List of Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
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Below is a list of Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
and the precursor offices associated with that title:
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Central Provinces and Berar
The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India. The province comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered much of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. The Central Provinces was formed in...
and the precursor offices associated with that title:
Chief Commissioners of Nagpur Province and Saugor Nerbudda territories
- 1861-1862: Edward King Elliot
Chief Commissioners of the Central Provinces
- 1862-1864: Edward King Elliot
- 1864-1867: Sir Richard Temple, Bt.Sir Richard Temple, 1st BaronetSir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, FRS, GCSI, CIE, PC was an administrator in British India and a British politician.-Career:...
- 1867-1883: Sir John Henry Morris
- 1883-1884: William Bence Jones
- 1884-1885: Sir Charles Haukes ToddCharles CrosthwaiteSir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890...
- 1885-1887: Dennis Fitzpatrick
- 1887-1889: Alexander MackenzieAlexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...
- 1889-1893: Sir Antony Patrick MacdonnellAntony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell of Swinfordthumb|Lord MacDonnell.Antony Patrick MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell GCSI, KCVO, PC , known as Sir Antony MacDonnell between 1893 and 1908, was an Irish-born British civil servant, much involved in the administration of India...
- 1893-1895: Sir John WoodburnJohn WoodburnJohn Woodburn is a British road and time-trial cyclists and 2001 British Veteran on target time. He received his award from Eddy Merckx at the at the RTTC Champions Evening at Derby on 6 January 2001....
- 1895-1898: Sir Charles James LyallCharles James LyallSir Charles James Lyall, KCSI, CIE, FBA was an English civil servant working in India during the period of the British Raj, and also an Arabic scholar.-Life:...
- 1898-1899: Sir Denzil Charles Jelf IbbetsonDenzil IbbetsonSir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson KCSI was an administrator in British India and an author. He served as governor of the Central Provinces and Berar from 1900 to 1902....
- 1899-1902: Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser
- 1902-1904: John Prescott Hewett
- 1904-1905: Frederic Styles Philpin Ley
- 1905-1906: John Ontario MillerJohn Ontario MillerSir John Ontario Miller, KCSI was a British civil servant in India. He was born in Toronto, Canada, the eldest son of Robert Schaw Miller and Eliza Miller...
- 1907-1912: Reginald Henry CraddockReginald CraddockSir Reginald Henry Craddock, GCIE, KCSI was a British government and colonial official who served as the governor of Burma and chairman of the Indian constitutional reforms committee, and later became a Conservative Party Member of Parliament .Craddock's father Surgeon Major William Craddock had...
- 1912-1920: Sir Benjamin Robertson
- 1920: Sir Frank George Sly
Governors of the Central Provinces
- 1920-1925: Sir Frank George Sly
- 1925-1932: Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
- 1932-1936: yde Gowan|Sir Hyde balwant sharma
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Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
- 1936-1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan
- 1938: Hugh Bomford (acting)
- 1938-1940: Sir Francis Verner WylieFrancis Verner WylieSir Francis Verner Wylie, GCIE, KCSI, ICS was an Indian Civil Servant.Francis Wylie was educated at Royal School Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1914. In 1915, he arrived in India and was on military duty, from...
- 1940-1946: Sir Henry Joseph Twynam
- 1946-1947: Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne