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| seat = [[Westminster]], [[London]]
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| appointer = The [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British Monarch]] {{small|on advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]}}
| termlength = No fixed term
| formation = 4 September 1784
| first = [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|The Lord Sydney]]
| last = [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|Lord Stanley]]
| abolished = 2 August 1858
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The '''President of the [[India Board|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 [[India]]n 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 ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"
|+ President of the Board of Control<ref>{{cite book |last=Venning |first=Timothy |date=2005 |title=Compendium of British Office Holders |location=Basingstoke, Hampshire |publisher=Palgrave MacMillan |pages=316–319 |isbn=1-4039-2045-1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/offices/president-of-the-board-of-control |title=President of the Board of Control |website=HANSARD 1803–2005 |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
! colspan=8 | {{Legend2|{{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}|[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}|[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
|-
! colspan=2 | Portrait
! Name Honorifics & Constituency
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg|75px]]
| [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|The Right Honourable '''The Viscount Sydney''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} [[Baron Sydney]] before 1789 [[Viscount Sydney]] after 1789
| 4 September 1784
| 6 March 1790
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[First Pitt ministry|Pitt I]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|The Right Honourable '''The Lord Grenville''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 6 March 1790
| 22 June 1793
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory (Pittite)]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|The Right Honourable '''Henry Dundas''']] MP for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]]
| 22 June 1793
| 25 April 1801
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, later 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, 1778, by Batoni.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth|The Right Honourable '''The Earl of Dartmouth''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 25 April 1801
| 2 July 1802
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Addington ministry|Addington]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}; border:none" |{{zwj}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|The Right Honourable '''Viscount Castlereagh''']] MP for [[Down (UK Parliament constituency)|Down]] before 1805 MP for [[Boroughbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Boroughbridge]] after 1806
| rowspan=2 | 2 July 1802
| rowspan=2 | 11 February 1806
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Pitt ministry|Pitt II]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Gilbert Eliot, 1st Earl of Minto by James Atkinson.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto|The Right Honourable '''The Lord Minto''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 11 February 1806
| 15 July 1806
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Ministry of All the Talents|All the Talents]] {{small|(''[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]{{ndash}}[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]'')}}
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Thomas Grenville (1755-1846).jpg|75px]]
| [[Thomas Grenville|The Right Honourable '''Thomas Grenville''']] MP for [[Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckingham]]
| 15 July 1806
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 30 September 1806
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:George Tierney by William Nutter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Tierney|The Right Honourable '''George Tierney''']] MP for [[Athlone (UK Parliament constituency)|Athlone]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 30 September 1806
| 6 April 1807
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|The Right Honourable '''Robert Dundas''']] MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]
| 6 April 1807
| 11 July 1809
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Portland ministry|Portland II]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:1stEarlOfHarrowby.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby|The Right Honourable '''The Earl of Harrowby''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 July 1809
| rowspan=2 | November 1809
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Perceval ministry|Perceval]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|The Right Honourable '''The Viscount Melville''']] MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]] before 1811 [[Viscount Melville]] after 1811
| November 1809
| 4 April 1812
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire|The Right Honourable '''The Earl of Buckinghamshire''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| rowspan=2 | 4 April 1812
| rowspan=2 | 4 June 1816
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Liverpool ministry|Liverpool]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Canning|The Right Honourable '''George Canning''']] MP for [[Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool]]
| 4 June 1816
| June 1821
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |
| [[Image:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[Charles Bathurst|The Right Honourable '''Charles Bathurst''']] MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]]
| June 1821
| 4 February 1822
|
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Image:Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn.JPG|75px]]
| rowspan=4 | [[Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850)|The Right Honourable '''Charles Williams-Wynn''']] MP for [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
| rowspan=4 | 4 February 1822
| rowspan=4 | 4 February 1828
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Canning]] (''[[Canningite]]–[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])
|-
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Goderich]] (''[[Canningite]]–[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])
|-
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Wellington{{ndash}}Peel ministry|Wellington{{ndash}}Peel]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|The Right Honourable '''The Viscount Melville''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KT|PC|FRS}}
| 4 February 1828
| 17 September 1828
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Right Honourable '''The Lord Ellenborough''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 17 September 1828
| 1 December 1830
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Lord-glenelg.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg|The Right Honourable '''Charles Grant''']] MP for [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]]
| rowspan=2 | 1 December 1830
| rowspan=2 | 18 September 1834
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whig government, 1830–1834|Grey]]
|-
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whig government, 1830–1834|Melbourne I]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Right Honourable '''The Lord Ellenborough''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 18 September 1834
| 23 April 1835
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Peel ministry|Peel I]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|The Right Honourable Sir '''John Hobhouse''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}} MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]
| 23 April 1835
| 30 August 1841
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Second Melbourne ministry|Melbourne II]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Right Honourable '''The Lord Ellenborough''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 4 September 1841
| 23 October 1841
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Peel ministry|Peel II]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey|The Right Honourable '''The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 23 October 1841
| 17 May 1843
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg|75px]]
| [[Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|The Right Honourable '''The Earl of Ripon''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
| 17 May 1843
| 30 June 1846
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|The Right Honourable Sir '''John Hobhouse''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}} MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]] before 1847 MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] after 1848 
| 8 July 1846
| 5 February 1852
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[First Russell ministry|Russell]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:11th Earl of Dalhousie.jpg|75px]]
| [[Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie|The Right Honourable '''Fox Maule''']] MP for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]
| 5 February 1852
| 21 February 1852
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:John Charles Herries.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Charles Herries|The Right Honourable '''John Charles Herries''']] MP for [[Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stamford]]
| 28 February 1852
| 17 December 1852
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Who? Who? ministry|Who? Who?]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1stViscountHalifax.jpg|75px]]
| [[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|The Right Honourable Sir '''Charles Wood''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}} MP for [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]
| 30 December 1852
| 3 March 1855
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Aberdeen ministry|Aberdeen]] (''[[Peelite]]–[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')
|-
| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Robert Vernon Smith.JPG|75px]]
| [[Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden|The Right Honourable '''Robert Vernon Smith''']] MP for [[Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton]]
| 3 March 1855
| 21 February 1858
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[First Palmerston ministry|Palmerston I]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|The Right Honourable '''The Earl of Ellenborough''']] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|PC}}
| 6 March 1858
| 5 June 1858
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Derby{{ndash}}Disraeli ministry|Derby{{ndash}}Disraeli II]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Image:Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|The Right Honourable '''Lord Stanley''']] MP for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]]
| 5 June 1858
| 2 August 1858
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|}

''[[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|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==
{{Reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British East India Company]]
[[Category:Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Government of British India]]

President of the Board of Control - Revision history

Subhah Shirin: enhanced details for accuracy and updated info

>Woko Sapien: /* List of Presidents of the Board of Control */ MOS:JOBTITLES