Under-Secretary of State for India

This is a list of parliamentary under-secretaries of state and permanent under-secretaries of state at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1858 and 1937 for India (and Burma by extension), and for India and Burma from 1937 to 1948.

The parliamentary under-secretary of state was a ministerial position and the permanent under-secretary of state was a civil service position.

List of parliamentary under-secretaries of state

India (1858–1937)

Name	Term of office
Henry Baillie^[1]^[2]	1858	1859
Thomas Baring	1859	1861
George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey	1861	1861
Thomas Baring	1861	1864
John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse	1864	1864
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye	1864	1866
James Stansfeld^[3]	1866	1866
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet	1866	1867
Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton	1867	1868
M. E. Grant Duff	1868	1874
Lord George Hamilton^[4]	1874	1878
Edward Stanhope	1878	1880
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne	1880	1880
George Byng, Viscount Enfield	1880	1883
John Kynaston Cross	1883	1885
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris	1885	1886
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baronet	1886	1886
Stafford Howard	1886	1886
Sir John Eldon Gorst	1886	1891
George Curzon	1891	1892
George W. E. Russell	1892	1894
Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay	1894	1895
William Onslow	1895	1900
Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke	1900	1902
Henry Percy, Earl Percy	1902	1904
Vacant	1904	1904
Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath	1904	1905
John Ellis	1905	1907
Charles Hobhouse	1907	1908
Thomas Buchanan	1908	1909
Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank	1909	1910
Edwin Samuel Montagu	1910	1914
Charles Henry Roberts	1914	1915
John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington	1915	1919
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha^[5]	1919	1920
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton	1920	1922
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton	1922	1924
Robert Richards	1924	1924
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton	1924	1929
Drummond Shiels	1929	1929
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell	1929	1931
Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell	1931	1931
Vacant	1931	1931
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian	1931	1932
Rab Butler	1932	1937

India and Burma (1937–1948)

Name	Term of office		Political party
Edward Stanley, Baron Stanley MP for Fylde	1937	1938	Conservative
Anthony Muirhead MP for Wells	1938	1939†	Conservative
Hugh O'Neill MP for Antrim	1939	1940	Ulster Unionist
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire	1940	1943	Conservative
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster	1943	1944	Conservative
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel	1944	1945	Labour
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough	1945	1945	Conservative
Arthur Henderson MP for Kingswinford	1945	1947	Labour

List of permanent under-secretaries of state

India (1858–1937)

Name	Term of office
Sir George Russell Clerk	1858	1860
Herman Merivale	1860	1874
Sir Louis Mallet	1874	1883
Sir Arthur Godley	1883	1909
Sir Richmond Ritchie	1909	1912
Sir Thomas Holderness	1912	1920
Sir William Duke	1920	1924
Sir Arthur Hirtzel	1924	1930
Sir Findlater Stewart	1930	1937

India and Burma (1937–1948)

Portrait	Name Honorifics	Term of office
	Sir Findlater Stewart	1937	1941
	Sir David Monteath	1941	1948

History of English and British government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs and those with responsibility for the colonies, dominions and the Commonwealth
Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries	Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		—
	Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries 1782: diplomatic responsibilities transferred to new Foreign Office	Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Home Office 1782–1794 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War Office 1794–1801 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	War and Colonial Office 1801–1854 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1854–1925 Secretaries — Undersecretaries		India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
			India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries — Undersecretaries
		Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
	Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Since 2020 Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries

References

^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1886, page 71
^ Blake, Robert (1966). Disraeli. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-19-832903-2.
^ Stansfeld, John (1885). History of the family of Stansfeld of Stansfield in the parish of Halifax and its numerous branches. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, printed for private circulation.
^ "Obituary: Lord George Hamilton". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 September 1927. p. 15.
^ https://www.britannica.com/event/British-raj

[blg-1] Burke's Landed Gentry 1886, page 71

[2] Blake, Robert (1966). Disraeli. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-19-832903-2.

[3] Stansfeld, John (1885). History of the family of Stansfeld of Stansfield in the parish of Halifax and its numerous branches. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, printed for private circulation.

[obit-4] "Obituary: Lord George Hamilton". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 September 1927. p. 15.

[5] ttps://www.britannica.com/event/British-raj

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List of parliamentary under-secretaries of state

India (1858–1937)

India and Burma (1937–1948)

List of permanent under-secretaries of state

India (1858–1937)

India and Burma (1937–1948)

See also

References