Secretary of State for India: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when India was brought under direct British rule (British Raj). It was the cabinet office responsible for the government of India. In 1935, the name of the office was changed to Secretary of State for India and Burma. The office came to an end in 1947, when India became independent.

Secretaries of State for India

• Edward Henry Stanley, Lord Stanley 1858 - 1859
• Sir Charles Wood 1859 - 1866
• George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon 1866
• Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 1866 - 1867
• Sir Stafford Henry Northcote 1867 - 1868
• George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1868 - 1874
• Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1874 - 1878
• Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook 1878 - 1880
• Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 1880 - 1882
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1882 - 1885
• Lord Randolph Churchill 1885 - 1886
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1886
• Sir Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1886) 1886 - 1892
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1892 - 1894
• Henry Hartley Fowler 1894 - 1895
• Lord George Hamilton 1895 - 1903
• William St John Brodrick 1903 - 1905
• John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908) 1905 - 1910
• Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1911) 1910 - 1915
• Austen Chamberlain 1915 - 1917
• Edwin Samuel Montagu 1917 - 1922
• William Peel, Viscount Peel 1922 - 1924
• Sydney Haldane Olivier, Lord Olivier 1924
• Frederick Smith, Earl of Birkenhead 1924 - 1928
• William Peel, Viscount Peel 1928 - 1929
• William Wedgwood Benn 1929 - 1931
• Sir Samuel Hoare 1931 - 1935
• Laurence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland 1935 - 1940
• Leo Amery 1940 - 1945
• Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Lord Pethick-Lawrence 1945 - 1947
• William Hare, Earl of Listowel 1947