List of colonial governors in 1792

Portugal

 * Angola – Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790–1797)
 * Macau – D. Vasco Luis Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, Governor of Macau (1790–1793)

Kingdom of Great Britain

 * New South Wales – Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788–1792)