List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century

This is a list of territorial governors in the 18th century (1701–1800) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, and other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

A dependent territory is normally does not have full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area. The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.

Austria-Hungary

 * Austria-Hungary: Austro-Hungarian colonies

Belgium

 * Belgium: Belgian colonial empire

Britain

 * Kingdom of Great Britain: British colonial empire, English overseas possessions
 * Monarchs – Prime ministers
 * Monarchs
 * Prime ministers

North America

 * Bermuda
 * Governors
 * Benjamin Bennett, Governor (1701–1713)
 * Henry Pulleine, Governor (1713–1718)
 * Benjamin Bennett, Governor (1718–1722)
 * John Hope, Governor (1722–1727)
 * John Trimingham, Governor (1727–1728)
 * John Pitt, Governor (1728–1737)
 * Andrew Auchinleck, Governor (1737–1738)
 * Alured Popple, Governor (1738–1744)
 * Francis Jones, Governor (1744–1747)
 * William Popple, Governor (1747–1751)
 * Francis Jones, Governor (1751–1755)
 * William Popple, Governor (1755–1763)
 * Francis Jones, Governor (1763–1764)
 * George James Bruere, Governor (1764–1780)
 * Thomas Jones, Governor (1780)
 * George Bruere the younger, Governor (1780–1781)
 * William Browne, Governor (1782–1788)
 * Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant governor (1788–1794)
 * James Crawford, Governor (1794–1796)
 * Henry Tucker, Governor (1796)
 * William Campbell, Governor (1796)
 * Henry Tucker, Governor (1796–1798)
 * George Beckwith, Governor (1798–1803)


 * Connecticut Colony
 * Governors
 * Fitz-John Winthrop, Governor (1698–1707)
 * Gurdon Saltonstall, Governor (1708–1724)
 * Joseph Talcott, Governor (1724–1741)
 * Jonathan Law, Governor (1741–1750)
 * Roger Wolcott, Governor (1750–1754)
 * Thomas Fitch, Governor (1754–1766)
 * William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769)
 * Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776)


 * Province of Carolina
 * Governors
 * James Moore, Governor (1700–1703)
 * Nathaniel Johnson, Governor (1703–1709)
 * Edward Tynte, Governor (1709–1710)
 * Robert Gibbes, Governor (1710–1712)
 * Charles Craven, Governor (1712)
 * Deputy governors, for the northern Carolina
 * Henderson Walker, Deputy governor (1699–1703)
 * Robert Daniell, Deputy governor (1703–1705)
 * Thomas Cary, Deputy governor (1705–1706)
 * William Glover, Acting Deputy governor (1706–1708)
 * Thomas Cary, Deputy governor (1708–1711)


 * Province of North Carolina
 * Governors
 * Edward Hyde, Governor (1712)


 * Province of South Carolina
 * Governors
 * Charles Craven, Governor (1712–1716)


 * Province of Maryland
 * Governors
 * Nathaniel Blakiston, Governor (1699–1702)
 * Thomas Tench, Governor (1702–1704)
 * Phillip Calvert, Governor (1704–1709)
 * Jesse Wharton, Governor (1709–1714)
 * John Hart, Governor (1714–1715)
 * John Seymour, Governor (1715–1720)
 * Thomas Brooke, Jr., Governor (1720)
 * William Joseph, Governor (1720–1727)
 * Thomas Lawrence, Governor (1727–1731)
 * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1731–1732)
 * Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, Governor (1732–1733)
 * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1733–1742)
 * Thomas Bladen, Governor (1742–1746/47 )
 * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1746/47–1752 )
 * Captain Charles Calvert, Governor (1752–1753)
 * Horatio Sharpe, Governor (1753–1769)
 * Robert Eden, Governor (1769–1776)


