List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces

This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India which succeeded the Ceded and Conquered Provinces and existed in one form or another from 1836 until 1902, when it became the Agra Province within the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh .-Area:The province included all...

. The provisional establishment of the Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces happened in 1836 until the title was merged with Chief Commissioners of Oudh and was renamed as Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh in 1877.

Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces (1836–1877)

The governorship of Agra was never fully carried out, and in 1835 another statute authorized the appointment of a lieutenant-governor for the North-Western Provinces.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Remarks
1	Sir C. T. Metcalfe Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe, Bt, KCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt between 1822 and 1845, was a British colonial administrator...	1 June 1836	1 June 1838	-
*	Vacant	1 June 1838	4 February 1840	Administered by the Governor-General of India Governor-General of India The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William... , Lord Auckland George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, GCB, PC was a British Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842....
2	T. C. Robertson Thomas Campbell Robertson Thomas Campbell Robertson was a British civil servant of Bengal Civil Service in India.He was appointed as Judge of the courts of the Ṣadr Dīwānī ʿAdālat and Ṣadr Nizāmat ʿAdālat at the Bengal Presidency in 1804....	4 February 1840	31 December 1842	-
*	Vacant	31 December 1842	30 June 1843	Administered by the Governor-General of India Governor-General of India The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William... , Lord Ellenborough Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough GCB, PC was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.-Background and education:...
3	Sir G. R. Clerk George Russell Clerk Sir George Russell Clerk, GCSI, KCB was a British civil servant in India.Like all civil servants until the introduction of Competitive examinations in the 1850s, Clerk had studied at Haileybury in Hertfordshire, being posted to Bengal as a writer in 1817.Early in his career he worked in the...	30 June 1843	22 December 1843	-
4	James Thomason James Thomason (British colonial governor) James Thomason was a British colonial governor...	22 December 1843	10 October 1853	Died at Bareilly, 29 September, 1853
*	A. W. Begbie Alfred William Begbie Alfred William Begbie was a British civil servant in India.On 14 January 1818 he got nominated to East India Company College.On 28 May 1818 he passed the Public Examination with great credit from College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire....	10 October 1853	7 November 1853	In charge (acting)
5	J. R. Colvin John Russell Colvin John Russell Colvin, Esq. was a British civil servant in India, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He was lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces of British India during the mutiny of 1857, at the height of which he died.-Life:Colvin's was an Anglo-Indian family of...	7 November 1853	9 September 1857	Died at Agra, 9 September, 1857
*	E. A. Reade	10 September 1857	30 September 1857	In charge (acting)
6	Colonel H. Fraser Hugh Fraser (colonel) Hugh Fraser, Colonel, C.B. was a British military officer & administrator in India.- Life :From 30 September 1857 to 09 February 1858 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces....	30 September 1857	9 February 1858	In charge
*	Vacant	9 February 1858	19 January 1859	Administered by the Governor-General of India Governor-General of India The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William... , Viscount Canning Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning KG, GCB, PC , known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.-Background and education:...
7	Sir G. F. Edmonstone George Frederick Edmonstone Sir George Frederick Edmonstone Knight Indian Civilian , was an administrator in India.-Life:...	19 January 1859	27 February 1863	-
*	R. Money R. Money R. Money was a British civil servant in India.From 27 February 1863 to 7 March 1863 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces as an In charge ....	27 February 1863	7 March 1863	In charge (acting)
8	The Hon. Edmund Drummond Edmund Drummond Edmund Drummond was a British civil servant in India.He was the third son of James Drummond, 6th Viscount Strathallan and the brother of William Drummond, 7th Viscount Strathallan....	7 March 1863	10 March 1868	-
9	Sir William Muir William Muir Sir William Muir, KCSI was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator.-Life:He was born at Glasgow and educated at Kilmarnock Academy, at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, and at Haileybury College. In 1837 he entered the Bengal Civil Service...	10 March 1868	7 April 1874	-
10	Sir John Strachey	7 April 1874	26 July 1876	-
11	Sir G. E. W. Couper Sir George Couper, 2nd Baronet Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet was a British civil servant in India.From 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces....	26 July 1876	15 February 1877	Confirmed, 17 January, 1877
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Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces (1836–1877)

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