List of colonial governors in 1891

Belgium

 * Congo Free State
 * Camille Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1886–1891)
 * Henri-Ernest Gondry, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891)
 * Camille-Aimé Coquilhat, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891–1892)

France

 * French Somaliland – Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
 * Riviéres du Sud –
 * Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)
 * Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1891–1892)

Netherlands

 * Dutch East Indies -

Portugal

 * Angola – Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1886–1892)

United Kingdom

 * British Virgin Islands – Edward John Cameron, Administrator of the British Virgin Islands (1887–1894)
 * India -
 * Malta Colony – Henry Augustus Smyth, Governor of Malta (1890–1893)
 * New South Wales – Victor Villiers, Lord Jersey, Governor of New South Wales (1891–1893)
 * Queensland – Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Queensland (1889–1895)
 * Tasmania – Robert Hamilton, Governor of Tasmania (1887–1892)
 * South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, Lord Kintore, Governor of South Australia (1889–1895)
 * Victoria – John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria (1889–1895)
 * Western Australia – Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia (1890–1895)