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President of the Board of Control
Former British government post
Former British government post
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | President of the Board of Control |
| insignia | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms as used by His Majesty's Government |
| department | India Board |
| member_of | |
| seat | Westminster, London |
| appointer | The British Monarch |
| (on advice of the Prime Minister) | |
| termlength | No fixed term |
| constituting_instrument | East India Company Act 1784 |
| formation | 4 September 1784 |
| first | Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney |
| last | Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley |
| abolished | 2 August 1858 |
(on advice of the Prime Minister) The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th centuries 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.
List of presidents of the Board of Control
| Portrait | Name | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honorifics and constituency | Term of office | Party | Ministry | |||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg | 75px]] | Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney | |||
| before 1789 | ||||||
| Viscount Sydney after 1789 | 4 September | |||||
| 1784 | 6 March | |||||
| 1790 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg | 75px]] | William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville | 6 March | ||
| 1790 | 22 June | |||||
| 1793 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg | 75px]] | Henry Dundas | |||
| MP for Edinburgh | 22 June | |||||
| 1793 | 25 April | |||||
| 1801 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, later 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, 1778, by Batoni.jpg | 75px]] | George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth | 25 April | ||
| 1801 | 2 July | |||||
| 1802 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" | [[Image:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg | 75px]] | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | |||
| MP for Down before 1805 | ||||||
| MP for Boroughbridge after 1806 | 2 July | |||||
| 1802 | 11 February | |||||
| 1806 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" | Pitt II | |||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Gilbert Eliot, 1st Earl of Minto by James Atkinson.jpg | 75px]] | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto | |||
| 11 February | ||||||
| 1806 | 15 July | |||||
| 1806 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Thomas Grenville (1755-1846).jpg | 75px]] | Thomas Grenville | |||
| MP for Buckingham | 15 July | |||||
| 1806 | 30 September | |||||
| 1806 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:George Tierney by William Nutter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg | 75px]] | George Tierney | |||
| MP for Athlone | 30 September | |||||
| 1806 | 6 April | |||||
| 1807 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg | 75px]] | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | |||
| MP for Midlothian | 6 April | |||||
| 1807 | 11 July | |||||
| 1809 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Dudley Ryder, PA06355, frameless.jpg | 75px]] | Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby | 11 July | ||
| 1809 | November | |||||
| 1809 | ||||||
| Perceval | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg | 75px]] | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | |||
| MP for Midlothian before 1811 | ||||||
| Viscount Melville after 1811 | November | |||||
| 1809 | 4 April | |||||
| 1812 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg | 75px]] | Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire | 4 April | ||
| 1812 | 4 June | |||||
| 1816 | ||||||
| Liverpool | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg | 75px]] | George Canning | |||
| MP for Liverpool | 4 June | |||||
| 1816 | June | |||||
| 1821 | ||||||
| [[Image:No image.svg | 75px]] | Charles Bathurst | ||||
| MP for Harwich | June | |||||
| 1821 | 4 February | |||||
| 1822 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn.JPG | 75px]] | Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850) | |||
| MP for Montgomeryshire | 4 February | |||||
| 1822 | 4 February | |||||
| 1828 | ||||||
| Canning | ||||||
| (Canningite–Whig) | ||||||
| Goderich | ||||||
| (Canningite–Whig) | ||||||
| WellingtonPeel | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg | 75px]] | Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville | 4 February | ||
| 1828 | 17 September | |||||
| 1828 | ||||||
| Tories (British political party)}}" | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg | 75px]] | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | 17 September | ||
| 1828 | 1 December | |||||
| 1830 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Lord-glenelg.jpg | 75px]] | Charles Grant | |||
| MP for Inverness-shire | 1 December | |||||
| 1830 | 18 September | |||||
| 1834 | ||||||
| Melbourne I | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg | 75px]] | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | 18 September | ||
| 1834 | 23 April | |||||
| 1835 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg | 75px]] | Sir John Hobhouse, 2nd Bt. | |||
| MP for Nottingham | 23 April | |||||
| 1835 | 30 August | |||||
| 1841 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg | 75px]] | Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough | 4 September | ||
| 1841 | 23 October | |||||
| 1841 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Vesy fitz small.jpg | 75px]] | William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey | 23 October | ||
| 1841 | 17 May | |||||
| 1843 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg | 75px]] | F. J. Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon | 17 May | ||
| 1843 | 30 June | |||||
| 1846 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg | 75px]] | John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton | |||
| MP for Nottingham before 1847 | ||||||
| MP for Harwich after 1848 | ||||||
| 8 July | ||||||
| 1846 | 5 February | |||||
| 1852 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:11th Earl of Dalhousie.jpg | 75px]] | Fox Maule | |||
| MP for Perth | 5 February | |||||
| 1852 | 21 February | |||||
| 1852 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:John Charles Herries.jpg | 75px]] | John Charles Herries | |||
| MP for Stamford | 28 February | |||||
| 1852 | 17 December | |||||
| 1852 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:1stViscountHalifax.jpg | 75px]] | Sir Charles Wood, Bt. | |||
| MP for Halifax | 30 December | |||||
| 1852 | 3 March | |||||
| 1855 | ||||||
| Whigs (British political party)}}" | [[Image:Robert Vernon Smith.JPG | 75px]] | Robert Vernon Smith | |||
| MP for Northampton | 3 March | |||||
| 1855 | 21 February | |||||
| 1858 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg | 75px]] | Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough | 6 March | ||
| 1858 | 5 June | |||||
| 1858 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[Image:Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 2.jpg | 75px]] | Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley | |||
| MP for King's Lynn | 5 June | |||||
| 1858 | 2 August | |||||
| 1858 |
Lord Stanley took up the new post of Secretary of State for India on 2 August 1858, upon the establishment of the British Raj.
References
References
- Venning, Timothy. (2005). "Compendium of British Office Holders". Palgrave MacMillan.
- "President of the Board of Control".
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