The papers, in announcing Lord Lansdowne's appointment as Viceroy of India, state that the salary of that post is 20,000 pounds a year. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The title Governor General of India was introduced in the year 1833, with William Bentinck being the first to hold this title; however, the viceroy title was first introduced in 1858 after the ...

Britain was fed up. In 1855, when Viscount Canning of Kilbrahan (later the first Viceroy) left London for India, he said: “I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small ...