 * Province of Massachusetts Bay
 * Governors
 * William Stoughton, Acting Governor (1700–1701)
 * Governor's Council (1701–1702)
 * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1702–1715)
 * vacant
 * William Tailer, Governor (1711–1715)
 * Governor's Council (1715)
 * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1715)
 * William Tailer, Acting Governor (1715–1716)
 * Samuel Shute, Governor (1716–1723)
 * William Dummer, Acting Governor (1723–1728)
 * William Burnet, Governor (1728–1729)
 * William Dummer, Acting Governor (1729–1730)
 * William Tailer, Acting Governor (1730)
 * Jonathan Belcher, Governor (1730–1741)
 * vacant
 * Spencer Phips, Governor (1732–1757)
 * William Shirley, Governor (1741–1749)
 * Spencer Phips, Acting Governor (1749–1753)
 * William Shirley, Governor (1753–1756)
 * Spencer Phips, Acting Governor (1756–1757)
 * Governor's Council (1757)
 * Thomas Pownall, Governor (1757–1760)
 * Thomas Hutchinson, Acting Governor (1760)
 * Francis Bernard, Governor (1760–1769)
 * Thomas Hutchinson, Acting Governor (1769–1771), Governor (1771–1774)
 * Andrew Oliver, Governor (1771–1774)
 * vacant
 * Thomas Gage, Governor (1774–1775)
 * Thomas Oliver, Governor (1774–1776)


 * Newfoundland Colony
 * Lieutenant governors
 * John Moody (governor), Governor (1714–1717)
 * Martin Purcell (governor), Governor (1717)
 * Samuel Gledhill, Governor (1717–1729)
 * Commodore governors
 * Henry Osborn, Commodore Governor (1729–1730)
 * George Clinton, Commodore Governor (1731)
 * Edward Falkingham, Commodore Governor (1732)
 * The Viscount Muskerry, Commodore Governor (1733–1734)
 * FitzRoy Henry Lee, Commodore Governor (1735–1737)
 * Philip Vanbrugh, Commodore Governor (1738)
 * Henry Medley, Commodore Governor (1739–1740)
 * Thomas Smith, Commodore Governor (1741)
 * John Byng, Commodore Governor (1742)
 * Thomas Smith, Commodore Governor (1743)
 * Charles Hardy, Commodore Governor (1744)
 * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1745)
 * James Douglas, Commodore Governor (1746)
 * John Bradstreet, Commodore Governor (1747)
 * Charles Watson, Commodore Governor (1748)
 * George Brydges Rodney, Commodore Governor (1749)
 * Francis William Drake, Commodore Governor (1750–1752)
 * Hugh Bonfoy, Commodore Governor (1753–1754)
 * Richard Dorrill, Commodore Governor (1755–1756)
 * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1757–1759)
 * James Webb, Commodore Governor (1760)
 * Thomas Graves, Commodore Governor (1761–1763)
 * Hugh Palliser, Commodore Governor (1764–1768)
 * John Byron, Commodore Governor (1769–1771)
 * Molyneux Shuldham, Commodore Governor (1772–1774)
 * Robert Duff, Commodore Governor (1775)
 * John Montagu, Commodore Governor (1776–1778)
 * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1779–1781)
 * John Campbell, Commodore Governor (1782–1785)
 * John Elliot, Commodore Governor (1786–1788)
 * Mark Milbanke, Commodore Governor (1789–1791)
 * Richard King, Commodore Governor (1792–1793)
 * James Wallace, Commodore Governor (1794–1796)
 * William Waldegrave, Commodore Governor (1797–1799)
 * Charles Pole, Commodore Governor (1800–1801)


 * Province of New Hampshire
 * Governors
 * Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, Governor (1697–1701/2)
 * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1702–1716)
 * Samuel Shute, Governor (1716–1723)
 * William Burnet, Governor (1729)
 * Jonathan Belcher, Governor (1729–1741)
 * Benning Wentworth, Governor (1741–1767)
 * John Temple, Governor (1762–1774)
 * John Wentworth, Governor (1766–1775)


 * Province of New Jersey
 * Governors
 * Andrew Hamilton, Governor (1699–1702)


 * Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
 * Governors
 * Samuel Cranston, Governor (1698–1727)
 * Joseph Jenckes, Governor (1727–1732)
 * William Wanton, Governor (1732–1733)
 * John Wanton, Governor (1734–1740)
 * Richard Ward, Governor (1740–1743)
 * William Greene, Governor (1743–1745)
 * Gideon Wanton, Governor (1745–1746)
 * William Greene, Governor (1746–1747)
 * Gideon Wanton, Governor (1747–1748)
 * William Greene, Governor (1748–1755)
 * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1755–1757)
 * William Greene, Governor (1757–1758)
 * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1758–1762)
 * Samuel Ward, Governor (1762–1763)
 * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1763–1765)
 * Samuel Ward, Governor (1765–1767)
 * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1767–1768)
 * Josias Lyndon, Governor (1768–1769)
 * Joseph Wanton, Governor (1769–1775)
 * Nicholas Cooke, Governor (1775–1778)


