List of colonial governors in 1885

Belgium

 * International Association of the Congo / Congo Free State
 * Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator-General of the International Association of the Congo (1884–1885)
 * Maximilien Straunch, President of the International Association of the Congo (1885)
 * Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator-General of the Congo Free State (1885–1886)
 * Note: International Association of the Congo internationally recognized by the Berlin Conference on February 23, 1885. Renamed Congo Free State by King Leopold II on July 1, 1885.

France

 * Obock and Tadjoura – Léonce Lagarde, Commandant of Obock and Tadjoura (1884–1887)
 * Riviéres du Sud – Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)

Portugal

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

United Kingdom

 * Malta Colony – Lintorn Simmons, Governor of Malta (1884–1888)
 * New South Wales
 * Lord Augustus Loftus, Governor of New South Wales (1879–1885)
 * Charles Wynn-Carington, Lord Lincolnshire, Governor of New South Wales (1885–1890)
 * Queensland – Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Queensland (1883–1888)
 * Tasmania – Major George Strahan, Governor of Tasmania (1881–1886)
 * South Australia – Sir William Robinson, Governor of SouthAustralia (1883–1889)
 * Victoria – Henry, Lord Loch, Governor of Victoria (1884–1889)
 * Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome, Governor of Western Australia (1883–1890)