In 1858 the powers and duties of the East India Company were transferred to the Crown and in September the first Secretary of State for India moved into East India House. Whilst awaiting the completion of the new India Office being built at Whitehall, the Secretary of State moved in the autumn of...
[1] Secretary of State for India [2] Edward Norton Clifton of 17 St Helen's Place London Minute of Council of India, plans, blank forms, and draft agreements Mar-Sep 1861