 * Colony of Virginia
 * Governors
 * George Hamilton, Governor (1698–1737)
 * Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant Governor (1698–1705)
 * Edward Nott, Lieutenant Governor (1705–1706)
 * Edmund Jenings, Acting Governor (1706–1710)
 * General Robert Hunter, Lieutenant Governor (1707)
 * Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor (1710–1722)
 * Hugh Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor (1722–1726)
 * Robert Carter, President of the Council (1726–1727)
 * William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor (1727–1740)
 * Willem Anne van Keppel, Governor (1737–1754)
 * James Blair, Acting Governor (1740–1741)
 * William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor (1741–1749)
 * Thomas Lee, Acting Governor (1749–1750)
 * Lewis Burwell I/II, Acting Governor (1750–1751)
 * Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor (1751–1756)
 * John Campbell, Governor (1756–1759)
 * Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor (1756–1758)
 * Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor (1758–1768)
 * Jeffery Amherst, Governor (1759–1768)
 * John Blair, Sr., Acting Governor (1768)
 * Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Governor (1768–1770)
 * William Nelson, Acting Governor (1770–1771)
 * John Murray, Governor (1771–1775)

Caribbean

 * Colony of the Bahamas
 * Governors
 * Elias Haskett, Governor (1700–1701)
 * Ellis Lightfoot, Governor (1701–1703)
 * Edward Birch, Governor (1704)
 * without British rule: see Republic of Pirates
 * Woodes Rogers, Governor (1718–1721)
 * George Phenney, Governor (1721–1728)
 * Woodes Rogers, Governor (1729–1732)
 * Richard Fitzwilliam, Acting Governor (1734–1738)
 * John Tinker, Governor (1741–1758)
 * John Gambier, Acting Governor (1758–1760)
 * William Shirley, Governor (1760–1775)
 * Montfort Browne, Governor (1775–1776)
 * John Gambier, Acting Governor (1776–1778)
 * John Robert Maxwell, Governor (1780–1782)
 * Spanish occupation (1782–1783)
 * Andrew de Vau, Acting Governor (1783)
 * John Robert Maxwell, Governor (1783–1784)
 * James Edward Powell, Lieutenant governor (1784–1786)
 * John Brown, Acting Governor (1786–1787)
 * John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Governor (1787–1796)
 * Robert Hunt, Acting Governor (1796–1797)
 * John Forbes, Lieutenant governor (1797)
 * William Dowdeswell, Governor (1797–1801)


 * Barbados
 * Governors
 * Ralph Grey, Governor (1697–1701)
 * John Farmer, Acting Governor (1701–1703)
 * Bevil Granville, Governor (1703–1706)
 * Mitford Crow, Governor (1707–1710)
 * George Lillington, Acting Governor (1710–1711)
 * Robert Lowther, Governor (1711–1720)
 * William Sharpe, Acting for Lowther (1714–1715)
 * John Frere, Acting Governor (1720–1721)
 * Samuel Cox, Acting Governor (1721–1722)
 * Henry Worsley, Governor (1722–1727)
 * Thomas Catesby Paget, Governor (1727–1731)
 * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1731)
 * Walter Chetwynd, Governor (1731–1732)
 * Emanuel Howe, Governor (1733–1735)
 * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1735–1737)
 * Orlando Bridgeman, Governor (1737–1738)
 * Humphrey Howarth, Governor (1738)
 * Thomas Gage, Governor (1738–1739)
 * Robert Byng, Governor (1739–1740)
 * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1740)
 * Thomas Robinson, Governor (1742–1747)
 * Henry Grenville, Governor (1747–1756)
 * Charles Pinfold, Governor (1756–1766)
 * Samuel Rous, Acting Governor (1766–1768)
 * William Spry, Governor (1768–1772)
 * Samuel Rous, Acting Governor (1772)
 * Edward Hay, Governor (1772–1779)
 * John Dotin, Acting Governor (1779–1780)
 * James Cunninghame, Governor (1780–1782)
 * John Dotin, Acting Governor (1783–1784)
 * David Parry, Governor (1784–1793)
 * William Bishop, Acting Governor (1793–1794)
 * George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor (1794–1800)
 * William Bishop, Acting Governor (1800–1801)


