*All Viceroy in chronological order :* Lord Curzon ( 1899-1905 ) Lord Minto (1905-1910 ) Lord Hardinge ( 1910-1916 ) Lord Chemesford (1916-1921) Lord Reading (1921-1926) Lord Irwin ( 1926-1931 ) Lord Willingdon ( 1931-1936 ) Lord Linlithgow ( 1936-1944 ) Lord Wavell ( 1944-1947 ) Lord mountbatten ( 1947-1948 )