List of colonial governors in 1742

France

 * Pondichéry: Joseph Dupleix.

Oman

 * Mombasa: Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1739–1745)

Portugal

 * Angola: Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738–1748)
 * Macau: D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1738–1743)