List of colonial governors in 1772

Austria

 * Austrian Netherlands – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1744–1780)

Denmark

 * Danish West Indies –
 * Frederik Moth, Governor-General (1770–1772)
 * Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff, Governor-General (1772–1773)

Great Britain

 * Jamaica – Sir William Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica (1767–1772)
 * Province of Massachusetts Bay – Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1769–1774)
 * Province of New Jersey – William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776)
 * Province of Virginia -

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1764–1772)
 * António de Lencastre, Governor of Angola (1772–1779)
 * Macau – Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha, Governor of Macau (1771–1777)

Spain

 * New Spain – Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Viceroy of New Spain (1771–1779)