List of colonial governors in 1882

France

 * Riviéres du Sud –
 * Separated from colony of Senegal
 * Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)

Portugal

 * Angola –
 * António Eleutério Dantas, Governor-General of Angola (1880–1882)
 * Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1882–1886)

United Kingdom

 * 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)
 * 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)