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President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Control
	File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg Royal Arms as used by His Majesty's Government
	India Board
Member of	British Cabinet; Privy Council;
Seat	Westminster, London
Appointer	The British Monarch; (on advice of the Prime Minister)
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	East India Company Act 1784
Formation	4 September 1784
First holder	Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Final holder	Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
Abolished	2 August 1858

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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[edit | edit source]

President of the Board of Control^[1]^[2]
WhigTemplate:Nb5 ToryTemplate:Nb5 Conservative
Portrait		Name Honorifics and constituency	Term of office		Party	Ministry
		Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney before 1789 Viscount Sydney after 1789	4 September 1784	6 March 1790	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt I
		William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville	6 March 1790	22 June 1793	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Pittite)
		Henry Dundas MP for Edinburgh	22 June 1793	25 April 1801	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth	25 April 1801	2 July 1802	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Addington
Template:Zwj		Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh MP for Down before 1805 MP for Boroughbridge after 1806	2 July 1802	11 February 1806	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
			2 July 1802	11 February 1806	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt II
		Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto	11 February 1806	15 July 1806	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
		Thomas Grenville MP for Buckingham	15 July 1806	30 September 1806	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
	File:George Tierney by William Nutter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg	George Tierney MP for Athlone	30 September 1806	6 April 1807	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
		Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian	6 April 1807	11 July 1809	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Portland II
		Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby	11 July 1809	November 1809	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby	11 July 1809	November 1809	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Perceval
		Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian before 1811 Viscount Melville after 1811	November 1809	4 April 1812	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire	4 April 1812	4 June 1816	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire	4 April 1812	4 June 1816	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Liverpool
		George Canning MP for Liverpool	4 June 1816	June 1821	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \|		Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich	June 1821	4 February 1822
		Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850) MP for Montgomeryshire	4 February 1822	4 February 1828	rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
					Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Canning (Canningite–Whig)
					Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
					rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Wellington–Peel
		Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville	4 February 1828	17 September 1828	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough	17 September 1828	1 December 1830	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
		Charles Grant MP for Inverness-shire	1 December 1830	18 September 1834	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Grey
		Charles Grant MP for Inverness-shire	1 December 1830	18 September 1834	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne I
		Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough	18 September 1834	23 April 1835	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel I
		Sir John Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet MP for Nottingham	23 April 1835	30 August 1841	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne II
		Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough	4 September 1841	23 October 1841	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel II
		William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey	23 October 1841	17 May 1843	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative
		F. J. Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon	17 May 1843	30 June 1846	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative
		John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton MP for Nottingham before 1847 MP for Harwich after 1848	8 July 1846	5 February 1852	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Russell
		Fox Maule MP for Perth	5 February 1852	21 February 1852	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
		John Charles Herries MP for Stamford	28 February 1852	17 December 1852	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Who? Who?
		Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet MP for Halifax	30 December 1852	3 March 1855	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
		Robert Vernon Smith MP for Northampton	3 March 1855	21 February 1858	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Palmerston I
		Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough	6 March 1858	5 June 1858	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Derby–Disraeli II
		Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley MP for King's Lynn	5 June 1858	2 August 1858	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| 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.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 316–319. ISBN 1-4039-2045-1.
↑ "President of the Board of Control". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[1] Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 316–319. ISBN 1-4039-2045-1.

[2] "President of the Board of Control". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[1]

[2]

