List of colonial governors in 1776

Austria

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

France

 * Isle de France – Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac, Governor of Isle de France (Mauritius) (1772–1776)

Great Britain

 * Province of Georgia – James Wright, Governor of Georgia (1760–1776)
 * Gibraltar – Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar (1761–1776)
 * Province of New Jersey – William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776)
 * Province of New York – William Tryon, Governor of New York (1771–1777)
 * Province of North Carolina – Josiah Martin, Governor of North Carolina (1771–1776)
 * Colony of Jamaica – Basil Keith, Governors of Jamaica (1774–1777)
 * British India – Warren Hastings, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (1772–1785)
 * Bombay – William Hornby, Governor of Bombay (1771–1784)

Portugal

 * Angola – António de Lencastre, Governor of Angola (1772–79)
 * Macau – Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha, Governor of Macau (1771–77)

Spain

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