 	acting
The Earl Cornwallis later The Marquess Cornwallis 	12 September 1786	28 October 1793 	 	
Sir John Shore 	28 October 1793 	March 1798 	 	
Sir Alured Clarke 	March 1798 	18 May 1798 	 	acting
The Earl of Mornington later The Marquess Wellesley 	18 May 1798 	30 July 1805 	Tory 	
The Marquess Cornwallis 	30 July 1805 	5 October 1805 	Tory 	
Sir George Barlow 	10 October 1805 	31 July 1807 	 	acting
The Lord Minto 	31 July 1807 	4 October 1813 	Whig 	
The Earl of Moira later The Marquess of Hastings 	4 October 1813 	9 January 1823 	Whig 	
John Adam 	9 January 1823 	1 August 1823 	 	acting
The Lord Amherst later The Earl Amherst 	1 August 1823 	13 March 1828 	 	
William Bayley 	13 March 1828 	4 July 1828 	 	acting
Lord William Bentinck 	4 July 1828 	20 March 1835 	Whig 	
Sir Charles Metcalfe 	20 March 1835 	4 March 1836 	 	acting
The Lord Auckland later The Earl of Auckland 	4 March 1836 	28 February 1842 	Whig 	
The Lord Ellenborough 	28 February 1842 	June 1844 	Conservative	
William Wilberforce Bird 	June 1844 	23 July 1844 	 	acting
Sir Henry Hardinge later The Viscount Hardinge 	23 July 1844 	12 January 1848 	Conservative	
The Earl of Dalhousie later The Marquess of Dalhousie	12 January 1848 	28 February 1856 	Whig 	
The Viscount Canning 	28 February 1856 	1 November 1858 	Peelite 	became Viceroy of India, 1858
For Governors-General from 1858-1947, see Viceroy of India.
==Governors-General of India, 1947-1950==
Name 	Entered office	Left office 	Party	Notes
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma	15 August 1947	21 June 1948 	 	the last British Governor-General
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari 	21 June 1948 	26 January 1950	 	the first and only Indian Governor-General; in 1950, India became a republic.