George Couper

Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 2nd Baronet, KCSI, CB, CIE (29 April 1824 – 5 March 1908) was a British civil servant in India.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1860 Birthday Honours while serving as Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, James Outram.

[1] From 15 February 1877 to 17 April 1882, he was Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh.

He had three sons, who were all in the military, and a daughter, who married Sir Frederick William Benson.

His eldest son, Ramsay George Henry Couper, succeeded him in the baronetcy.

Photograph c. 1880