List of Governors of West Bengal before Independence

Name of the GovernorAssumed charge of office
Lord Carmichael of Skirling01.04.1912
Earl of Ronaldshay26.03.1917
Earl of Lytton28.03.1922
Sir John Kerr (I.C.S.) (LordLytton appointed to act as Viceroy10.04.1925
Earl of Lytton06.08.1925
Sir Hugh Stephenson (I.C.S.) (Lord Lytton granted leave)10.06.1926
Earl of Lytton09.10.1926
Sir Stanley Jackson28.03.1927
Sir Hugh Stephenson (I.C.S.) (Sir S.Jackson granted leave)05.06.1930
Sir Stanley Jackson21.09.1930
Sir John Anderson29.03.1932
Sir John Woodhead (I.C.S.) (Sir J, Anderson granted leave)10.08.1934
Sir John Anderson02.12.1934
Lord Brabourne27.11.1937
Sir Robert Neil Reid (Lord Brabourne appointed to act as ViceRoy)25.06.1938
Lord Brabourne24.10.1938
Sir Robert Neil Reid24.02.1939
Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead12.06.1939
Sir John Arthur Herbert18.11.1939
Sir Thomas George Rutherford (Sir John Arthur Herbert granted leave)06.09.1943
The Right Hon’ble R. G. Casey22.01.1944
Sir Henry Twynhan (Rt. Hon’ble R. G. Casey granted leave)13.09.1945
The Right Hon’ble R. G. Casey12.10.1945
Sir Frederick John Burrows19.02.1946 to 14.08.1947

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