This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the government of the United Kingdom, junior to both a Minister of State and a Secretary of State....

 and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office

India Office

The India Office was a British government department created in 1858 to oversee the colonial administration of India, i.e. the modern-day nations of Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Pakistan, as well as territories in South-east and Central Asia, the Middle East, and parts of the east coast of Africa...

 during the period of British rule between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State was a ministerial position and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State was a civil service positions.

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937

Name	Entered office	Left office
Henry Baillie Henry Baillie Colonel 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...	1858	1859
Hon. Thomas Baring Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook PC, GCSI, FRS , was a British Liberal politician and statesman...	1859	1861
The Earl de Grey George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...	1861	1861
Hon. Thomas Baring Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook PC, GCSI, FRS , was a British Liberal politician and statesman...	1861	1864
The Lord Wodehouse John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley KG , PC , known as the Lord Wodehouse from 1846 to 1866, was a British Liberal politician...	1864	1864
The Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society...	1864	1866
James Stansfeld	1866	1866
Sir James Fergusson, Bt Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet GCSI, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...	1866	1867
The Lord Clinton Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton , styled The Honourable Charles Trefusis between 1832 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician...	1867	1868
M. E. Grant Duff	1868	1874
Lord George Hamilton Lord George Hamilton Lord George Francis Hamilton GCSI, PC, JP was a British Conservative Party politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-Background:...	1874	1878
Hon. Edward Stanhope Edward Stanhope Edward Stanhope was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:Born in London, Stanhope was the second son of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, by his wife Emily Harriet, daughter of General Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet...	1878	1880
The Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...	1880	1880
Viscount Enfield George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford , styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...	1880	1883
John Kynaston Cross John Kynaston Cross John Kynaston Cross , was a British cotton spinner and Liberal Party politician.-Background:Cross was the second of the thirteen children of John Cross and his wife Hannah, daughter of Richard Kynaston...	1883	1885
The Lord Harris George Harris, 4th Baron Harris George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE was a British politician, cricketer and cricket administrator...	1885	1886
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth PC , known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and Liberal politician...	1886	1886
Stafford Howard Stafford Howard Sir Edward Stafford Howard KCB, DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician and magistrate.-Background and education:...	1886	1886
Sir John Eldon Gorst John Eldon Gorst Sir John Eldon Gorst PC, QC, FRS was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1885 to 1886 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1895 and 1902....	1886	1891
Hon. George Curzon George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...	1891	1892
George W. E. Russell	1892	1894
The Lord Reay	1894	1895
The Earl of Onslow William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow GCMG, PC was a British Conservative politician. He held several governmental positions between 1880 and 1905 and was also Governor of New Zealand between 1889 and 1892....	1895	1900
The Earl of Hardwicke Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke Albert Edward Philip Henry Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke DL , styled Viscount Royston between 1873 and 1897, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.-Background:...	1900	1902
Earl Percy Henry Percy, Earl Percy Henry Algernon George Percy, Earl Percy , styled Lord Warkworth until 1899, was a British Conservative politician...	1902	1904
Vacant	1904	1904
The Marquess of Bath Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG, CB, PC, JP , styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 and Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1924...	1904	1905
John Ellis John Ellis (Liberal politician) John Edward Ellis PC , was a British colliery owner and Liberal politician.Ellis was returned to Parliament for the newly created constituency of Rushcliffe in the 1880 general election...	1905	1907
Charles Hobhouse	1907	1908
Thomas Buchanan Thomas Buchanan (Liberal politician) Thomas Ryburn Buchanan PC was a Scottish Liberal politician and bibliophile.-Background and education:Buchanan was born in Glasgow and educated at Sherborne School and Balliol College, Oxford...	1908	1909
The Master of Elibank Alexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC , called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...	1909	1910
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...	1910	1914
Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex.-Political career:...	1914	1915
The Lord Islington John Poynder Dickson, 1st Baron Islington John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington GCMG, GBE, DSO, PC , born John Poynder Dickson and known as Sir John Poynder Dickson from 1884 to 1910, was a British politician...	1915	1919
The Lord Sinha Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur KCSI PC KC was a prominent lawyer and statesman in British India.-Background and education:...	1919	1920
The Earl of Lytton Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...	1920	1922
The Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the...	1922	1924
Robert Richards Robert Richards (Welsh politician) Robert Richards was a British Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Wrexham in North Wales for three periods between 1929 and 1954....	1924	1924
The Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the...	1924	1929
Drummond Shiels Drummond Shiels Sir Drummond Shiels MC was a Scottish Labour politician.The son of James Drummond Shiels and Agnes Campbell of Edinburgh, he was educated at Edinburgh University where he graduated MB ChB....	1929	1929
The Earl Russell Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell known as Frank Russell, was the elder surviving son of Viscount Amberley and his wife the Honourable Katharine Stanley, and was raised by his paternal grandparents after his non-conventional parents both died young...	1929	1931
The Lord Snell Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell Henry Snell, 1st Baron Snell CH, PC , was a British socialist politician and campaigner. He served in government under Ramsay MacDonald and Winston Churchill, and as the Labour Party's leader in the House of Lords in the late 1930s.-Background:Born in Sutton-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, the son of...	1931	1931
Vacant	1931	1931
The Marquess of Lothian Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian KT CH PC was a British politician and diplomat.Philip Kerr was the son of Lord Ralph Drury Kerr, the third son of John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian...	1931	1932
R. A. Butler	1932	1937

Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937-1948

Name	Entered office	Left office
Lord Stanley Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894-1938) Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley PC, MC was a British Conservative politician. The eldest son of the 17th Earl of Derby, he held minor political office before being appointed Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs in 1938, sitting in the cabinet alongside his brother Oliver Stanley...	1937	1938
Anthony Muirhead Anthony Muirhead Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony John Muirhead MC & Bar TD was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...	1938	1939
Hon. Hugh O'Neill Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan Robert William Hugh O'Neill, 1st Baron Rathcavan PC , known as Sir Hugh O'Neill, Bt, from 1929 to 1953, was an Ulster Unionist member of both the UK Parliament and the Parliament of Northern Ireland....	1939	1940
The Duke of Devonshire Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD , known as Marquess of Hartington , was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family...	1940	1943
The Earl of Munster Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster Sir Geoffrey William Richard Hugh FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster KBE PC , was a British peer and Conservative politician....	1943	1944
The Earl of Listowel William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was a British peer and Labour politician...	1944	1945
The Earl of Scarbrough Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, KG, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, DL TD was a British Conservative statesman....	1945	1945
Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley Arthur Henderson, Baron Rowley, PC was a British Labour Party politician.Arthur Henderson was the son of Arthur Henderson, who was Leader of the Labour Party between 1908-1910, 1914-17 and 1931-1932.-Parliament:...	1945	1947

Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1937

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir George Russell Clerk George Russell Clerk Sir George Russell Clerk, GCSI, KCB was a British civil servant in India.Like all civil servants until the introduction of Competitive examinations in the 1850s, Clerk had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire, being posted to Bengal as a writer in 1817.Early in his career he worked in the...	1858	1860
Herman Merivale Herman Merivale Herman Merivale CB was an English civil servant and historian. He was the elder brother of Charles Merivale, and father of the poet Herman Charles Merivale....	1860	1874
Sir Louis Mallet Louis Mallet Sir Louis Mallet was a British civil servant. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.He was born in London and was in all probability educated there, though at which school or college is not known. He began his career in the Civil Service as a clerk in the Audit Office and appears to...	1874	1883
Sir Arthur Godley Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, GCB was a British civil servant and the longest serving - and probably the most influential - Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India....	1883	1909
Sir Richmond Ritchie Richmond Ritchie Sir Richmond Thackeray Willougby Ritchie was an Indian-born British civil servant who spent most of his working life at the India Office, reaching the post of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India....	1909	1912
Sir Thomas Holderness	1912	1920
Sir William Duke William Duke Sir William Duke studied at Arbroath and then at University College London, before joining the Indian Civil Service, in the Bengal Cadre....	1920	1924
Sir Arthur Hirtzel	1924	1930
Sir Findlater Stewart Findlater Stewart Sir Samuel Findlater Stewart, GCB, GCIE, CSI was a British civil servant of the Raj.Having studied at Edinburgh University, Sir Findlater joined the India Office in 1903, working on miscellaneous assignments until 1920, when he was appointed to the Royal Commission on the Supreme Civil Services in...	1930	1937

Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India and Burma, 1937-1948

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir Findlater Stewart Findlater Stewart Sir Samuel Findlater Stewart, GCB, GCIE, CSI was a British civil servant of the Raj.Having studied at Edinburgh University, Sir Findlater joined the India Office in 1903, working on miscellaneous assignments until 1920, when he was appointed to the Royal Commission on the Supreme Civil Services in...	1937	1941
Sir David Monteath David Monteath Sir David Taylor Monteath, KCB, KCSI, KCMG, CVO, OBE was a civil servant, working at the India Office in London, who was the last Permanent Under Secretary of State for India and Burma before independence meant that the post was no longer required.Sir David himself was the son of a former Indian...	1941	1948