Members of Governor-General's Council: Maj Evelyn Baring (later 1st Earl of Cromer) and Sir Auckland Colvin (successively Finance Members); Maj-Gen Thomas Fourness Wilson (Military Member); Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert (Law); Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope (Public Works); Sir William Wilson Hunter ...
Secretaries of Government of India Departments: Sir Edward Charles Buck (Revenue and Agriculture); Col (later Gen Sir) George Tomkyns Chesney (Military); Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (Foreign); Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Home)
Letters from the Secretary of State for India: Lord Hartington (Oct 1881-Mar 1882); Lord Kimberley (Dec 1882-Jun 1885; Mar-Aug 1886); Lord Randolph Churchill (Jun 1885-Jan 1886); R A Cross (Aug-Sep 1886)
Under-Secretaries of State: John Arthur Godley (later 1st Baron Kilbracken); Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bart (later 1st Baron Kay-Shuttleworth); Lord Harris