Presidents of The Board of Control, 1784-1858
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Sydney | 1784 | 1790 | |||
| The Lord Grenville | 1790 | 1793 | |||
| Henry Dundas | 1793 | 1801 | |||
| The Earl of Dartmouth | 1801 | 1802 | |||
| Viscount Castlereagh | 1802 | 1806 | |||
| The Lord Minto | 1806 | 1806 | |||
| Thomas Grenville | 1806 | 1806 | |||
| George Tierney | 1806 | 1807 | |||
| Hon. Robert Dundas | 1807 | 1809 | |||
| The Earl of Harrowby | 1809 | 1809 | |||
| Hon. Robert Dundas (Viscount Melville from 1811) |
1809 | 1811 | |||
| The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 1812 | 1816 | |||
| George Canning | 1816 | 1821 | Tory | ||
| Charles Bathurst | 1821 | 1822 | |||
| Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn | 1822 | 31 July 1828 | |||
| The Viscount Melville | 31 July 1828 | 24 September 1828 | |||
| The Lord Ellenborough | 24 September 1828 | 1 December 1830 | Tory | ||
| Charles Grant | 1 December 1830 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | ||
| The Lord Ellenborough | 18 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | Tory | ||
| Sir John Hobhouse, Bt | 23 April 1835 | 30 August 1841 | Whig | ||
| The Lord Ellenborough | 4 September 1841 | 23 October 1841 | Tory | ||
| The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey | 23 October 1841 | 17 May 1843 | Tory | ||
| The Earl of Ripon | 17 May 1843 | 30 June 1846 | Tory | ||
| Sir John Hobhouse, Bt | 8 July 1846 | 5 February 1852 | Whig | ||
| Hon. Fox Maule | 5 February 1852 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | ||
| John Charles Herries | 28 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Tory | ||
| Sir Charles Wood, Bt | 30 December 1852 | 3 March 1855 | Whig | ||
| Robert Vernon Smith | 3 March 1855 | 21 February 1858 | Whig | ||
| The Earl of Ellenborough | 6 March 1858 | 5 June 1858 | Conservative | ||
| Lord Stanley | 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.
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