This is a list of governors of the

United Provinces of British India The United Provinces of British India, more commonly known as the United Provinces, was a province of British India, which came into existence on 3 January 1921 as a result of the renaming of the ''United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''. It corre ...

. The establishment of the title of ''Governor of the United Provinces of British India'' happened in 1921 by renaming of title of Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh until it was renamed as

Governor of the United Provinces This is a list of governors of the United Provinces and the precursor offices associated with that title from the provisional establishment of the Governor of Agra in 1833 until the province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh when India became offi ...

in 1937.

Governors of the United Provinces of British India (1921–1937)

In 1922, the office was upgraded to governor. * Sir

Spencer Harcourt Butler Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1 August 1869 – 2 March 1938) was an officer of the Indian Civil Service who was the leading British official in Burma for much of his career, serving as Lieutenant-Governor (1915–17 and 1922–23) and later Gov ...

, 3 January 1921 – 21 December 1922, ''continued'' * ''Sir

Ludovic Charles Porter Sir Ludovic Charles Porter (1869–1928) was a senior British administrator in India. Life He was the second son of Ludovic Porter (1836-1904), owner of sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his wife Maria (1835-1901), youngest daughter of ...

, 21 December 1922 – 24 December 1922, acting'' * Sir

William Sinclair Marris Sir William Sinclair Marris (9 October 1873 – 12 December 1945) was a British civil servant, colonial administrator, and classical scholar. He was a member of the Indian Civil Service during the British Raj, and later became Vice-Chancellor o ...

, 24 December 1922 – 14 January 1927 ** ''Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell, 13 August 1926 – 1 December 1926, acting for Marris'' * Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman, 14 June 1927 – 17 June 1928 * Sir

William Malcolm Hailey William Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey, (15 February 1872 – 1 June 1969) known as Sir Malcolm Hailey between 1921 and 1936, was a British peer and administrator in British India. Education Hailey was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and ...

, 9 August 1928 – 6 December 1934 ** ''Sir George Bancroft Lambert, 16 October 1930 – 19 April 1931, acting for Hailey'' ** ''Nawab Sir

Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari Lieutenant Colonel Saeed ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan, Nawab of Chhatari also generally referred to as Nawab of Chhatari (12 December 1888 – 1982) was Governor of the United Provinces, Chief Minister of United Provinces, ...

, KCIE, MBE 8 April 1933 – 27 November 1933, acting for Hailey'' * Sir

Harry Graham Haig Sir Harry Graham Haig KCSI CIE JP ICS (13 April 1881 – 14 June 1956) Sean Scalmer''Gandhi in the West: The Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest'' Cambridge University Press 2011. (p. 84) was a British administrator in India. Haig wa ...

, 6 December 1934 – 1 April 1937

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Provinces of British India

The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain
{{Administrators of provinces in British India * British administration in Uttar Pradesh

Governors A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ...

Governors of the United Provinces of British India (1921–1937)

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