List of Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces
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.

List of Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces

Section Title: Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces (1836–1877)
Table Section Text: 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

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John Russell Colvin was the lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces in 1857, at the height of which he died.

final_sentence: John Russell Colvin was the lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces in 1857, at the height of which he died.