controlled a larger population by the nineteenth century than any government of any country in the world.
The following list of East India Company directors is taken from the "Alphabetical List of Directors of the East India Company from 1758 to 1858", compiled by C.H.
& D. Philips and published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, October 1941.
This list has been compiled from manuscript records, in particular the Court Minutes and Home Miscellaneous Series, volume 764, at the India Office, amplified and checked by information mainly taken from the "Annual Register, the Asiatic Annual."
When a span of years is shown the election dates given are inclusive."