While serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow, Sir Gore Ouseley (born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park) became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was responsible for building a palace called Dilkusha Kothi that stood or about fifty years until it was damaged in the Siege of Lucknow.
He was born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire in 1844. Whilst serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow he became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and was responsible for building a palace called Dilkusha Kothi on the banks of the Gomti near Lucknow. This palace stood for about fifty years until it was damaged in the Siege of Lucknow. 
