Question: last governor general of india under east india company
Answer: John Adam ( acting ) ( 1779 -- 1825 ) 9 January 1823 1 August 1823 Licensing Regulations The Lord Amherst ( 1773 -- 1857 ) 1 August 1823 13 March 1828 First Anglo - Burmese War ( 1824 -- 26 ) Treaty of Yandabo , 1826 William Butterworth Bayley ( acting ) ( 1782 -- 1860 ) 13 March 1828 4 July 1828 Governors - General of India , 1833 -- 1858 Lord William Bentinck ( 1774 -- 1839 ) 4 July 1828 20 March 1835 First Governor General of India Bengal Sati Regulation , 1829 Charter Act , 1833 Saint Helena Act 1833 English Education Act 1835 Medical College and Hospital , Kolkata East India Company ( 1773 -- 1858 ) Charles Metcalfe , Bt ( acting ) ( 1785 -- 1846 ) 20 March 1835 4 March 1836 Repealed 1823 Licensing Regulations Known as Liberator of India Pre