 * Cayman Islands, overseas territory
 * Chief magistrates
 * William Cartwright, Chief magistrate (1750–1776)
 * William Bodden, Chief magistrate (1776–1823)


 * British Grenada
 * Governors
 * George Scott, Governor (1762–1764)


 * Colony of Jamaica
 * Governors
 * William Beeston, Acting Governor (1693–1699), Governor (1699–1702)
 * William Selwyn, Governor (1702)
 * Peter Beckford, Acting Governor (1702)
 * Thomas Handasyde, Acting Governor (1702–1704), Governor (1704–1711)
 * Archibald Hamilton, Governor (1711–1716)
 * Peter Heywood, Governor (1716–1718)
 * Nicholas Lawes, Governor (1718–1722)
 * Henry Bentinck, Governor (1722–1726)
 * John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1726–1728)
 * Robert Hunter, Governor (1728–1734)
 * John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1734–1735)
 * John Gregory, Acting Governor (1735)
 * Henry Cunningham, Governor (1735–1736)
 * John Gregory, Acting Governor (1736–1738)
 * Edward Trelawny, Governor (1738–1752)
 * Charles Knowles, Governor (1752–1756)
 * Henry Moore, Acting Governor (1756)
 * George Haldane, Governor (1756–1759)
 * Henry Moore, Acting Governor (1759–1762)
 * William Henry Lyttelton, Governor (1762–1766)
 * Roger Hope Elletson, Governor (1766–1767)
 * William Trelawny, Governor (1767–1772)
 * John Dalling, Acting Governor (1772–1774)
 * Basil Keith, Governor (1774–1777)
 * John Dalling, Governor (1777–1781)
 * Archibald Campbell, Acting Governor (1781–1783), Governor (1783–1784)
 * Alured Clarke, Governor (1784–1790)
 * Thomas Howard, Governor (1790–1791)
 * Adam Williamson, Acting Governor (1791–1795)
 * Alexander Lindsay, Governor (1795–1801)

South America

 * Falkland Islands
 * Governors
 * John McBride, HMS Jason, Governor (1767–1768)
 * Rayner, Governor (1768–1769)
 * Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar, Governor (1769–1770)
 * George Farmer, Governor (1770)
 * John Burr, HMS Hound, Governor (1771–1772)
 * Samuel Wittewrong Clayton, Governor (1773–1776)

Asia

 * Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805)
 * Madras – Edward Clive, Governor of Madras (1798–1803)

Australia

 * New South Wales –
 * John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795–1800)
 * Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales (1800–1806)

British isles

 * Guernsey, Crown dependency
 * British monarchs are the Dukes of Normandy
 * Governors
 * Charles Churchill, Governor (1706–1714)
 * Giles Spencer, Governor (1711)
 * Daniel Harvey, Governor (1715–1732)
 * Lewis Dollon, Governor (1726)
 * George Cholmondeley, Governor (1732–1733)
 * Richard Sutton, Governor (1733–1737)
 * François de La Rochefoucauld, Governor (1737–1739)
 * Thomas Fermor, Governor (1739–1742)
 * Algernon Seymour, Governor (1742–1750)
 * John Ligonier, Governor (1750–1752)
 * John West, Governor (1752–1766)
 * Richard Lyttelton, Governor (1766–1770)
 * Jeffery Amherst, Governor (1770–1797)
 * Charles Grey, Governor (1797–1807)
 * Bailiffs
 * Edmund Andros, Bailiff (1674–1713)
 * Jean de Sausmarez, Bailiff (1714–1728)
 * Josué Le Marchant, Bailiff (1728–1751)
 * Eleazar Le Marchant, Bailiff (1752–1758)
 * Samuel Bonamy, Bailiff (1758–1771)
 * William Le Marchant, Bailiff (1771–1800)
 * Robert Porrett Le Marchant, Bailiff (1800–1810)


