List of colonial governors in 1794

Portugal

 * Angola – Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790–1797)
 * Macau – Jose Manuel Pinto, Governor of Macau (1793–1797)
 * Moçambique – Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala (1793–1797)

Kingdom of Great Britain

 * New South Wales – John Hunter commissioned as Governor but did not arrive in the colony until 1795
 * India –
 * Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Governor-General of India (1786–1794)
 * John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Governor-General of India (1794–1797)

Kingdom of Spain

 * New Spain–
 * Juan Vicente Gúemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy of New Spain (17 October 1789–11 July 1794
 * Miguel de la Grúam Talamanca 1st Marquis of Branciforte, Viceroy of New Spain (12 July 1794–31 May 1798)


 * Viceroyalty of Peru–Francisco Gil de Taboada, Viceroy of Peru, (25 March 1790–6 June 1796)


 * Viceroyalty of New Granada–José Manuel de Ezpeleta, Viceroy of New Granada, (1789–1797)


 * Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata–Nicolás Antonio de Arredondo, Viceroy of Rio de la Plata, (4 December 1789–16 March 1795)


 * Spanish Guinea–Vacant


 * Spanish Philippines–Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines, (1 September 1793–6 August 1806)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

 * Dutch East Indies–Willem Arnold Alting, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, (1 September 1780–17 February 1797)
 * Dutch Cape Colony–Abraham Josias Sluysken, Governor of Cape Colony, (2 September 1793–14 September 1795)