List of colonial governors in 1881

The list is arranged by the governors' respective colonial powers.

Egypt

 * Sudan – Charles George Gordon, Governor-General of the Sudan (1880–1885)

Portugal

 * Angola – António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General of Angola (1880–1882)

United Kingdom

 * Bahamas – Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Governor of the Bahamas (1880–1881)
 * Hong Kong - Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Hong Kong (1877-1882)
 * India – George Robinson, Viceroy of India (1880–1884)
 * Jamaica – Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Jamaica (1877–1883)
 * Malta Colony – Arthur Borton, Governor of Malta (1878–1884)
 * New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales (1879–1885)
 * Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Queensland (1877–1883)
 * Tasmania – Major George Strahan, Governor of Tasmania (1881–1886)


 * Saint Lucia - Sir Roger Goldsworthy, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1881–1884)


 * South Australia – Lieutenant-General William Jervois, Governor of South Australia (1877–1883)
 * Victoria – George Phipps, Lord Normanby, Governor of Victoria (1879–1884)
 * Western Australia – Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia (1880–1883)