 * Kingdom of Ireland, effectively a client state of England (to 1706) / Great Britain (1707–1800)
 * British monarchs are the Monarchs of Ireland
 * Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
 * The Earl of Rochester: 28 December 1700
 * The Duke of Ormonde: 19 February 1703
 * The Earl of Pembroke: 30 April 1707
 * The Earl of Wharton: 4 December 1708
 * The Duke of Ormonde: 26 October 1710
 * The Duke of Shrewsbury: 22 September 1713
 * The Earl of Sunderland: 21 September 1714
 * Lords Justices: 6 September 1715
 * The Viscount Townshend: 13 February 1717
 * The Duke of Bolton: 27 April 1717
 * The Duke of Grafton: 18 June 1720
 * The Lord Carteret: 6 May 1724
 * The Duke of Dorset: 23 June 1730
 * The Duke of Devonshire: 9 April 1737
 * The Earl of Chesterfield: 8 January 1745
 * The Earl of Harrington: 15 November 1746
 * The Duke of Dorset: 15 December 1750
 * The Duke of Devonshire: 2 April 1755
 * The Duke of Bedford: 3 January 1757
 * The Earl of Halifax: 3 April 1761
 * The Earl of Northumberland: 27 April 1763
 * The Viscount Weymouth: 5 June 1765
 * The Earl of Hertford: 7 August 1765
 * The Earl of Bristol: 16 October 1766 (did not assume office)
 * The Viscount Townshend: 19 August 1767
 * The Earl Harcourt: 29 October 1772
 * The Earl of Buckinghamshire: 7 December 1776
 * The Earl of Carlisle: 29 November 1780
 * The Duke of Portland: 8 April 1782
 * The Earl Temple: 15 August 1782
 * The Earl of Northington: 3 May 1783
 * The Duke of Rutland: 12 February 1784
 * The Marquess of Buckingham: 27 October 1787
 * The Earl of Westmorland: 24 October 1789
 * The Earl FitzWilliam: 13 December 1794
 * The Earl Camden: 13 March 1795
 * The Marquess Cornwallis: 14 June 1798

Mediterranean

 * Gibraltar
 * Governors
 * Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor (1704–1704)
 * Henry Nugent, Governor (1704)
 * John Shrimpton, Governor (1704–1707)
 * Roger Elliott, Governor (1707–1711)
 * Thomas Stanwix, Governor (1711–1713)
 * David Colyear, Governor (1713–1720)
 * Richard Kane, Governor (1720–1727)
 * Jasper Clayton, Governor (1727–1730)
 * Joseph Sabine, Governor (1730–1739)
 * Francis Columbine, Governor (1739–1740)
 * William Hargrave, Governor (1740–1748/9)
 * Humphrey Bland, Governor (1748/9–1754)
 * Thomas Fowke, Governor (1754–1756)
 * James O'Hara, Governor (1756–1757)
 * William Home, Governor (1757–1761)
 * John Toovey, Acting Governor (1761)
 * John Parslow, Acting Governor (1761)
 * Edward Cornwallis, Governor (1761–1776)
 * John Irwin, Acting Governor (1765–1767)
 * Robert Boyd, Acting Governor (1776–1777)
 * George Augustus Eliott, Governor (1777–1790)
 * Robert Boyd, Acting Governor (1790)
 * Robert Boyd, Governor (1790–1794)
 * Henry Clinton, Governor (1794–1795)
 * Charles Rainsford, Governor (1794–1795)
 * Charles O'Hara, Governor (1795–1802)


 * Malta Protectorate
 * Alexander Ball, Civil Commissioner of Malta (1799–1801)

Courland and Semigallia

 * Duchy of Courland and Semigallia: Couronian colonies

Denmark-Norway

 * Danish West India Company, Denmark–Norway: Danish colonial empire
 * Monarchs


 * Danish West Indies
 * Governors of St. Thomas and St. John
 * Johan Lorensen (1693–1702)
 * Claus Hansen, Governor (1702–1706)
 * Joachim Melchior von Holten, Governor (1706–1708)
 * Diderich Mogensen, Interim Governor (1708–1710)
 * Mikkel Knudsen Crone, Governor (1710–1716)
 * Erich Bredal, Governor (1716–1724)
 * Friderich Moth, Governor (1724–1727)
 * Hendrich von Suhm, Governor (1727–1733)
 * Phillip Gardelin, Governor (1733–1736)
 * Friderich Moth, Governor (1736–1744)
 * Jacob Schönemann, Governor (1740–1744)
 * Christian von Schweder, Governor (1744–1747)
 * Christian Suhm, Governor (1747–1758)
 * Christian Leberecht von Prøck, Governor general (1756–1766)


