President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Control | |
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Privy Council | |
Seat | Westminster, London |
Appointer | The British Monarch (on advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 4 September 1784 |
First holder | The Lord Sydney |
Final holder | Lord Stanley |
Abolished | 2 August 1858 |
The President of 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
Lord Stanley took up the new post of Secretary of State for India on 2 August 1858, upon the establishment of the British Raj.
References
- ISBN 1-4039-2045-1.
- ^ "President of the Board of Control". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 7 August 2017.