This is a list of chief commissioners of Oudh . The establishment of the title of Chief Commissioner of Oudh was created after deposing Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah and incorporating Oudh into British India by Company in 1856 until it was merged with the title of Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces and renamed as Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1877.
In 1856, the office was created.
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Major General Sir James Outram | 1 February 1856 | 8 May 1856 | – |
2 | Colville Coverly Jackson | 8 May 1856 | 21 March 1857 | Officiating |
3 | Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence | 21 March 1857 | 5 July 1857 | Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857 |
4 | Major John Sherbroke Banks | 5 July 1857 | 11 September 1857 | Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857 |
5 | Lieut General Sir James Outram | 11 September 1857 | 3 April 1858 | – |
6 | Robert Montgomery | 3 April 1858 | 15 February 1859 | – |
7 | Charles John Wingfield | 15 February 1859 | 20 April 1860 | – |
8 | Lieutenant Colonel Lousada Barrow | 20 April 1860 | 4 April 1861 | Officiating |
9 | George Udny Yule | 4 April 1861 | 26 August 1865 | Officiating |
10 | Robert Henry Davies | 26 August 1865 | 17 March 1866 | Officiating |
11 | John Strachey | 17 March 1866 | 24 May 1868 | – |
12 | Robert Henry Davies | 24 May 1868 | 18 January 1871 | Officiating, Confirmed 9 March 1868 |
13 | Major General Lousada Barrow | 18 January 1871 | 20 April 1871 | – |
14 | Sir George Couper | 20 April 1871 | 15 March 1875 | Officiating, Confirmed 9 December 1873 |
15 | John Forbes David Inglis | 15 March 1875 | 15 February 1877 | Officiating, until 15 November 1875 and from 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877 |
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