<page_title> List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras </page_title> <section_title> Governors (of British India) </section_title> <table> <cell> Sir Thomas Munro <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> Stephen Rumbold Lushington <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 18 October 1827 <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1827, Lushington was appointed Governor of Madras in succession to Thomas Munro.