 * Governors of St. Croix
 * Friderich Moth, Governor of St. Croix (1735–1747)
 * Gregers Høg Nissen, Chief ad interim of St. Croix (1736–1744)
 * Paul Lindemark, Chief ad interim of St. Croix (1744–1747)
 * Jens Hansen, Governor of St. Croix (1747–1751)
 * Peter Clausen, Governor of St. Croix (1751–1758)


 * Governors of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix
 * Christian Leberecht von Prøck, Governor general (1758–1766)
 * Harrien Felschauer, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1758–1760)
 * Johan Georg von John, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1760–1764)
 * Ditlev Wilhelm Wildthagen, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1764)
 * Peter Gynthelberg, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1764–1765)
 * Ulrich Wilhelm Roepstorff, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1765–1766)
 * Peter Clausen, Governor general (1766–1771)
 * Jens Nielsen Kragh, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1766–1773)
 * Frederick Moth, Governor general (1770–1772)
 * Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff, Governor general (1772–1773)
 * Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann, Governor general (1773)
 * Thomas de Malleville, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1773–1796)
 * Peter Clausen, Governor general (1773–1784)
 * Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann, Governor general (1784–1787)
 * Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff, Governor general (1787–1794)
 * Wilhelm Anton Lindemann, Governor general (1794–1796)
 * Thomas de Malleville, Governor general (1796–1799)
 * Balthazar Frederik Mühlenfels, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1796–1800)
 * Wilhelm Anton Lindemann, Governor general (1799–1801)
 * Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1800–1801)

France

 * Ancien Régime of France, Kingdom of France (1791–92), French First Republic: French colonial empire
 * Heads of state
 * Prime ministers

Caribbean


 * French Grenada


 * Governors
 * Jean Le Comte, Governor (1649–1654)
 * Louis Cacqueray de Valminière, Governor (1654–1658)
 * Dubuc, Governor (1658)
 * Jean Faudoas de Cérillac, Governor (1658–1664)
 * Vincent, Governor (1664–1670)
 * Louis de Canchy de Lerole, Governor (1671–1674)
 * Pierre de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, Governor (1675–1679)
 * Jacques de Chambly, Governor (1679–1680)
 * Nicholas de Gabaret, Governor (1680–1689)
 * Louis Ancelin de Gemostat, Governor (1690–1695)
 * Jean-Léon Fournier de Carles de Pradine, Governor (1695?–1696?)
 * De Bellair de Saint-Aignan, Governor (1696–1700)

Mediterranean


 * French Malta
 * Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, Military Governor of Malta (1798–1800)

North America


 * New France
 * Governors general (See also)
 * Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor general (1698–1703)
 * Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor general (1703–1725)
 * Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor general (1725–1747)
 * Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, Governor general (1747–1749)
 * Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, Governor general (1749–1752)
 * Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Governor general (1752–1755)
 * Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Governor general (1755–1760)


 * Placentia, Newfoundland
 * Governors
 * Joseph de Monic, Governor (1697–1702)
 * Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, Governor (1702–1706)
 * Philippe Pastour de Costebelle, Governor (1706–1713)

Oceania


 * Falkland Islands
 * Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Governor (1764–1767)

Germany

 * German Empire: German colonial empire

Italy

 * Italy: Italian colonial empire

Japan

 * Empire of Japan: Japanese colonial empire

Netherlands

 * Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic: Dutch colonial empire
 * Monarchs
 * Prime ministers

