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[edit | edit source]
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Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937–1948[edit | edit source]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||
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| Lord Stanley MP for Fylde |
1937 | 1938 | Conservative | ||
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Anthony Muirhead MP for Wells |
1938 | 1939† | Conservative | |
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Hugh O'Neill MP for Antrim |
1939 | 1940 | Ulster Unionist | |
| The Duke of Devonshire | 1940 | 1943 | Conservative | ||
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The Earl of Munster | 1943 | 1944 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Listowel | 1944 | 1945 | Labour | ||
| The Earl of Scarbrough | 1945 | 1945 | Conservative | ||
| Arthur Henderson MP for Kingswinford |
1945 | 1947 | Labour | ||
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858–1937[edit | edit source]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | |
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Sir George Russell Clerk | 1858 | 1860 |
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Herman Merivale | 1860 | 1874 |
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Sir Louis Mallet | 1874 | 1883 |
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Sir Arthur Godley | 1883 | 1909 |
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Sir Richmond Ritchie | 1909 | 1912 |
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Sir Thomas Holderness | 1912 | 1920 |
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Sir William Duke | 1920 | 1924 |
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Sir Arthur Hirtzel | 1924 | 1930 |
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Sir Findlater Stewart | 1930 | 1937 |
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937–1948[edit | edit source]
| Portrait | Name Honorifics |
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Sir Findlater Stewart GCIE KCB CSI |
1937 | 1941 |
| Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Sir David Monteath KCB KCMG CVO OBE |
1941 | 1948 |
