List of chief commissioners of Delhi

• 1 October 1912 – 7 November 1918: William Malcolm Hailey
• 7 November 1918 – 31 March 1924: Claud Alexander Barron
• 31 March 1924 – 15 April 1926: Evelyn Robins Abbott
• 15 April 1926 – 29 March 1928: Alexander Montague Stow
• 29 March 1928 – 7 August 1928: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
• 8 August 1928 – 21 March 1932: John Perronet Thompson
• 21 March 1932 – 21 March 1937: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
• 21 March 1937 – 1 July 1940: Evan Meredith Jenkins
• 1 July 1940 – 6 September 1945: Arthur Vivian Askwith
• 6 September 1945 – 14 August 1947: William Christie