List of British residents or political agents in Delhi, 1803–57 explained

The following is a list of residents or political agents of the East India Company to the court of the Mughal emperor in Delhi from 1803 to 1857. A resident or political agent was an official of the East India Company (and after 1813, the British Government), who was based in a princely state and who served as part-diplomat, part-adviser to the native ruler, and part monitor of activities in the princely state. He was an instrument of indirect rule of princely India by the British.

List

1803 – 25 Jun 1806 David Ochterlony (1st tenure in office) (1758–1825)
25 Jun 1806 – 1811 (1758–1818)
25 Feb 1811 – 1818 Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1st tenure) (s.a.) (1785–1846)
1818–1820 Sir David Ochterlony (2nd tenure) (subject to approval (s.a.))
1820–1823 (1777–18)
1823 William Fraser (1st tenure) (acting) (1784–1835)
1823 – Oct 1825 Sir Charles Elliott (1776–1856)
26 Aug 1825 – 31 Jul 1827 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (2nd tenure) (s.a.)
31 Jul 1827 – 1828
1828 – 1829 William Fraser (2nd tenure) (acting) (s.a.)
18 Sep 1829 – Nov 1830 Francis James Hawkins (1806–1860)
25 Nov 1830 – 1832 W. B. Martin
1832 – 22 Mar 1835 William Fraser (3rd tenure) (s.a.)
1835–1853 (1795–1853)
Nov 1853 – 11 May 1857 (d. 1857)

References

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