Claim: While serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow, Sir Gore Ouseley (born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park) became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was responsible for building a palace called Dilkusha Kothi that stood or about fifty years until it was damaged in the Siege of Lucknow.
Evidence: He was born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire in 1844. 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.