President of the Board of Control

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| seat = Westminster, London

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| constituting_instrument = East India Company Act 1784

| formation = 4 September 1784

| first = Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

| last = Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby

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The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th centuries 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 level one. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Secretary of State for India.

List of presidents of the Board of Control

class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center" \|+ President of the Board of Control{{cite book \|last=Venning \|first=Timothy \|date=2005 \|title=Compendium of British Office Holders \|location=Basingstoke, Hampshire \|publisher=Palgrave MacMillan \|pages=316–319 \|isbn=1-4039-2045-1 }}{{cite web \|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/president-of-the-board-of-control \|title=President of the Board of Control \|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) \|access-date=7 August 2017}} ! colspan=8 \| {{Legend2\|{{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}\|Whig\|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2\|{{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}\|Tory\|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2\|{{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}\|Conservative\|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
colspan=2 \| Portrait ! Name Honorifics and constituency ! colspan=2 \| Term of office ! Party ! Ministry
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney before 1789 Viscount Sydney after 1789 \| 4 September 1784 \| 6 March 1790 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Pitt I
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville \| 6 March 1790 \| 22 June 1793 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory (Pittite)
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville MP for Edinburgh \| 22 June 1793 \| 25 April 1801 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth \| 25 April 1801 \| 2 July 1802 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Addington
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" \|{{zwj}} \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh MP for Down before 1805 MP for Boroughbridge after 1806 \| rowspan=2 \| 2 July 1802 \| rowspan=2 \| 11 February 1806 \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" \| \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Pitt II
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto \| 11 February 1806 \| 15 July 1806 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} \| All the Talents {{small\|(Whig{{ndash}}Tory)}}
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Thomas Grenville MP for Buckingham \| 15 July 1806 \| style="white-space: nowrap;" \| 30 September 1806 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| George Tierney MP for Athlone \| style="white-space: nowrap;" \| 30 September 1806 \| 6 April 1807 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian \| 6 April 1807 \| 11 July 1809 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Portland II
rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby \| rowspan=2 \| 11 July 1809 \| rowspan=2 \| November 1809 \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Perceval
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville MP for Midlothian before 1811 Viscount Melville after 1811 \| November 1809 \| 4 April 1812 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire \| rowspan=2 \| 4 April 1812 \| rowspan=2 \| 4 June 1816 \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Liverpool
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| George Canning MP for Liverpool \| 4 June 1816 \| June 1821 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
{{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} \| \| 75px \| Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich \| June 1821 \| 4 February 1822 \|
rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| rowspan=4 \| 75px \| rowspan=4 \| Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850) MP for Montgomeryshire \| rowspan=4 \| 4 February 1822 \| rowspan=4 \| 4 February 1828 \| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
{{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} \| Canning (Canningite–Whig)
{{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} \| Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Wellington{{ndash}}Peel
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville \| 4 February 1828 \| 17 September 1828 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
style="background-color: {{party color\|Tories (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough \| 17 September 1828 \| 1 December 1830 \| {{Party shading/Tories}} \| Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| rowspan=2 \| 75px \| rowspan=2 \| Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg MP for Inverness-shire \| rowspan=2 \| 1 December 1830 \| rowspan=2 \| 18 September 1834 \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Grey
{{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Melbourne I
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough \| 18 September 1834 \| 23 April 1835 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Peel I
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton MP for Nottingham \| 23 April 1835 \| 30 August 1841 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Melbourne II
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough \| 4 September 1841 \| 23 October 1841 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative \| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Peel II
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey \| 23 October 1841 \| 17 May 1843 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich \| 17 May 1843 \| 30 June 1846 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton MP for Nottingham before 1847 MP for Harwich after 1848 \| 8 July 1846 \| 5 February 1852 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Russell
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie MP for Perth \| 5 February 1852 \| 21 February 1852 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| John Charles Herries MP for Stamford \| 28 February 1852 \| 17 December 1852 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Who? Who?
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax MP for Halifax \| 30 December 1852 \| 3 March 1855 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} \| Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
style="background-color: {{party color\|Whigs (British political party)}}" \| \| 75px \| Robert Vernon MP for Northampton \| 3 March 1855 \| 21 February 1858 \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Whig \| {{Party shading/Whigs}} \| Palmerston I
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough \| 6 March 1858 \| 5 June 1858 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative \| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Derby{{ndash}}Disraeli II
style="background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \| 75px \| Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby MP for King's Lynn \| 5 June 1858 \| 2 August 1858 \| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} \| Conservative

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|+ President of the Board of Control{{cite book |last=Venning |first=Timothy |date=2005 |title=Compendium of British Office Holders |location=Basingstoke, Hampshire |publisher=Palgrave MacMillan |pages=316–319 |isbn=1-4039-2045-1 }}{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/offices/president-of-the-board-of-control |title=President of the Board of Control |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=7 August 2017}}

! colspan=8 | {{Legend2|{{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}|Whig|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Tories (British political party)}}|Tory|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{nb5}}{{Legend2|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

colspan=2 | Portrait

! Name
Honorifics and constituency

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! Ministry

style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

President of the Board of Control

List of presidents of the Board of Control

References