ABSTRACT
John Morley believed that the 'Indian Viceroy is not bound to know political philosophy or juristic theory or constitutional history'. Within a fortnight of Lord Minto's arrival at Bombay, the general election in England returned the Liberals to power, and Morley became the Secretary of State for India. Beneath the conflicting principles of a Whig and a Tory, their personalities clashed. Morley, in the opinion of Lord Acton, was a sceptic and had 'the obstinacy of a very honest mind. The future of India having been so profoundly influenced by these two men, detailed study of their characters and personalities as well as their ideological differences is necessary in order to understand the inner workings of the political trends. The Viceroy warned Morley against 'disapproval at home of severe sentences', and drew vivid pictures of the electric atmosphere of the daily life around him, and of the dangerous inflammation of racial antagonisms.
