| Name(Birth-Death) |
Tenure |
| Warren Hastings(1732–1818) |
20 October 1773 - 8 February 1785 |
| John Macpherson(acting)(1745–1821) |
8 February 1785 - 12 September 1786 |
| Charles Cornwallis(The Marquess Cornwallis)(1738–1805) |
12 September 1786 - 28 October 1793 |
| John Shore(1751–1834) |
28 October 1793 - 18 March 1798 |
| Alured Clarke(acting)(1744–1832) |
18 March 1798 - 18 May 1798 |
| Richard Wellesley(1760–1842) |
18 May 1798 - 30 July 1805 |
| The Marquess Cornwallis(1738–1805) |
30 July 1805 - 5 October 1805 |
| Sir George Barlow(acting)(1762–1847) |
10 October 1805 - 31 July 1807 |
| The Lord Minto(1751–1814) |
31 July 1807 - 4 October 1813 |
| Francis Rawdon-Hastings(1754–1826) |
4 October 1813 - 9 January 1823 |
| John Adam(acting)(1779–1825) |
9 January 1823 - 1 August 1823 |
| The Lord Amherst(1773–1857) |
1 August 1823 - 13 March 1828 |
| William Butterworth Bayley(acting)(1782–1860) |
13 March 1828 - 4 July 1828 |
| Name(Birth-Death) |
Tenure |
| Lord William Bentinck(1774–1839) |
4 July 1828 - 20 March 1835 |
| Charles Metcalfe(acting)(1785–1846) |
20 March 1835 - 4 March 1836 |
| The Lord Auckland(1784–1849) |
4 March 1836 - 28 February 1842 |
| The Lord Ellenborough(1790-1871) |
28 February 1842 - June 1844 |
| William Wilberforce Bird(acting)(1784-1857) |
June 1844 - 23 July 1844 |
| Henry Hardinge(1785-1856) |
23 July 1844 - 12 January 1848 |
| The Earl of Dalhousie(1812-1860) |
12 January 1848 - 28 February 1556 |
| The Viscount Canning(1812-1862) |
28 February 1856 - 31 October 1858 |
| Name(Birth-Death) |
Tenure |
| The Viscount Canning(1812-1862) |
1 November 1858 - 21 March 1862 |
| The Earl of Elgin(1811-1863) |
21 Mach 1862 - 20 November 1863 |
| Robert Napier(acting)(1810-1890) |
21 November 1863 - 2 December 1863 |
| William Denison(acting)(1804-1871) |
2 December 1863 - 12 January 1864 |
| Sir John Lawrence(1811-1879) |
12 January 1864 - 12 January 1869 |
| The Earl of Mayo(1822-1872) |
12 January 1869 - 8 February 1872 |
| Sir John Strachey(acting)(1823-1907) |
9 February 1872 - 23 February 1872 |
| The Lord Napier(acting)(1819-1898) |
24 February 1872 - 3 May 1872 |
| The Lord Northbrook(1826-1904) |
3 May 1872 - 12 April 1876 |
| The Lord Lytton(1831-1891) |
12 April 1876 - 8 June 1880 |
| The Marquess of Ripon(1827-1909) |
8 June 1880 - 13 December 1884 |
| The Earl of Dufferin(1826-1902) |
13 December 1884 - 10 December 1888 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne(1845-1927) |
10 December 1888 - 11 October 1894 |
| The Earl of Elgin(1849–1917) |
11 October 1894 - 6 January 1899 |
| The Lord Curzon of Kedleston(1859-1925) |
6 January 1899 - 18 November 1905 |
| The Earl of Minto(1845-1914) |
18 November 1905 - 23 November 1910 |
| The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst(1858-1944) |
23 November 1910-4 April 1916 |
| The Lord Chelmsford(1868-1933) |
4 April 1916 - 2 April 1921 |
| The Earl of Reading(1860-1935) |
2 April 1921 - 3 April 1926 |
| The Lord Irwin(1881-1959) |
3 April 1926 - 18 April 1931 |
| The Earl of Willingdon(1866-1941) |
18 April 1931 - 18 April 1936 |
| The Marquess of Linlithgow(1887-1952) |
18 April 1936 - 1 October 1943 |
| The Viscount Wavell(1883-1950) |
1 October 1943 - 21 February 1947 |
| The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma(1900-1979) |
21 February 1947 - 15 August 1947 |
| Name(Birth-Death) |
Tenure |
| The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma(1900-1979) |
15 August 1947 - 21 June 1948 |
| Chakravarti Rajagopalachari(1878-1972) |
21 June 1948 - 26 January 1950 |
