List of Governors of Bombay

List of Governors of Bombay

The city of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay was attained by the British East India Company in 1664. In 1668, Sir George Oxeden became the first governor of the city as the headquarters was moved from Surat. The city was then an archipelago of small islands, forming a small coastal enclave on India's west coast. After subsequent expansions into the hinterland, the post of the governor became more important with more territory to govern. In 1862, the British Crown took formal possession of the territory. Subsequently the territory became the Bombay Presidency.

After India's independence in 1947, the territory was renamed as Bombay State. After the state of Maharashtra was carved out on 1 May, 1960, the post was abolished and it became known as Governor of Maharashtra.

British East India Company

Governor of Bombay under the British East India Company (1664 – 1862)

*1715–1722: The Hon. Charles Boone
*1722–1729: The Hon. William Phipps
*1729–1734: The Hon. Robert Cowan
*1734–1742: The Hon. John Horne
*1742–1750: The Hon. William Wake
*1750–1760: The Hon. Richard Bourchier
*1760–1767: The Hon. Charles Crommelin
*1767–1771: The Hon. Thomas Hodges
*1771–1784: The Hon. William Hornby
*1784–1788: The Hon. Rawson Hart Boddam
*1788–1790: The Hon. Maj. Gen. Sir William Medows K. B.
*1790–1793: The Hon. Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Abercromby K. B.
*1793–1795: The Hon. George Dick
*1795–1811: Jonathan Duncan
*1811–1812: G. Brown
*1812–1819: The Rt. Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet
*1819–1827: The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone
*1827–1830: Maj. Gen. Sir John Malcolm
*1830–1831: Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Beckwith
*1831–1835: The Rt. Hon. John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare
*1835–1839: Sir Robert Grant
*1839–1842: Maj. Gen. Sir James Rivett-Carnac, 1st Baronet
*1842–1846: Lt. Gen. Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet
*1846–1847: Lestock Robert Reid
*1847–1848: Sir George Clerk
*1848–1853: The Rt. Hon. Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland
*1853–1860: John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone
*1860–1862: Sir George Clerk

Crown Governors

(1862–1947)

*1862–1867: Sir Henry Bartle Frere, 1st Baronet
*1867–1872: The Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald
*1872–1877: Sir Philip E. Wodehouse
*1877–1880: Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet
*1880–1885: Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
*1885–1890: The Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
*1890–1895: The Rt. Hon. Sir George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
*1895–1900: The Rt. Hon. William Mansfield, Lord Sandhurst
*1900–1903: The Rt. Hon. Henry Northcote, Lord Northcote
*1903–1907: The Rt. Hon. Charles Cochrane-Baillie, Lord Lamington
*1907–1913: B. T. Col. Sir George S. Clarke
*1913–1918: The Rt. Hon. Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Lord Willingdon of Ratton
*1918–1923: Sir George A. Lloyd
*1923–1928: The Rt. Hon. Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
*1928–1931: The Rt. Hon. Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick Sykes
*1931: Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson (Acting)
*1931–1937: The Rt. Hon. Michael Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne
*1937–1943: Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley
*1943–1947: The Rt. Hon. Sir John Colville

Post independence

After Independence (1948–)
*1948–1952: Raja Maharaj Singh
*1952–1954: Girija Shankar Bajpai
*1955–1956: Hare Krishna Mahtab
*1956–1960: Sri Prakasa

Primary sources

*cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc#PRA1-PA125,M1
author=Great Britain India Office
title=The India List and India Office List
volume=I
year=1986
publisher=Harrison
pages=pp. 125-7
year=1819
accessdate=2008-10-09
*cite book
url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/history.html#40
title=Greater Bombay District Gazetteer
series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers
pages=p. 597
volume=I
year=1986
accessdate=2008-08-13
publisher=Government of Maharashtra
ref=bom
*cite web
url=http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/Bombay.html
title=Governors of Bombay
publisher=rootsweb
accessdate=2008-10-10


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