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'''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 [[107th Pioneers|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]. He was made a lieutenant in the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers|Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] then transferred to the [[112th Infantry|12th 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 [[Kandeesh Bhil Corps|Bhil Light Infantry Corps]]. He served as political agent in Gujarat then under [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] in the [[1st Afghan War]]. He accompanied General Willshire to the [[Capture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Kelat]] and was political agent in Lower Sind and later also Upper Sind. He bitterly opposed [[Charles Napier|Sir Charles Napier's ]] policies which led to the [[Sind Campaign]] and the annexation of the territory of the amirs. In 1847 he was made British resident at [[Baroda]] but his campaign against corruption led to his dismissal from the post. In 1857 he was given a command in the [[Persian War]] and his success gained him a GCB. At the outbreak of the [[Indian Mutiny]] he commanded two divisions of the [[Bengal Army]] and succeeded [[Henry Lawrence]] as Chief Commissioner of [[Oudh]]. He was instrumental in the [[Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857|Recapture of Cawnpore]] and the [[Recapture of Lucknow]]. He retired to England in 1860.