President of the Board of Control

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.

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

List of Presidents of the Board of Control

President of the Board of Control[1][2]

Whig       Tory       Conservative
Portrait		Name Honorifics & Constituency	Term of office		Party	Ministry
		The Right Honourable The Viscount Sydney PC Baron Sydney before 1789 Viscount Sydney after 1789	4 September 1784	6 March 1790	Whig	Pitt I
		The Right Honourable The Lord Grenville PC	6 March 1790	22 June 1793	Tory (Pittite)
		The Right Honourable Henry Dundas MP for Edinburgh	22 June 1793	25 April 1801	Tory
		The Right Honourable The Earl of Dartmouth PC	25 April 1801	2 July 1802	Tory	Addington
‍		The Right Honourable Viscount Castlereagh MP for Down before 1805 MP for Boroughbridge after 1806	2 July 1802	11 February 1806	Tory
						Pitt II
		The Right Honourable The Lord Minto PC	11 February 1806	15 July 1806	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
		The Right Honourable Thomas Grenville MP for Buckingham	15 July 1806	30 September 1806	Whig
		The Right Honourable George Tierney MP for Athlone	30 September 1806	6 April 1807	Whig
		The Right Honourable Robert Dundas MP for Midlothian	6 April 1807	11 July 1809	Tory	Portland II
		The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrowby PC	11 July 1809	November 1809	Tory
						Perceval
		The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian before 1811 Viscount Melville after 1811	November 1809	4 April 1812	Tory
		The Right Honourable The Earl of Buckinghamshire PC	4 April 1812	4 June 1816	Tory
						Liverpool
		The Right Honourable George Canning MP for Liverpool	4 June 1816	June 1821	Tory
		The Right Honourable Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich	June 1821	4 February 1822
		The Right Honourable Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire	4 February 1822	4 February 1828	Tory
						Canning (Canningite–Whig)
						Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
						Wellington–Peel
		The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville KT PC FRS	4 February 1828	17 September 1828	Tory
		The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	17 September 1828	1 December 1830	Tory
		The Right Honourable Charles Grant MP for Inverness-shire	1 December 1830	18 September 1834	Whig	Grey
						Melbourne I
		The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	18 September 1834	23 April 1835	Conservative	Peel I
		The Right Honourable Sir John Hobhouse Bt MP for Nottingham	23 April 1835	30 August 1841	Whig	Melbourne II
		The Right Honourable The Lord Ellenborough PC	4 September 1841	23 October 1841	Conservative	Peel II
		The Right Honourable The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey PC	23 October 1841	17 May 1843	Conservative
		The Right Honourable The Earl of Ripon PC	17 May 1843	30 June 1846	Conservative
		The Right Honourable Sir John Hobhouse Bt MP for Nottingham before 1847 MP for Harwich after 1848	8 July 1846	5 February 1852	Whig	Russell
		The Right Honourable Fox Maule MP for Perth	5 February 1852	21 February 1852	Whig
		The Right Honourable John Charles Herries MP for Stamford	28 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative	Who? Who?
		The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood Bt MP for Halifax	30 December 1852	3 March 1855	Whig	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
		The Right Honourable Robert Vernon Smith MP for Northampton	3 March 1855	21 February 1858	Whig	Palmerston I
		The Right Honourable The Earl of Ellenborough GCB PC	6 March 1858	5 June 1858	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II
		The Right Honourable Lord Stanley MP for King's Lynn	5 June 1858	2 August 1858	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

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.