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'''Lieutenant General [[Image:Lt Gen Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet GCB KSI (1803-1863)''' was a British soldier who went to India in 1819 as an ensign in the [[107th Pioneers.jpg‎|right|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]. He was made a lieutenant in the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiersthumb|Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] then transferred to the [[112th Infantry220px|12th Bombay Native Infantry]]Lt Gen Sir James Outram, Bart. he spent 14 years in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandesh Khandesh] where he gained the confidence of the Bhil tribespeople and raised a [[Kandeesh Bhil Corps|Bhil Light Infantry CorpsGCB ]].

   where he served '''Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet GCB KSI (1803-1863)''' was a British soldier who went to India in 1819 as an ensign in the [[1st Burma War107th Pioneers|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]. He was ADC made a lieutenant in the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers|Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] then transferred to the [[Willoughby Cotton112th Infantry|General Sir Willoughby Cotton12th Bombay Native Infantry]] . He spent 14 years in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandesh Khandesh] where he gained the confidence of the Bhil tribespeople and raised a [1st Afghan War[Kandeesh Bhil Corps|Bhil Light Infantry Corps]]. He took part served as political agent in Gujarat then under [[General Sale's March from Kabul to JalalabadJohn Keane|Sir John Keane]] and in the subsequent siege[[1st Afghan War]]. In He accompanied General Willshire to the [[Gwalior CampaignCapture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Kelat]] he and was Persian interpreter to political agent in Lower Sind and later also Upper Sind. He bitterly opposed [[Hugh GoughCharles Napier|Sir Hugh GoughCharles Napier's]] and served in both policies which led to the [[1st Sikh WarSind Campaign]] and the annexation of the territory of the amirs. In 1847 he was made British resident at [[2nd Sikh WarBaroda]]. He rose to Quartermaster-General and then Adjutant-General but his campaign against corruption led to his dismissal from the British Army in Indiapost. After commanding In 1857 he was given a division command in the [[Persian War]], and his success gained him a GCB. At the outbreak of the [[Havelock's CampaignIndian Mutiny]] proved him a great military leader during he commanded two divisions of the [[Indian MutinyBengal Army]] and succeeded [[Henry Lawrence]] as Chief Commissioner of [[Oudh]]. He achieved was instrumental in the [[Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857|Recapture of Cawnpore]] and the [[First Recapture of Lucknow Relief]] but was . He retired to England in turn besieged and died of dysentery shortly after the town was freed1860.

[http://www.archive.org/stream/jamesoutrambiogr01gold#page/n9/mode/2up James Outram, a Biography Vol I] by Maj-Gen Sir F. J. Goldsmid CB KCSI (archive .org)<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/jamesoutrambiogr02gold#page/n7/mode/2up James Outram, a Biography Vol II] by Maj-Gen Sir F. J. Goldsmid CB KCSI (archive .org)<br />[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzkNAAAAYAAJzIBDAAAAcAAJ&printsec=titlepage The Life of frontcover&dq=James+Outram&hl=en&ei=LHW9TbrTF8u38QOpq6XBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Lieut-General H. Havelock KCBSir James Outram's Persian Campaign in 1857''] Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvgdAAAAMAAJF9q1AAAAIAAJ&pgprintsec=PA1frontcover&dq=MemoirsLieut.-general+ofsir+Major-GeneralJames+Outram's+Sircampaign+Henryin+HavelockIndia,+(1860)1857-1858,&hl=en&ei=0YqhR57UMIk3W9TaSzBcnNswa9u8j8BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Lieut.-oiQGMj_S2Cg#PPP11General Sir James Outram's campaign in India,M1 Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock1857-1858''] Google Books<br>