This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1858 and 1937 for India(and Burma by extension), and for India and Burma from 1937 to 1948.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State was a ministerial position and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State was a civil service position.
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858–1937
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937–1948
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Lord Stanley MP for Fylde |
1937 | 1938 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Anthony Muirhead MP for Wells |
1938 | 1939† | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Hugh O'Neill MP for Antrim |
1939 | 1940 | Ulster Unionist | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Duke of Devonshire | 1940 | 1943 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Earl of Munster | 1943 | 1944 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Earl of Listowel | 1944 | 1945 | Labour | |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | The Earl of Scarbrough | 1945 | 1945 | Conservative | |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Arthur Henderson MP for Kingswinford |
1945 | 1947 | Labour | |
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858–1937
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir George Russell Clerk | 1858 | 1860 | |
| Herman Merivale | 1860 | 1874 | |
| Sir Louis Mallet | 1874 | 1883 | |
| Sir Arthur Godley | 1883 | 1909 | |
| Sir Richmond Ritchie | 1909 | 1912 | |
| Sir Thomas Holderness | 1912 | 1920 | |
| Sir William Duke | 1920 | 1924 | |
| Sir Arthur Hirtzel | 1924 | 1930 | |
| Sir Findlater Stewart | 1930 | 1937 | |
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937–1948
| Portrait | Name Honorifics |
Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Findlater Stewart GCIE KCB CSI |
1937 | 1941 | |
|
Sir David Monteath KCB KCMG CVO OBE |
1941 | 1948 |








