List of colonial governors in 1873

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola (1870–1873)
 * José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General of Angola (1873–1876)

United Kingdom

 * Jamaica – Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica (1866–1874)
 * Malta Colony – Charles van Straubenzee, Governor of Malta (1872–1878)
 * New South Wales – Hercules Robinson, Lord Rosmead, Governor of New South Wales (1872–1879)
 * Queensland – George Phipps, Lord Normanby, Governor of Queensland (1871–1874)
 * Tasmania – Sir Charles Du Cane, Governor of Tasmania (1869–1874)
 * South Australia
 * Sir James Fergusson, Bt, Governor of South Australia (1869–1873)
 * Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of South Australia (1873–1877)
 * Victoria
 * John Manners-Sutton, Lord Canterbury, Governor of Victoria (1866–1873)
 * George Bowen, Governor of Victoria (1873–1879)
 * Western Australia – Major Frederick Weld, Governor of Western Australia(1869–1875)