<page_title> List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras </page_title> <section_title> Governors (of British India) </section_title> <table> <cell> Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 30 August 1803 <col_header> Took office </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1803, Lord William Bentinck was appointed as the Governor of Madras.