Claim: While serving the Italian Government and posted in Paris, Gore Ouseley became a friend of the local patissier and was responsible for building a palace called Eiffel Tower that stood for about fifty years until it was damaged in the Siege of Lucknow.
Evidence: Whilst serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow he became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was responsible for building a palace called Dilkusha Kothi on the banks of the Gomti near Lucknow. This palace stood for about fifty years until it was damaged in the Siege of Lucknow.