Secretary of State for India

The seat of the chairman of the court of directors of the East India Company, and subsequently that of the Secretary of State for India

John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India from 1905 to 1910 and again briefly, as acting Secretary, in 1911

The Secretary of State for India, or India Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister and the political head of the India Office responsible for the governance of Aden, British India and Burma. The post was created in 1858 when the East India Company's rule in Bengal ended and British India was brought under the direct administration of the government in London, beginning the official colonial period under the British Empire.

In 1937, the India Office was reorganised which separated Burma and Aden under a new Burma Office, but the same Secretary of State headed both Departments and a new title was established as the Secretary of State for India and Burma. The India Office and its Secretary of State were abolished in August 1947, when the United Kingdom granted independence to British India resulting in the creation of two new independent dominions, the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. Myanmar (Burma) soon achieved independence separately in early 1948.

Secretaries of State for India, 1858–1937

Prior to the establishment of the British Empire on 2 August 1858, Lord Stanley had served as President of the Board of Control.

	Term of office		Political party
Lord Stanley (subsequently 15th Earl of Derby)	2 August 1858	11 June 1859	Conservative	The 14th Earl of Derby
Sir Charles Wood, Bt	18 June 1859	16 February 1866^[1]	Liberal	Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell
The Earl de Grey	16 February 1866	26 June 1866	Liberal	Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell
Viscount Cranborne (subsequently Marquess of Salisbury)	6 July 1866	8 March 1867	Conservative	The 14th Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt (subsequently Earl of Iddesleigh)	8 March 1867	1 December 1868	Conservative	The 14th Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
The Duke of Argyll	9 December 1868	17 February 1874	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
The Marquess of Salisbury	21 February 1874	2 April 1878	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli
The Viscount Cranbrook	2 April 1878	21 April 1880	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli
Marquess of Hartington	28 April 1880	16 December 1882	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Kimberley	16 December 1882	9 June 1885	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Randolph Churchill	24 June 1885	28 January 1886	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury
The Earl of Kimberley	6 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
Sir R. A. Cross (Viscount Cross from 19 August 1886)	3 August 1886	11 August 1892	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury
The Earl of Kimberley	18 August 1892	10 March 1894	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
Henry Fowler	10 March 1894	21 June 1895	Liberal	The Earl of Rosebery
Lord George Hamilton	4 July 1895	9 October 1903^[2]	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury (Unionist Coalition) Arthur Balfour (Unionist Coalition)
St John Brodrick	9 October 1903	4 December 1905	Conservative
John Morley (Viscount Morley of Blackburn from 1908)	10 December 1905	3 November 1910	Liberal	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
John Morley (Viscount Morley of Blackburn from 1908)	10 December 1905	3 November 1910	Liberal	H. H. Asquith
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 (Marquess of Crewe from July 1911)	25 May 1911	25 May 1915	Liberal
Austen Chamberlain	25 May 1915	17 July 1917^[3]	Conservative	H. H. Asquith (Coalition) David Lloyd George (Coalition)
Edwin Samuel Montagu	17 July 1917	19 March 1922	Liberal	H. H. Asquith (Coalition) David Lloyd George (Coalition)
The Viscount Peel	19 March 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
The Lord Olivier	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
The Earl of Birkenhead	6 November 1924	18 October 1928	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
The Viscount Peel	18 October 1928	4 June 1929	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
William Wedgwood Benn	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Samuel Hoare	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Conservative	Ramsay MacDonald (1st & 2nd National Min.)
The Marquess of Zetland	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin (3rd National Min.)

Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937–1947

	Term of office		Political party
The Marquess of Zetland	28 May 1937	13 May 1940	Conservative	Neville Chamberlain (4th National Min.; War Coalition)
Leo Amery	13 May 1940	26 July 1945	Conservative	Winston Churchill (War Coalition; Caretaker Min.)
The Lord Pethick-Lawrence	3 August 1945	17 April 1947	Labour	Clement Attlee
The Earl of Listowel	17 April 1947	14 August 1947	Labour	Clement Attlee

Secretaries of State for Burma, 1947–1948

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
	The Earl of Listowel		14 August 1947	4 January 1948	Labour		Clement Attlee

History of United Kingdom government departments with responsibility for foreign affairs
Northern Department 1660–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Foreign Office 1782–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries	Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–present Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
Southern Department 1660–1768 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Colonial Office 1768–1782 Secretaries 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	Colonial Office 1925–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Office 1966–1968 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
Southern Department 1768–1782 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Dominions Office 1925–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries	Commonwealth Relations Office 1947–1966 Secretaries Ministers Undersecretaries
.	India Office 1858–1937 Secretaries Undersecretaries	India Office and Burma Office 1937–1947 Secretaries Undersecretaries

Notes

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