List of colonial governors in 1747

Denmark

 * St. Thomas & St. John –
 * Christian von Schweder, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1744–1747)
 * Christian Suhm, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1747–1758)
 * St. Croix –
 * Friderich Moth, Governor of St. Croix (1735–1747)
 * Jens Hansen, Governor of St. Croix (1747–1751)

France

 * New France –
 * Le marquis de Beauharnois, Governor-General of New France (1726–1747)
 * Le comte de La Galissonnère, Governor-General of New France (1747–1749)

Portugal

 * Angola – Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738–1748)
 * Macau –
 * Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real, Governor of Macau (1743–1747)
 * Jose Placido de Matos Saraiva, Governor of Macau (1747–1749)

United Kingdom

 * Bermuda –
 * Francis Jones, Governor of Bermuda (1744–1747)
 * William Popple, Governor of Bermuda (July 1747 – December 1763)
 * Gibraltar – William Hargrave, Governor of Gibraltar (1740–1749)
 * Jamaica – Edward Trelawney, Governor of Jamaica (1738–1752)
 * Colony of Newfoundland – post vacant
 * Province of New Hampshire – Benning Wentworth, Royal Governor of New Hampshire (1741–1766)
 * Province of New York – George Clinton, Governor of New York (1743–1753)
 * Nova Scotia – Richard Philipps, Governor of Nova Scotia (1717–1749)
 * Colony of Virginia – Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, Crown Governor of Virginia (1737–1754)