President of the Board of Control

President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Control
	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
Formation	4 September 1784
First holder	The Lord Sydney
Final holder	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 century 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]

President of the Board of Control^[1]^[2]
WhigTemplate:Nb5 ToryTemplate:Nb5 Conservative
Portrait	Name Honorifics & Constituency	Term of office		Party	Ministry
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Viscount Sydney PC 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
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord Grenville PC	6 March 1790	22 June 1793	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory (Pittite)
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Henry Dundas MP for Edinburgh	22 June 1793	25 April 1801	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Earl of Dartmouth PC	25 April 1801	2 July 1802	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Addington
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border:none" \|Template:Zwj	The Right Honourable 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
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color; border:none" \|		2 July 1802	11 February 1806	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Pitt II
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord Minto PC	11 February 1806	15 July 1806	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Thomas Grenville MP for Buckingham	15 July 1806	30 September 1806	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable George Tierney MP for Athlone	30 September 1806	6 April 1807	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Robert Dundas MP for Midlothian	6 April 1807	11 July 1809	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Portland II
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrowby PC	11 July 1809	November 1809	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Perceval	The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrowby PC	11 July 1809	November 1809
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian before 1811 Viscount Melville after 1811	November 1809	4 April 1812	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Earl of Buckinghamshire PC	4 April 1812	4 June 1816	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Tories \| Liverpool	The Right Honourable The Earl of Buckinghamshire PC	4 April 1812	4 June 1816
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable George Canning MP for Liverpool	4 June 1816	June 1821	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \|	The Right Honourable Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich	June 1821	4 February 1822
rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Charles Williams-Wynn 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
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville KT PC FRS	4 February 1828	17 September 1828	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	17 September 1828	1 December 1830	Template:Party shading/Tories \| Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Charles Grant MP for Inverness-shire	1 December 1830	18 September 1834	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Grey
Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne I		1 December 1830	18 September 1834
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	18 September 1834	23 April 1835	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel I
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Sir John Hobhouse Bt MP for Nottingham	23 April 1835	30 August 1841	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Melbourne II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	4 September 1841	23 October 1841	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Peel II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey PC	23 October 1841	17 May 1843	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Earl of Ripon PC	17 May 1843	30 June 1846	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Sir John Hobhouse Bt 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
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Fox Maule MP for Perth	5 February 1852	21 February 1852	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable 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?
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood Bt MP for Halifax	30 December 1852	3 March 1855	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK) \| Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable Robert Vernon Smith MP for Northampton	3 March 1855	21 February 1858	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Whig	Template:Party shading/Whigs \| Palmerston I
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable The Earl of Ellenborough GCB PC	6 March 1858	5 June 1858	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) \| Derby–Disraeli II
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	The Right Honourable 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]

↑ 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". HANSARD 1803–2005. 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". HANSARD 1803–2005. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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