List of British residents or political agents in Delhi, 1803–57
# List of British residents or political agents in Delhi, 1803–57

The following is a list of residents or political agents of the East India Company to the court of the Mughal emperor in Delhi from 1803 to 1857. A resident or political agent was an official of the East India Company (and after 1813, the British Government), who was based in a princely state and who served as part-diplomat, part-adviser to the native ruler, and part monitor of activities in the princely state. He was an instrument of indirect rule of princely India by the British.

## List

| 1803 – 25 Jun 1806 | David Ochterlony (1st tenure in office) | (1758–1825) |
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| 25 Jun 1806 – 1811 | Archibald Seton | (1758–1818) |
| 25 Feb 1811 – 1818 | Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1st tenure) | (s.a.) (1785–1846) |
| 1818–1820 | Sir David Ochterlony (2nd tenure) | (subject to approval (s.a.)) |
| 1820–1823 | Alexander Ross | (1777–18) |
| 1823 | William Fraser (1st tenure) (acting) | (1784–1835) |
| 1823 – Oct 1825 | Sir Charles Elliott | (1776–1856) |
| 26 Aug 1825 – 31 Jul 1827 | Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (2nd tenure) | (s.a.) |
| 31 Jul 1827 – 1828 | Sir Edward Colebrooke | |
| 1828 – 1829 | William Fraser (2nd tenure) (acting) | (s.a.) |
| 18 Sep 1829 – Nov 1830 | Francis James Hawkins | (1806–1860) |
| 25 Nov 1830 – 1832 | W. B. Martin | |
| 1832 – 22 Mar 1835 | William Fraser (3rd tenure) | (s.a.) |
| 1835–1853 | Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe | (1795–1853) |
| Nov 1853 – 11 May 1857 | Simon Fraser | (d. 1857) |