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 | termlength               = No fixed term
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+| first                    = [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney]]
-| last                     = [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|Lord Stanley]]
+| last                     = [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley]]
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 | salary                   =
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 |-
 ! colspan=2 | Portrait
-! Name<br><small>Honorifics & Constituency</small>
+! Name<br><small>Honorifics and constituency</small>
 ! colspan=2 | Term of office
 ! Party
 ! Ministry
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Viscount Sydney''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}<br><small>[[Baron Sydney]]</small> <small>before 1789</small><br>[[Viscount Sydney]] <small>after 1789</small>
+| [[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney]]<br><small>before 1789</small><br>[[Viscount Sydney]] <small>after 1789</small>
 | <small>4 September</small><br>1784
 | <small>6 March</small><br>1790
@@ Line 53: / Line 55: @@
 | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[First Pitt ministry|Pitt I]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg|75px]]
-| [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord Grenville''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville]]
 | <small>6 March</small><br>1790
 | <small>22 June</small><br>1793
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory<br><small>(Pittite)</small>]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Henry Dundas''']]<br><small>MP for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]]</small>
+| [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|Henry Dundas]]<br><small>MP for [[Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh]]</small>
 | <small>22 June</small><br>1793
 | <small>25 April</small><br>1801
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|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|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Earl of Dartmouth''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth]]
 | <small>25 April</small><br>1801
 | <small>2 July</small><br>1802
@@ Line 75: / Line 77: @@
 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Addington ministry|Addington]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}; border:none" |{{zwj}}
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" |{{zwj}}
 | rowspan=2 | [[Image:Lord Castlereagh Marquess of Londonderry.jpg|75px]]
-| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Viscount Castlereagh''']]<br><small>MP for [[Down (UK Parliament constituency)|Down]]</small> <small>before 1805</small><br>MP for [[Boroughbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Boroughbridge]] <small>after 1806</small>
+| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh]]<br><small>MP for [[Down (UK Parliament constituency)|Down]]</small> <small>before 1805</small><br>MP for [[Boroughbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Boroughbridge]] <small>after 1806</small>
 | rowspan=2 | <small>2 July</small><br>1802
 | rowspan=2 | <small>11 February</small><br>1806
 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}; border:none" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" |
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Pitt ministry|Pitt II]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Gilbert Eliot, 1st Earl of Minto by James Atkinson.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord Minto''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto|Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto]]<br>
 | <small>11 February</small><br>1806
 | <small>15 July</small><br>1806
@@ Line 93: / Line 95: @@
 | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Ministry of All the Talents|All the Talents]]<br/>{{small|(''[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]{{ndash}}[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]'')}}
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Thomas Grenville (1755-1846).jpg|75px]]
-| [[Thomas Grenville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Thomas Grenville''']]<br><small>MP for [[Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckingham]]</small>
+| [[Thomas Grenville]]<br><small>MP for [[Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckingham]]</small>
 | <small>15 July</small><br>1806
 | style="white-space: nowrap;" | <small>30 September</small><br>1806
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:George Tierney by William Nutter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg|75px]]
-| [[George Tierney|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''George Tierney''']]<br><small>MP for [[Athlone (UK Parliament constituency)|Athlone]]</small>
+| [[George Tierney]]<br><small>MP for [[Athlone (UK Parliament constituency)|Athlone]]</small>
 | style="white-space: nowrap;" | <small>30 September</small><br>1806
 | <small>6 April</small><br>1807
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Robert Dundas''']]<br><small>MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]</small>
+| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]]<br><small>MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]</small>
 | <small>6 April</small><br>1807
 | <small>11 July</small><br>1809
@@ Line 115: / Line 117: @@
 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Second Portland ministry|Portland II]]
 |-
-| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
-| rowspan=2 | [[Image:1stEarlOfHarrowby.jpg|75px]]
+| rowspan=2 | [[Image:Dudley Ryder, PA06355, frameless.jpg|75px]]
-| rowspan=2 | [[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Earl of Harrowby''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| rowspan=2 | [[Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby]]
 | rowspan=2 | <small>11 July</small><br>1809
 | rowspan=2 | <small>November</small><br>1809
@@ Line 124: / Line 126: @@
 | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Perceval ministry|Perceval]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Viscount Melville''']]<br><small>MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]</small> <small>before 1811</small><br>[[Viscount Melville]] <small>after 1811</small>
+| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]]<br><small>MP for [[Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency)|Midlothian]]</small> <small>before 1811</small><br>[[Viscount Melville]] <small>after 1811</small>
 | <small>November</small><br>1809
 | <small>4 April</small><br>1812
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | rowspan=2 | [[Image:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg|75px]]
-| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Earl of Buckinghamshire''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire]]
 | rowspan=2 | <small>4 April</small><br>1812
 | rowspan=2 | <small>4 June</small><br>1816
@@ Line 140: / Line 142: @@
 | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Liverpool ministry|Liverpool]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:George Canning by Richard Evans - detail.jpg|75px]]
-| [[George Canning|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''George Canning''']]<br><small>MP for [[Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool]]</small>
+| [[George Canning]]<br><small>MP for [[Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool]]</small>
 | <small>4 June</small><br>1816
 | <small>June</small><br>1821
@@ Line 149: / Line 151: @@
 | {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |
 | [[Image:No image.svg|75px]]
-| [[Charles Bathurst|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Charles Bathurst''']]<br><small>MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]]</small>
+| [[Charles Bathurst]]<br><small>MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]]</small>
 | <small>June</small><br>1821
 | <small>4 February</small><br>1822
 |
 |-
-| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | rowspan=4 | [[Image:Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn.JPG|75px]]
-| rowspan=4 | [[Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850)|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Charles Williams-Wynn''']]<br><small>MP for [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]</small>
+| rowspan=4 | [[Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850)]]<br><small>MP for [[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]</small>
 | rowspan=4 | <small>4 February</small><br>1822
