Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886.

Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara, was a British Conservative politician and colonial administrator who served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Governor of Madras (1886–90).