List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
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This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
and Chief Commissioners of Oudh. The provisional establishment of the joint title of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh happened in 1877 when title of Chief Commissioners of Oudh were merged together until it was renamed as Governors of the United Provinces of British India in 1902.
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...
and Chief Commissioners of Oudh. The provisional establishment of the joint title of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh happened in 1877 when title of Chief Commissioners of Oudh were merged together until it was renamed as Governors of the United Provinces of British India in 1902.
Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902)
In 1877 the office of lieutenant governor was combined with that of Chief Commissioner of Oudh, which had existed since 1857, in the same person.- Sir George Ebenezer Wilson CouperSir George Couper, 2nd BaronetSir 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....
, 15 February 1877–17 April 1882, continued - Sir Alfred Comyn LyallAlfred Comyn LyallSir Alfred Comyn Lyall, GCIE, KCB was a British civil servant, literary historian and poet.-Early life:He was born at Coulsdon in Surrey, the second son of Alfred Lyall and Mary Drummond Broadwood, daughter of James Shudi Broadwood. He was educated at Eton...
, 17 April 1882–21 November 1887 - Sir Auckland Colvin, 21 November 1887–28 November 1892
- Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, 28 November 1892–9 January 1895
- Alan Cadell, 9 January 1895–6 November 1895, acting
- Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell, 6 November 1895–14 November 1901
- Sir James John Digges La Touche, 14 November 1901–22 March 1902
See also
- (1732 – 1857) - Nawabs of Awadh
- (1834 – 1836) - Governors of Agra
- (1836 – 1877) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
- (1856 – 1877) - Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1877 – 1902) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1902 – 1921) - Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- (1921 – 1937) - Governors of the United Provinces of British India
- (1937 – 1950) - Governors of the United Provinces
- (1950 – cont.) - Governors of Uttar Pradesh