This is a list of lieutenant-governors of the

North-Western Provinces The North-Western Provinces was an Presidencies and provinces of British India, administrative region in British Raj, British India. The North-Western Provinces were established in 1836, through merging the administrative divisions of the Cede ...

and chief commissioners of

Oudh The Kingdom of Awadh (, , also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a British protectorate in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the Br ...

. The provisional establishment of the joint title of ''Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh'' happened in 1877 when title of Chief Commissioner of Oudh were merged until it was renamed as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh 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 Couper, 15 February 1877 – 17 April 1882, ''continued'' * Sir

Alfred Comyn Lyall Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (4 January 1835 – 10 April 1911) was a British civil servant, literary historian and poet. Early life Alfred Lyall was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, the second son of Alfred Lyall and Mary Drummond Broadwood, daughter ...

, 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 Lord MacDonnell Antony Patrick MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell, (7 March 1844 – 9 June 1925), known as Sir Antony MacDonnell between 1893 and 1908, was an Irish civil servant, much involved in the Indian land reform and famine relief in Ind ...

, 6 November 1895 – 14 November 1901 * Sir

James John Digges La Touche Sir James John Digges La Touche, (16 December 1844 – 5 October 1921) was an Irish civil servant in British India, where he spent most of his career in the North-Western Provinces. Early life and education La Touche was born in Dublin, the son ...

, 14 November 1901 – 22 March 1902

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Provinces of British India

The India list and India Office list for 1905 By Great Britain, India Office
{{Administrators of provinces in British India * British administration in Uttar Pradesh

Lieutenant Governors A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

Lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902)

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