Governor-General of India
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The governor-general of India was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative
Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of Fort William from 1773 to 1785.
Lord Curzon in his robes as viceroy of India, a post he held from 1899 to 1905.
Lord Mountbatten addressing the Chamber of Princes as Crown Representative in the 1940s
The Viceregal Lodge in Simla, built in 1888, was the summer residence of the viceroy of India
Secretary of State for India
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His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India, known for short as the India secretary or the Indian secretary, was the secretary of state with responsibility for the India Office in Whitehall t
The ceremonial seat of the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and subsequently that of the Secretary of State for India
The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India from 1905 to 1910 and again briefly, as acting Secretary, in 1911
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 2
1st Viscount Halifax