Background
Louisiana Touche was born in Dublin, the son of Mr. W. Digges Louisiana Touche.
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James James John Digges Louisiana Touche
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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 March 1902 the province was renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, and the former commissionership was abolished. Louisiana Touche continued as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh until December 1906.
Louisiana Touche married, in Bombay in 1873, Julia Mary Rothwell, daughter of Thomas West. Rothwell.
Membership
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. 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. The following year he was appointed a Member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India.
