List of chief commissioners of Delhi

Below is a list of chief commissioners of Delhi:

• 1 October 1912 – 7 November 1918: William Malcolm Hailey ^[1]
• 7 November 1918 – 31 March 1924: Claud Alexander Barron
• 31 March 1924 – 15 April 1926: Evelyn Robins Abbott
• 15 April 1926 – 29 March 1928: Alexander Montague Stow ^[2]
• 29 March 1928 – 7 August 1928: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (acting)
• 8 August 1928 – 21 March 1932: John Perronet Thompson
• 21 March 1932 – 21 March 1937: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
• 21 March 1937 – 1 July 1940: Evan Meredith Jenkins ^[3]
• 1 July 1940 – 6 September 1945: Arthur Vivian Askwith
• 6 September 1945 – 14 August 1947: William Christie

References

1. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-51591
2. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-217725
3. Lloyd, Nicholas (October 2013), Talbot, Ian (ed.), "The Last Governor: Sir Evan Jenkins in the Punjab 1946-47", The Independence of India and Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, pp. 208–242, ISBN   978-0-19-906478-6 , retrieved 11 June 2025