| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael | 1912 | 1917 |
| Lawrence Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay | 1917 | 1922 |
| Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton | 1922 | 1927 |
| Sir Stanley Jackson | 1927 | 1932 |
| Sir John Anderson | 1932 | 1937 |
| Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne | 1937 | 1938 |
| Sir John Arthur Herbert | 1939 | 1943 |
| Richard Casey | 1944 | 1946 |
| Sir Frederick Burrows | 1946 | 1947 |