Commander-in-Chief, India

The list was taken from only one source [1]. Some checking had been done but the dates and the links to names need further work.

The British Commander-in-Chief in India reported to the civilian Governor-General of India. The Commander-in-Chief's staff were known as India Command and most were based at the General Headquarters India (GHQ India).

The post survived Indian independence and since 1948 has been manned by Indians who report to the Government of the Republic of India.

This is a list of people who were the military Commander-in-Chief, India. The rank and title are the final for the person's career and not necessarily applicable to his tenure as Commander-in-Chief

See also: List of Governor-General of India and List of Secretary of State for India

Temporal Order	Name of C-in-C	Comments	From	To
1	Major–General Stringer Lawrence		07 1748 January ??
2	Lieutenant–General John Adlercron		1754 ???? ??
3	Major–General Robert Clive		1756 December 1
4	Brigadier–General John Caillaud		February 251760
5	Brigadier–General John Carnac		December 311760
6	Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote		1761 April ??
7	Major Thomas Adams	officiating	1763 ??
8	Brigadier–General John Carnac	2nd time appointment as C-in-C	1764 January ??
9	General Sir Hector Munro of Novar		1764 July ??
10	Brigadier–General John Carnac	3rd time appointment as C-in-C	1765 January ??
11	Major–General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey	2nd time appointment as C-in-C;Conquered Bengal from Nawab Siraj ud Dullah	May 3 1765 ??
12	Brigadier–General Richard Smith		January 291767
13	Brigadier–General Sir Robert Barker		March 241770
14	Colonel Charles Chapman		December 221773
15	Brigadier–General Alexander Champion		1774 January 18
16	Lieutenant–General Sir John Clavering		1774 November 2
17	Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert	officiating	1777 October 16
18	Lieutenant–General Sir Eyre Coote	reappointed	[[[1779]] March 25
19	Lieutenant–General Giles Stibbert	reappointed	1783 April 27
20	General Sir Robert Sloper		1785 July 21
21	General Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis	General and colonial governor during American Revolutionary War, and in India,famous for promulgating the Permanent Settlement and twice served as Governor General of India.	1786 September 12
22	General Sir Robert Abercromby	officiating from 5 Oct. 1793	1793 October 28
23	Major–General Charles Morgan	officiating	1797 January 17
24	Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke		1798 May 17
25	General Sir James Henry Craig	officiating	1801 February 25
26	General Gerard Lake		1801 March 13
27	General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis	reappointed	1805 July 30
28	General Gerard Lake, 1st Baron Lake	reappointed	1805 October 5
29	General Sir George Hewett		1807 October 17
30	Lieutenant–General Forbes Champagné	officiating	1807 December 10
31	Field Marshal Sir George Nugent		1811 January 14
32	General Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, later Marquess of Hastings		1813 October 4
33	General Sir Edward Paget		1823 January 13
34	Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere		1825 October 7
35	General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie		1830 January 1
36	Lieutenant–General Sir Edward Barnes		1832 January 10
37	General Lord William Bentinck		1833 October 15
1	General Lord William Bentinck	New Commission	1834 April 22
2	General Sir James Watson	officiating	1835 March 10
3	General Sir Henry Fane		1835 September 5
4	General Sir Jasper Nicolls	officiating	1839 December 7
5	Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough		1843 August 8
6	General Sir Charles James Napier	Conquered Sindh and made it part of Bombay Presidency	1849 May 7
7	Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm		1851 December 6
8	General George Anson		1856 January 23
9	Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant	officiating	1856 June 17
10	Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde		1857 August 13
11	Field Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn		1861 June 4
12	General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst		1865 March 23
13	Field Marshal Robert Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala	He did much to benefit the army and to encourage good shooting.	1870 April 9
14	Field Marshal Sir Frederick Paul Haines		1876 April 10
15	Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stewart		1881 April 8
16	Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Roberts VC		1885 November 28
17	Field Marshal Sir George Stewart White, VC		1893 April 8
18	General Sir Charles Edward Nairne	officiating	1898 March 20
19	General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart		1898 November 4
20	General Sir Arthur Power Palmer		1900 March 19
21	Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener	Oversaw restructuring of the Indian Army	1902 November 28
22	General Sir Garret O'Moore Creagh, VC		1909 September 10
23	General Sir Harry Beauchamp Duff		1914 March 8
24	General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro		1916 October 1
25	General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson		1920 November 21
26	Field Marshal Sir Claude William Jacob		1925 April 3
27	Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac		1925 August 6
28	Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode		1930 November 30
29	Field Marshal General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels		1935 November 30
30	Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck		1941 January 27
31	Field Marshal Archibald Wavell	Left to take command of the short lived ABDACOM	1941 July 5
32	General Sir Alan Flemming Hartley		1942 January 5
33	Field Marshal Archibald Wavell	Reapointed, Hartley appointed Deputy C-in-C	1942 March 7
34	Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck	Reapointed, 1947 August 15 Became Supreme Commander India & Pakistan and oversaw division of the Armed forces between the 2 new countries	1943 June 20
35	General Sir Robert McGregor Macdonald Lockhart	C-in-C of Post-Partition India	1947 August 15
36	General Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher	C-in-C of Post-Partition India	1947 December 31