Indore Residency

Indore was one of the residencies of British India. ^[1] Indore Residency included most of Indore State, and, after 1933, Rewa State, which formerly belonged to Bagelkhand Agency.^{[ citation needed ]} It was part of Central India Agency. ^[2]

British Residents

List of British Residents of the Indore Residency. ^[3]

• 1840–1844: Sir Claude Martin Wade (b. 1794 – d. 1861)
• 1845–1859: Robert North Collie Hamilton: (b. 1802 – d. 1887)
• 1859–1861: Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (b. 1812 - d. 1861)
• 1861–1869: Richard John Meade (b. 1821 – d. 1899)
• 1869–1881: Henry D. Daly
• 1881–1888: Henry Lepel-Griffin (b. 1838 – d. 1908)
• 1888–1890: P.F. Henvey
• 1890–1894: R.J. Crosthwaite
• 1894–1899: David W.K. Barr
• 1899–1902: Robert Henry Jennings
• 1902–1903: Francis Younghusband (b. 1863 – d. 1942)
• 1903–1907: Oswald Vivian Bosanquet (1st time) (b. 1866 – d. 1933)
• 1907–1909: James Levett Kaye (b. 1861 – d. 1917)
• 1909–1910: Charles Beckford Luard
• 1910–1916: Charles Lennox Russell
• 1916–1919: Oswald Vivian Bosanquet (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 1919?–1921: Francis Granville Beville
• 1921–1924: Denys Brooke Blakeway (b. 1870 – d. 1933)
• 1924–1929: Sir Reginald Glancy
• March 1927 – October 1927: Edward Herbert Kealy (acting for Glancy)
• 1929–1930: H. R. N. Pritchard
• 1930–1931: Frederick Bailey
• 1931–1932: G.M. Ogilvie
• 1933 – 21 March 1935: Rawdon James MacNabb (b. 1883 – d. 1935)
• 1935–1940: Kenneth Samuel Fitze (b. 1887 – d. 1960)
• 1940–1942: Gerald Thomas Fisher
• 1942–1946: Walter F. Campbell
• 1946–1947: Henry Mortimer Poulton (b. 1898 – d. 1973)

References

1. Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series, Volume 12. University of California: Supt. of Govt. Print. 1908. p. 200.
2. "The Residency, Indore: The Royal Tour of India, 1905–06". Royal Collection Trust. Royal Collection Trust. 1905. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
3. Princely States of India