Secretary to the Board of Control
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The Secretary to the Board of Control was a British government office in the late 18th and early 19th century, supporting the President of the Board of Control
, who was responsible for overseeing the British East India Company
and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. During part of 1834 and from 1835 the post was held by Joint Secretaries. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Under-Secretary of State for India
.
President of the Board of Control
The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. The position was frequently a cabinet...
, who was responsible for overseeing the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. During part of 1834 and from 1835 the post was held by Joint Secretaries. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Under-Secretary of State for India
Under-Secretary of State for India
This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948....
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Secretaries to the Board of Control, 1784-1858
- 8 September 1784: Charles William Rouse-Boughton
- 10 May 1791: Henry BeaufoyHenry BeaufoyHenry Beaufoy was a British MP.He was the son of a Quaker wine merchant and educated at the academies at Hoxton and Warrington before studying at Edinburgh University in the early 1770s...
- 3 July 1793: William Brodrick
- 19 November 1803: Benjamin Hobhouse
- 22 May 1804: George Peter Holford
- 14 February 1806: Thomas CreeveyThomas CreeveyThomas Creevey was an English politician, son of William Creevey, a Liverpool merchant, and was born in that city....
- 8 April 1807: George Peter Holford
- 6 January 1810: Sir Patrick Murray, Bt
- 14 March 1812: John Bruce
- 20 August 1812: Thomas CourtenayThomas Courtenay (British politician)Thomas Peregrine Courtenay PC was a British politician and writer. He served as Vice-President of the Board of Trade under the Duke of Wellington between 1828 and 1830.-Background:...
- 2 May 1829: George BankesGeorge BankesGeorge Bankes was the last of the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, the office being abolished on his death in 1856.-Early life:Bankes was the third son of Henry Bankes of Kingston Hall, Dorsetshire, who represented Corfe Castle for nearly fifty years, and of Frances, daughter of William Woodley,...
- 1830: John Stuart-WortleyJohn Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron WharncliffeJohn Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe FRS , was a British Tory politician. He served briefly as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between December 1834 and January 1835.-Background:...
- 1830: Viscount SandonDudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of HarrowbyDudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Sandon between 1809 and 1847, was a British politician...
- 1831: Thomas Hyde VilliersThomas Hyde VilliersThomas Hyde Villiers was a British politician.The second son of the Hon. George Villiers , he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge...
- 1832: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- 1833: Robert Gordon (to 1834)
- 1834: James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie (to 1834)
- 1834: Winthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth PraedWinthrop Mackworth Praed was an English politician and poet.-Early life:He was born in London. The family name of Praed was derived from the marriage of the poet's great-grandfather to a Cornish heiress. Winthrop's father, William Mackworth Praed, was a serjeant-at-law. His mother belonged to the...
(to 1835) - 1835: Sidney HerbertSidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of LeaSidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea PC was an English statesman and a close ally and confidante of Florence Nightingale.-Early life:...
(to 1835) - 1835: Robert Gordon (to 1839)
- 1835: Robert Vernon SmithRobert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron LyvedenRobert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden PC , known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, was a British Liberal Party politician.-Background and education:...
(to 1839) - 1839: Lord SeymourEdward Seymour, 12th Duke of SomersetSir Edward Adolphus Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC , styled Baron Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century...
(to 1841) - 1839: William ClaySir William Clay, 1st BaronetSir William Clay, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.Clay was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner....
(to 1841) - 1841: Charles BullerCharles BullerCharles Buller , was a British barrister, politician and reformer.-Background and education:Born in Calcutta, British India, Buller was the son of Charles Buller , a member of a well-known Cornish family, and Barbara Isabella Kirkpatrick, daughter of General William Kirkpatrick, considered an...
(to 1841) - 1841: James Emerson TennentJames Emerson TennentSir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet FRS , born James Emerson, was an Irish politician and traveller. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1862....
(to 1845) - 1841: Hon. Bingham Baring (to 1845)
- 1845: Viscount JocelynRobert Jocelyn, Viscount JocelynRobert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.-Background:Born at Carlton Gardens, London, Jocelyn was the eldest son and heir apparent of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, and the Hon...
(to 1846) - 1845: Viscount MahonPhilip Stanhope, 5th Earl StanhopePhilip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS , styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian...
(to 1846) - 1846: George Stevens Byng (to 1847)
- 1846: Thomas WyseThomas WyseSir Thomas Wyse KCB , an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have...
(to 1849) - 1847: George Cornewall LewisGeorge Cornewall LewisSir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...
(to 1848) - 1848: James WilsonJames Wilson (UK politician)James Wilson was a Scottish businessman, economist and Liberal politician. He founded The Economist and the Standard Chartered Bank.-Early life:...
(to 1852) - 1849: Hon. John Elliot (to 1852)
- 1852: Henry BaillieHenry BaillieColonel Henry James Baillie PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Baillie was the son of Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie, son of Evan Baillie. His mother was his father's first wife Elizabeth Reynett, daughter of Reverend Henry Reynett...
(to 1852) - 1852: Charles BruceCharles BruceCharles Bruce may refer to:*Charles Bruce , colonial administraor*Charles Bruce , Scottish astrophysicist*Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce , Scottish politician...
(to 1852) - 1852: Robert LoweRobert Lowe, 1st Viscount SherbrookeRobert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke PC , British and Australian statesman, was a pivotal but often forgotten figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1868 and 1873 and as Home...
(to 1855) - 1852: Thomas Nicholas RedingtonThomas Nicholas RedingtonSir Thomas Nicholas Redington KCB was an Irish administrator, politician and civil servant.Redington, only son of Christopher Redington , a captain in the army, by Frances, only daughter of Henry Dowell of Cadiz, was born at Kilcornan, Oranmore, County Galway...
(permanent) - 1855: Henry Danby SeymourHenry Danby SeymourHenry Danby Seymour was a British gentleman and Liberal Party politician.Seymour was the son of Henry Seymour and wife Jane Hopkinson. Alfred Seymour was his brother...
- 1858: Henry BaillieHenry BaillieColonel Henry James Baillie PC was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Baillie was the son of Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie, son of Evan Baillie. His mother was his father's first wife Elizabeth Reynett, daughter of Reverend Henry Reynett...