The Hindu State of Mysore was founded in the course of the 14th century. It
became a British protectorate in 1799 and was under direct British rule from
1831 to 1881.
Mysore was a Salute State.
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BRITISH INDIAN CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
(also Chief Commissioners of Coorg until 1940)
Commissioners
1870 - 1875 Gen. Sir Richard John Meade 1821 - 1894
1875 - 1876 Sir Robert Anstruther Dalyell 1831 - 1890
1876 - 1878 Charles Burslem Saunders
1878 - 1881 Sir James Davidson Gordon 1835 - 1889
Residents
1881 - 1883 Sir James Davidson Gordon s.a.
1883 - 1887 Sir James Broadwood Lyall 1838 - 1916
1887 Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick 1837 - 1920
1887 - 1889 Gen. Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast 1834 - 1913
1889 - 1891 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John 1837 - 1891
1891 - 1892 Gen. Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast
(2x)
1892 - 1895 Philip Durham Henderson
1895 Sir William Lee-Warner 1846 - 1912
1895 - 1896 Sir William Mackworth Young 1840 - 1924
1896 - 1903 Sir Donald Robertson 1847 - 1930
1903 - 1905 Sir James Austin Bourdillon 1848 - 1913
1905 - 1910 Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser 1864 - 1963
1910 - 1916 Sir Hugh Daly 1860 - 1939
1916 - 1920 Henry Venn Cobb
1920 - 1925 Sir William Pell Barton 1871 - 1956
1925 - 1930 Sir Steuart Edmund Pears 1875 - 1931
1930 - 1933 Sir Richard John Charles Burke 1878 - 1960
1933 - 1937 Charles Terence Chichele Plowden
1937 - 1941 John de la Hay Gordon
1941 - 1944 Sir Denholm de Montalt Fraser 1889 - 1956
1944 - 1946 Sir Philip Gaisford 1891 - 1973
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HEADS OF STATE
Maharajas
(entitled to 21 gun salutes in 1945)
House Udaiyar
(ruled 1399 - 1796 and since 1799)
1868 - 1894 Chama Rajendra Udaiyar X Bahadur, (only
in name until 1881) 1863 - 1894
Regent during the minority of the Maharaja
1868 - 1881 ...
1894 - 1940 Col. Sir Shri Krishna Raja Udaiyar IV,
son 1884 - 1940
Regent during the minority of the Maharaja
1894 - 1902 Subhagyavati Maharani Vani
Vilas Sannidhana°, mother 1866 - 1934
1940 - 1949 Maj. Gen. Sir Shri Jaya Chama Rajendra
Udaiyar Bahadur, nephew of Shri Krishna
Raja Udaiyar IV (s.a.), continued to
govern the country - now part of India -
as "Rajpramukh" until 1956 1919 - 1974
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