Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1774–1833

#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until
1	Warren Hastings		20 October 1774	1 February 1785
2	Sir John Macpherson (acting)		1 February 1785	12 September 1786
3	The Earl Cornwallis		12 September 1786	28 October 1793
4	Sir John Shore		28 October 1793	18 March 1798
5	Sir Alured Clarke (acting)		18 March 1798	18 May 1798
6	The Earl of Mornington		18 May 1798	30 July 1805
7	The Marquess Cornwallis		30 July 1805	5 October 1805
8	Sir George Barlow, Bt (acting)		10 October 1805	31 July 1807
9	The Lord Minto		31 July 1807	4 October 1813
10	The Earl of Moira		4 October 1813	9 January 1823
11	John Adam (acting)		9 January 1823	1 August 1823
12	The Lord Amherst		1 August 1823	13 March 1828
13	William Butterworth Bayley (acting)		13 March 1828	4 July 1828
14	Lord William Bentinck		4 July 1828	1833

Governors-General of India, 1833–1858

#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until
14	Lord William Bentinck		1833	20 March 1835
15	Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt (acting)		20 March 1835	4 March 1836
16	The Lord Auckland		4 March 1836	28 February 1842
17	The Lord Ellenborough		28 February 1842	June 1844
18	William Wilberforce Bird (acting)		June 1844	23 July 1844
19	Sir Henry Hardinge		23 July 1844	12 January 1848
20	The Earl of Dalhousie		12 January 1848	28 February 1856
21	The Viscount Canning		28 February 1856	1 November 1858

Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947

#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until
22	The Viscount Canning		1 November 1858	21 March 1862
23	The Earl of Elgin		21 March 1862	20 November 1863
24	Sir Robert Napier (acting)		21 November 1863	2 December 1863
25	Sir William Denison (acting)		2 December 1863	12 January 1864
26	Sir John Lawrence, Bt		12 January 1864	12 January 1869
27	The Earl of Mayo		12 January 1869	8 February 1872
28	Sir John Strachey (acting)		9 February 1872	23 February 1872
29	The Lord Napier (acting)		24 February 1872	3 May 1872
30	The Lord Northbrook		3 May 1872	12 April 1876
31	The Lord Lytton		12 April 1876	8 June 1880
32	The Marquess of Ripon		8 June 1880	13 December 1884
33	The Earl of Dufferin		13 December 1884	10 December 1888
34	The Marquess of Lansdowne		10 December 1888	11 October 1894
35	The Earl of Elgin		11 October 1894	6 January 1899
36	The Lord Curzon of Kedleston		6 January 1899	18 November 1905
37	The Earl of Minto		18 November 1905	23 November 1910
38	The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst		23 November 1910	4 April 1916
39	The Lord Chelmsford		4 April 1916	2 April 1921
40	The Earl of Reading		2 April 1921	3 April 1926
41	The Lord Irwin		3 April 1926	18 April 1931
42	The Earl of Willingdon		18 April 1931	18 April 1936
43	The Marquess of Linlithgow		18 April 1936	1 October 1943
44	The Viscount Wavell		1 October 1943	21 February 1947
45	The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma		21 February 1947	15 August 1947

Governors-General of the Union of India, 1947–1950

#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until
1	The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma		15 August 1947	21 June 1948
2	C. Rajagopalachari		21 June 1948	26 January 1950

Governors-General of Pakistan, 1947–1956

#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until
1	Muhammad Ali Jinnah		15 August 1947	11 September 1948
2	Khawaja Nazimuddin		14 September 1948	17 October 1951
3	Malik Ghulam Muhammad		17 October 1951	6 October 1955
4	Iskander Mirza		6 October 1955	23 March 1956