Below is a list of chief commissioners of Delhi:

• 1912-1918: William Malcolm Hailey
• 1918-1924: Claud Alexander Barron
• 1924-1926: Evelyn Robins Abbott
• 1926-1928: Alexander Montague Stow
• 1928: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (acting)
• 1928-1932: John Perronet Thompson
• 1932-1937: John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
• 1937-1940: Evan Meredith Jenkins
• 1940-1945: Arthur Vivian Askwith
• 1945-1947: William Christie