List of colonial governors in 1761

Great Britain

 * Bermuda – William Popple, Governor of Bermuda (1755–1763)
 * Gibraltar –
 * The Earl of Home, Governor (1757–1761)
 * John Toovey, acting governor, April–June 1761
 * John Parslow, acting governor, June 1761
 * Edward Cornwallis, Governor (1761–1776)
 * Jamaica – William Lyttleton, Governor of Jamaica (1762–1766)
 * Province of Massachusetts Bay – Sir Francis Bernard, Governor (1760–1769)
 * New Jersey –
 * Thomas Boone, Governor of New Jersey (1760–1761)
 * Josiah Hardy, Governor of New Jersey (1761–1763)
 * Province of New York – Cadwallader Colden, Acting Governor (1760–1762)
 * Province of South Carolina –
 * William Bull II, acting governor (1760–1761)
 * Thomas Boone, Governor of South Carolina (1761–1764)

Portugal

 * Angola – António de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1758–1764)
 * Macau –
 * D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1758–1761)
 * Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real, Governor of Macau (1761–1764)