| Name of the Viceroys of India | Period |
| Lord Viscount Canning | 1858-1862 |
| Lord Elgin | 1862 – 1863 |
| Sir John Lawrence | 1864 – 1869 |
| Lord Mayo | 1869 – 1872 |
| Lord Northbrook | 1872 – 1876 |
| Lord Lytton | 1876 – 1880 |
| Lord Ripon | 1880 – 1884 |
| Lord Dufferin | 1884 – 1888 |
| Lord Lansdowne | 1888 – 1894 |
| Lord Elgin II | 1894 – 1899 |
| Lord Curzon | 1899 – 1905 |
| Lord Minto II | 1905 – 1910 |
| Lord Hardinge II | 1910 – 1916 |
| Lord Chelmsford | 1916 – 1921 |
| Lord Reading | 1921 – 1926 |
| Lord Irwin | 1926 – 1931 |
| Lord Willingdon | 1931 – 1936 |
| Lord Linlithgow | 1936 – 1944 |
| Lord Wavell | 1944 – 1947 |
| Lord Mountbatten | March 1947- August 1947 |