 | rowspan=4 | <small>4 February</small><br>1828
 | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Canning]]<br><small>(''[[Canningite]]&ndash;[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])</small>
+| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Canning]]<br><small>(''[[Canningite]]&ndash;[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')</small>
 |-
-| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Goderich]]<br><small>(''[[Canningite]]&ndash;[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]])</small>
+| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Canningite government, 1827–1828|Goderich]]<br><small>(''[[Canningite]]&ndash;[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')</small>
 |-
 | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Wellington{{ndash}}Peel ministry|Wellington{{ndash}}Peel]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Viscount Melville''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|KT|PC|FRS}}
+| [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]]
 | <small>4 February</small><br>1828
 | <small>17 September</small><br>1828
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord Ellenborough''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough]]
 | <small>17 September</small><br>1828
 | <small>1 December</small><br>1830
 | {{Party shading/Tories}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]
 |-
-| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | rowspan=2 | [[Image:Lord-glenelg.jpg|75px]]
-| rowspan=2 | [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Charles Grant''']]<br><small>MP for [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]]</small>
+| rowspan=2 | [[Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg|Charles Grant]]<br><small>MP for [[Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness-shire]]</small>
 | rowspan=2 | <small>1 December</small><br>1830
 | rowspan=2 | <small>18 September</small><br>1834
@@ Line 191: / Line 193: @@
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whig government, 1830–1834|Melbourne I]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord Ellenborough''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough]]
 | <small>18 September</small><br>1834
 | <small>23 April</small><br>1835
@@ Line 199: / Line 201: @@
 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[First Peel ministry|Peel I]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg|75px]]
-| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>Sir '''John Hobhouse''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}}<br><small>MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]</small>
+| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|Sir John Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet]]<br><small>MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]</small>
 | <small>23 April</small><br>1835
 | <small>30 August</small><br>1841
@@ Line 207: / Line 209: @@
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Second Melbourne ministry|Melbourne II]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord Ellenborough''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough]]
 | <small>4 September</small><br>1841
 | <small>23 October</small><br>1841
@@ Line 215: / Line 217: @@
 | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Peel ministry|Peel II]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
-| [[Image:No image.svg|75px]]
+| [[Image:Vesy fitz small.jpg|75px]]
-| [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey]]
 | <small>23 October</small><br>1841
 | <small>17 May</small><br>1843
 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Earl of Ripon''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}}
+| [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|F. J. Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon]]
 | <small>17 May</small><br>1843
 | <small>30 June</small><br>1846
 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:John Cam Hobhouse.jpg|75px]]
-| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>Sir '''John Hobhouse''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}}<br><small>MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]</small> <small>before 1847</small><br>MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] <small>after 1848</small><br>
+| [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton]]<br><small>MP for [[Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham]]</small> <small>before 1847</small><br>MP for [[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] <small>after 1848</small><br>
 | <small>8 July</small><br>1846
 | <small>5 February</small><br>1852
@@ Line 237: / Line 239: @@
 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[First Russell ministry|Russell]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:11th Earl of Dalhousie.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Fox Maule''']]<br><small>MP for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]</small>
+| [[Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie|Fox Maule]]<br><small>MP for [[Perth (UK Parliament constituency)|Perth]]</small>
 | <small>5 February</small><br>1852
 | <small>21 February</small><br>1852
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:John Charles Herries.jpg|75px]]
-| [[John Charles Herries|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''John Charles Herries''']]<br><small>MP for [[Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stamford]]</small>
+| [[John Charles Herries]]<br><small>MP for [[Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stamford]]</small>
 | <small>28 February</small><br>1852
 | <small>17 December</small><br>1852
@@ Line 252: / Line 254: @@
 | {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Who? Who? ministry|Who? Who?]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:1stViscountHalifax.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>Sir '''Charles Wood''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|Bt}}<br><small>MP for [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]</small>
+| [[Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax|Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet]]<br><small>MP for [[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]</small>
 | <small>30 December</small><br>1852
 | <small>3 March</small><br>1855
@@ Line 260: / Line 262: @@
 | {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | [[Aberdeen ministry|Aberdeen]]<br><small>(''[[Peelite]]&ndash;[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]'')</small>
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
 | [[Image:Robert Vernon Smith.JPG|75px]]
-| [[Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Robert Vernon Smith''']]<br><small>MP for [[Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton]]</small>
+| [[Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden|Robert Vernon Smith]]<br><small>MP for [[Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Northampton]]</small>
 | <small>3 March</small><br>1855
 | <small>21 February</small><br>1858
@@ Line 268: / Line 270: @@
 | {{Party shading/Whigs}} | [[First Palmerston ministry|Palmerston I]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:1stEarlOfEllenborough.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''The Earl of Ellenborough''']]<br>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|PC}}
+| [[Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough]]
 | <small>6 March</small><br>1858
 | <small>5 June</small><br>1858
@@ Line 276: / Line 278: @@
 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Second Derby{{ndash}}Disraeli ministry|Derby{{ndash}}Disraeli II]]
 |-
-| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
+| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
 | [[Image:Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 2.jpg|75px]]
-| [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|<small>The Right Honourable</small><br>'''Lord Stanley''']]<br><small>MP for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]]</small>
+| [[Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby|Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley]]<br><small>MP for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]]</small>
 | <small>5 June</small><br>1858
 | <small>2 August</small><br>1858
@@ Line 285: / Line 287: @@
 |}
-''[[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]].''
+[[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}}
+{{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:British East India Company]]
+[[Category:British East India Company people]]
 [[Category:Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Government of British India]]