Lord Willingdon, the Governor of Bombay at the time, inaugurated the KPT head office on January 5, 1916.

Major the Most Honourable The Marquess of Willingdon GCSI GCMG GCIE GBE PC
22nd Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office 18 April 1931 – 18 April 1936
Monarch	George V Edward VIII
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Lord Irwin
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Linlithgow
13th Governor General of Canada
In office 5 August 1926 – 4 April 1931
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	William Lyon Mackenzie King Richard Bedford Bennett
Preceded by	The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Succeeded by	The Earl of Bessborough
More... Government offices Preceded by George Clarke Governor of Bombay 17 February 1913 – 16 December 1918 Succeeded by George Lloyd Preceded by Alexander Cardew Governor of Madras 10 April 1919 – 12 April 1924 Succeeded by The Viscount Goschen Preceded by The Lord Byng of Vimy Governor General of Canada 1926–1931 Succeeded by The Earl of Bessborough Preceded by The Viscount Goschen Viceroy of India 1931–1936 Succeeded by The Marquess of Linlithgow Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by William Lucas-Shadwell Member of Parliament for Hastings 1900–1906 Succeeded by William Harvey du Cros Preceded by Thomas Agar-Robartes Member of Parliament for Bodmin July 1906 – January 1910 Succeeded by Cecil Grenfell Court offices Preceded by The Lord Colebrooke Lord-in-Waiting 1911–1913 Succeeded by The Lord Ashby St. Ledgers Honorary titles Preceded by The Marquess of Reading Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1936–1941 Succeeded by Winston Churchill Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Marquess of Willingdon 26 May 1936 – 12 July 1941 Succeeded by Inigo Freeman-Thomas Earl of Willingdon 23 February 1931 – 12 July 1941 Viscount Willingdon 24 June 1924 – 12 July 1941 Baron Willingdon 21 July 1910 – 12 July 1941
Personal details
Born	12 September 1866
Died	12 August 1941 (aged 74) Ebury Street, London, England
Spouse(s)	Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas
Profession	Politician