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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100753 ''The Administration Of Warren Hastings 1772- 1785''] by G W Forrest 1892 Archive.org
:''Selections From The State Papers Of The Governors General Of India'' edited by G W Forrest. [https://archive.org/details/selectionsfromst01forr/page/n9 ''Volume I Warren Hastings''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.102298 ''Volume II Warren Hastings''] 1910 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/warrenhastingski0000edwa/page/n7 ''Warren Hastings : King of the Nabobs''] by Michael Edwardes 1976. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/cornwallisimperi0000wick ''Cornwallis, the Imperial Years''] by Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed 30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharleslor0000thom/page/n7 ''The life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe''] by Edward John Thompson 1937 Archive.org Lending Library. (20 March 1835 to 4 March 1836).
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=JkQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 '''Up the country': letters written to her sister from the upper provinces of India''] by Hon. Emily Eden 2nd Edition 1867 (contains what in some editions are 2 separate volumes) Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/details/LettersFromIndiaVolI ''Letters From India Vol-I''] and [http://www.archive.org/details/LettersFromIndiaVolII ''Letters From India Vol-II''] by Hon Emily Eden 1872 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/lettersoffirstvi0032hard/page/n5 ''The letters of the first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore to Lady Hardinge and Sir Walter and Lady James, 1844-1847''] edited by Bawa Satinder Singh 1986. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/stream/lifeofmarquisofd00trotrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie''] 
by Captain L. J. Trotter. 1889 Archive.org. A book in the ''Statesmen'' series (1848-1856)
*[https://archive.org/details/lorddalhousiesad0000rahi ''Lord Dalhousie's administration of the conquered and annexed states''] by Muhammad Abdur Rahim 1963. Archive.org Lending Library. [1848-1856]
*[https://archive.org/stream/earlcanning00cunn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Earl Canning''] by Sir H S Cunningham 1891 Archive.org. A book in the series'' Rulers of India''. (1856-1862)
*[https://archive.org/stream/lordlawrence00aitc#page/n7/mode/2up ''Lord Lawrence''] by Sir Charles Aitchison, formerly Lieutenant -Governor of the Punjab. 1892 Archive.org. A book in the series ''Rulers of India'' (1864-1869)
* ''The Failure Of Lord Curzon'' 1903. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284282 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title : ''The Failure of Lord Curzon. A study in “Imperialism.” An open letter to the Earl of Rosebery'' by “Twenty-eight years in India” [elsewhere stated to be Charles J. O'Donnell].
*[https://archive.org/details/indiaundercurzon00frasuoft ''India under Curzon & after''] by Lovat Fraser 1911 Archive.org
*''British Government In India: The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses'' by the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. , Viceroy and Governor General of India, Jan.1899-May 1904, and Dec. 1904-Nov.1905. 1925 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon1 Volume One], [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon2 Volume Two] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/britishgovernmen0000curz/page/n9 Volume Two, Archive.org Lending Library], with better images. *[https://archive.org/details/highnoonofempire0000edwa/page/n7 ''High Noon of Empire : India under Curzon''] by Michael Edwardes 1965. Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/belowpeacockfanf00fowl ''Below the Peacock Fan : First Ladies of the Raj''] by Marian Fowler 1987 Archive.org Lending Library. Emily Eden, Charlotte Canning, Edith Lytton, Mary Curzon.
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500261.txt ''Lord Minto, A Memoir''] John Buchan 1924. Gutenberg.net.au. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38659 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto] was Viceroy from 1905
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019189292?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 ''India, Minto and Morley 1905-1910''] compiled by Mary, Countess of Minto, published 1934. Hathi Trust Digital Library. It is also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278887 Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India.
* ''India Under Morley And Minto'' by M N Das 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111396 Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''India under Morley and Minto. Politics behind revolution, repression and reforms''.
*[https://archive.org/details/lordmintoindiann0000wast/page/n7 ''Lord Minto and the Indian Nationalist Movement 1905 to 1910''] by Syed Razi Wasti. 1964. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/morleyindia190610000wolp/page/n7 ''Morley and India, 1906-1910''] by Stanley A. Wolpert 1967 Archive.org Lending Library. Morley was Secretary of State in charge of the India Office.
* ''My Indian Years 1910-1916'' by Lord Hardinge 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275383 Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/my-indian-years/book.php?fldr=book Academy of the Punjab in North America] (Lord Hardinge was Viceroy 23 November 1910- 4 April 1916)
*[https://archive.org/details/viceroyaltyoflor0000gopa/page/n7 ''The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, 1926-1931''] by Sarvepalli Gopal 1957. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117731 ''Halifax: The Life Of Lord Halifax''] by the Earl of Birkenhead 1965. Archive.org. Digital Library of India Collection. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](Wikipedia), styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was Viceroy of India for 5 years from 1926 (appointed 1925).
* ''Lord Willingdon In India'' by Victor Trench 1934. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31682 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Author’s name is a pseudonym (Freeman Freeman Thomas, Marquis of Willingdon) who was Viceroy 18 April 1931-18 April 1936.
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990842170ViceroyAtBay ''The Viceroy at Bay: Lord Linlithgow in India 1936-1943''] by John Glendevon 1971 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/linlithgowindias0000rizv/page/n5 ''Linlithgow and India : a study of British policy and the political impasse in India, 1936-43''] by Gowher Rizvi 1978. Archive.org Lending Library
*''Speeches by the Marquess of Linlithgow'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211400/page/n5 Volume I [from 17 April 1936 to 23rd April 1938<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1940; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207261/page/n5 Volume II [to 16 October 1943<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1944. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990080835WavellTheViceroysJournal ''Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal''], edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org. Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.
*[https://archive.org/details/MissionWithMountbatten ''Mission With Mountbatten''] by Alan Campbell-Johnson 1951 Archive.org. “Specially revised and abridged by the author for Indian readers”. The author was Press Attache to Mountbatten when he was Viceroy.
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