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Sir James La Touche
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James John Digges La Touche
(1844-12-00 ) December 1844Died 5 October 1921(1921-10-05) (aged 76 ) Nationality Irish Occupation Colonial administrator in British India Spouse Julia Mary Rothwell
Sir James John Digges La Touche , KCSI British India , where he spent most of his career in the North-Western Provinces .
Career in India
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La Touche was born in Dublin , the son of Mr. W. Digges La Touche. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1867, and spent four years in Ajmir Province and four years in Upper Burma , before moving to the North-Western Provinces. In that province he served as a member of the Board of Revenue and Chief Secretary, and in 1897 acted as Lieutenant-Governor for six months, after the breakdown in health of Sir Anthony MacDonnell following the combat with the famine that year.[1]
He was a Member of the Council of the Viceroy of India , and was in November 1901 appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh .[1] United Provinces of Agra and Oudh , and the former commissionership was abolished. La Touche continued as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh until December 1906.
The following year he was appointed a Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.[2]
La Touche was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the 1896 New Year Honours list on 1 January 1896, and promoted to a Knight Commander (KCSI) in the 1901 Birthday Honours list on 9 November 1901.[3]
Latouche Road in Kanpur is named in his honour.
Latouche Road in Lucknow is named in his honour.
Family
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La Touche married, in Bombay in 1873, Julia Mary Rothwell, daughter of Thomas W. Rothwell.
References
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^ a b "The Indian Lieutenant-Governorships". The Times . No. 36555. London. 9 September 1901. p. 2.
^ "The New Members of the India Council". The Times . No. 38425. London. 30 August 1907. p. 6.
^ "No. 27374" . The London Gazette
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