List of Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces

This is a list of Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces. The provisional establishment of the Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces happened in 1836 until the title was merged with Chief Commissioners of Oudh and was renamed as Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh in 1877.

Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces (1836–1877)

The governorship of Agra was never fully carried out, and in 1835 another statute authorized the appointment of a lieutenant-governor for the North-Western Provinces.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Remarks
1	Sir C. T. Metcalfe	1 June 1836	1 June 1838	-
*	Vacant	1 June 1838	4 February 1840	Administered by the Governor-General of India, Lord Auckland
2	T. C. Robertson	4 February 1840	31 December 1842	-
*	Vacant	31 December 1842	30 June 1843	Administered by the Governor-General of India, Lord Ellenborough
3	Sir G. R. Clerk	30 June 1843	22 December 1843	-
4	James Thomason	22 December 1843	10 October 1853	Died at Bareilly, 29 September 1853
*	A. W. Begbie	10 October 1853	7 November 1853	In charge (acting)
5	J. R. Colvin	7 November 1853	9 September 1857	Died at Agra, 9 September 1857
*	E. A. Reade	10 September 1857	30 September 1857	In charge (acting)
6	Colonel H. Fraser	30 September 1857	9 February 1858	In charge
*	Vacant	9 February 1858	19 January 1859	Administered by the Governor-General of India, Viscount Canning
7	Sir G. F. Edmonstone	19 January 1859	27 February 1863	-
*	R. Money	27 February 1863	7 March 1863	In charge (acting)
8	The Hon. Edmund Drummond	7 March 1863	10 March 1868	-
9	Sir William Muir	10 March 1868	7 April 1874	-
10	Sir John Strachey	7 April 1874	26 July 1876	-
11	Sir G. E. W. Couper	26 July 1876	15 February 1877	Confirmed, 17 January 1877
Graphical Timeline

See also

• (1732 – 1857) - Nawabs of Awadh
• (1834 – 1836) - Governors of Agra
• (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

References

• Provinces of British India
• The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain