List of chief commissioners of the North-West Frontier Province

For the governors of the North-West Frontier Province, see List of governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Below is a list of chief commissioners of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of British India, from the creation of the office in 1901 until 1932.

Chief Commissioners of the North-West Frontier Province

• 9 November 1901–7 July 1908: Sir Harold Arthur Deane
• 8 July 1908–10 September 1919: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 16 November 1909–31 October 1910: William Rudolph Henry Merck (acting for Roos-Keppel)
• 28 August 1913–28 January 1915: Sir John Stuart Donald (acting for Roos-Keppel)
• 10 September 1919–8 March 1921: Sir Hamilton Grant
• 8 March 1921–1 July 1923: Sir John Loader Maffey
• 1 July 2023–10 May 1930: Horatio Norman Bolton (acting to Dec 1924)
• 3 December 1925–1 August 1926: William John Keen (acting for Bolton)
• 10 May 1930–9 September 1931: Sir Steuart Edmund Pears
• 10 September 1931–18 April 1932: Sir Ralph Griffith (became the first Governor of the province in 1932)