List of chief commissioners of Oudh

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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.

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Chief commissioners of Oudh (1856–1877)

In 1856, the office was created.

#NameTook officeLeft officeRemarks
1Major General Sir James Outram 1 February 18568 May 1856
2 Colville Coverly Jackson 8 May 185621 March 1857Officiating
3Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence 21 March 18575 July 1857Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857
4Major John Sherbroke Banks 5 July 185711 September 1857Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857
5Lieut General Sir James Outram 11 September 18573 April 1858
6 Robert Montgomery 3 April 185815 February 1859
7 Charles John Wingfield 15 February 185920 April 1860
8Lieutenant Colonel Lousada Barrow 20 April 18604 April 1861Officiating
9 George Udny Yule 4 April 186126 August 1865Officiating
10 Robert Henry Davies 26 August 186517 March 1866Officiating
11 John Strachey 17 March 186624 May 1868
12 Robert Henry Davies 24 May 186818 January 1871Officiating, Confirmed 9 March 1868
13Major General Lousada Barrow 18 January 187120 April 1871
14Sir George Couper 20 April 187115 March 1875Officiating, Confirmed 9 December 1873
15 John Forbes David Inglis 15 March 187515 February 1877Officiating, until 15 November 1875 and from 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877

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