List of colonial governors in 1717

Austria

 * Austrian Netherlands – Prince Eugene of Savoy, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1716–1724)

Great Britain

 * Gibraltar – David Colyear, Governor of Gibraltar (1713–1720)
 * South Carolina –
 * Robert Daniell, Governor of South Carolina (1716–1717)
 * Robert Johnson, Governor of South Carolina (1717–1719)

Netherlands

 * Dutch East Indies – Christoffel van Swoll, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1713–1718)
 * Zeylan – Isaak Augustyn Rumpf, Governor of Zeylan (1716–1723)

Oman

 * Mombasa – Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1698–1728)

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * João Manuel de Noronha, Governor of Angola (1713–1717)
 * Henrique de Figueiredo e Alarcão, Governor of Angola (1717–1722)
 * Macau – D.Francisco de Alarcao Sotto-Maior, Governor of Macau (1714–1718)