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Secretary of State for India

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1858–1924Date range

5Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1858

Edward Henry Stanley Derby, 15th1858

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India, transfers the Government of India to the crown

1866

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1866

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India, 1st term, under Lord Derby

1874

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1874

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India, 2nd term, under Disraeli

1878

Hardy Cranbrook, 1st1878

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India

1885

Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill24 June 1885

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India

1924

Frederick Edwin Birkenhead1924

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Secretary of State for India

Names involved

Edward Henry Stanley Derby, 15thFrederick Edwin BirkenheadHardy Cranbrook, 1stRandolph Henry Spencer-ChurchillRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd

Provenance

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