President of the Board of Control

The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. The position was frequently a cabinet level one. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Secretary of State for India.

Presidents of the Board of Control, 1784-1858

	Entered office	Left office	Political party
The Lord Sydney	1784	1790
The Lord Grenville	1790	1793
Henry Dundas	1793	1801
The Earl of Dartmouth	1801	1802
Viscount Castlereagh	1802	1806
The Lord Minto	1806	1806
Thomas Grenville	1806	1806
George Tierney	1806	1807
Hon. Robert Dundas	1807	1809
The Earl of Harrowby	1809	1809
Hon. Robert Dundas (Viscount Melville from 1811)	1809	1811
The Earl of Buckinghamshire	1812	1816
George Canning	1816	1821	Tory
Charles Bathurst	1821	1822
Charles Williams-Wynn	1822	31 July 1828
The Viscount Melville	31 July 1828	24 September 1828
The Lord Ellenborough	24 September 1828	1 December 1830	Tory
Charles Grant	1 December 1830	14 November 1834	Whig
The Lord Ellenborough	18 December 1834	8 April 1835	Tory
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt	23 April 1835	30 August 1841	Whig
The Lord Ellenborough	4 September 1841	23 October 1841	Tory
The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey	23 October 1841	17 May 1843	Tory
The Earl of Ripon	17 May 1843	30 June 1846	Tory
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt	8 July 1846	5 February 1852	Whig
Hon. Fox Maule	5 February 1852	21 February 1852	Whig
John Charles Herries	28 February 1852	17 December 1852	Tory
Sir Charles Wood, Bt	30 December 1852	3 March 1855	Whig
Robert Vernon Smith	3 March 1855	21 February 1858	Whig
The Earl of Ellenborough	6 March 1858	5 June 1858	Conservative
Lord Stanley	5 June 1858	2 August 1858	Conservative

Lord Stanley took up the new post of Secretary of State for India on 2 August 1858, upon the establishment of the British Raj.

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President of the Board of Control