Asia


 * Dutch East Indies
 * Governors general
 * Willem van Outhoorn, Governors general (1691–1704)
 * Joan van Hoorn, Governors general (1704–1709)
 * Abraham van Riebeeck, Governors general (1709–1713)
 * Christoffel van Swoll, Governors general (1713–1718)
 * Hendrick Zwaardecroon, Governors general (1718–1725)
 * Mattheus de Haan, Governors general (1725–1729)
 * Diederik Durven, Governors general (1729–1732)
 * Dirck van Cloon, Governors general (1732–1735)
 * Abraham Patras, Governors general (1735–1737)
 * Adriaan Valckenier, Governors general (1737–1741)
 * Johannes Thedens, Governors general (1741–1743)
 * Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Governors general (1743–1750)
 * Jacob Mossel, Governors general (1750–1761)
 * Petrus Albertus van der Parra, Governors general (1761–1775)
 * Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governors general (1775–1777)
 * Reynier de Klerck, Governors general (1777–1780)
 * Willem Arnold Alting, Governors general (1780–1796)
 * Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governors general (1796–1801)

Oman

 * Yaruba dynasty, Al Said of Oman
 * Monarchs


 * Mombasa
 * Walis
 * Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1698–1728)
 * unknown Wali (1729–1735)
 * Sa‘id al-Hadermi, Wali (1735–1739)
 * Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1739–1745)
 * ‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1746)

Ottoman Empire

 * Ottoman Empire: Eyalets and Vilayets
 * Sultans
 * Grand viziers

Portugal

 * Kingdom of Portugal: Portuguese colonial empire
 * Monarchs

Africa

 * Angola – Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797–1802)
 * Portuguese Cape Verde
 * Governors
 * António Salgado, Governor (1698–1702)
 * Jorge Cotrim de Mello, Governor (1702–1702)
 * Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas, Governor (1702–1707)
 * Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Governor (1707–1710)
 * José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1710–1715)
 * Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo, Governor (1715–1715)
 * Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá, Governor (1715–1719)
 * Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1719–1720)
 * António Vieira, Governor (1720–1725)
 * Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos, Governor (1726–1728)
 * Francisco de Oliveira Grans, Governor (1728–1733)
 * Bento Gomes Coelho, Governor (1733–1737)
 * José da Fonseca Barbosa, Governor (1736–1738)
 * Chamber Senate (1738–1741)
 * João Zuzarte de Santa Maria, Governor (1741–1751)
 * António José d'Eça e Faria, Governor (1751–1751)
 * Luís António da Cunha d'Eça, Governor (1752–1756)
 * Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses, Governor (1756–1761)
 * Marcelino Pereira de Ávila, Governor (1761–1761)
 * António de Barros Bezerra, Governor (1761–1764)
 * Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre, Governor (1764–1766)
 * João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques, Governor (1766–1767)
 * Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo, Governor (1768–1777)
 * António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses, Governor (1777–1781)
 * Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida, Governor (1781–1782)
 * Francisco de São Simão, Acting Governor (1782–1783)
 * António Machado de Faria e Maia, Governor (1784–1789)
 * Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro, Governor (1789–1793)
 * José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça, Governor (1793–1795)
 * Marcelino António Bastos, Governor (1796–1802)


 * Portuguese Moçambique
 * Governors
 * Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor (1699–1703)
 * João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor (1703–1706)
 * Luís de Brito Freire, Governor (1706–1708)
 * Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor (1708–1712)
 * João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor (1712–1714)
 * Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor (1714–1716)
 * Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor (1716–1719)
 * Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor (1719–1722)
 * Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor (1722–1723)
 * António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor (1723–1726)
 * António Cardim Fróis, Governor (1726–1730)
 * António Casco de Melo, Governor (1730–1733)
 * José Barbosa Leal, Governor (1733–1736)
 * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor (1736–1740)
 * Lourenço de Noronha, Governor (1740–1743)
 * Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor (1743–1746)
 * Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor (1746–1750)
 * Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor (1750–1752)
 * Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala
 * Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor (1752–1758)
 * João Manuel de Melo, Governor (1758)
 * David Marques Pereira, Governor (1758–1759)
 * Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor (1759–1763)
 * João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor (1763–1765)
 * Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor (1765–1779)
 * Provisional administration, (1779–1780)
 * José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor (1780–1781)
 * Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, Acting Governor (1781–1782)
 * Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor (1782)
 * Provisional administration, (1782–1786)
 * António de Melo e Castro, Governor (1786–1793)
 * Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1793–1797)
 * Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor (1797–1801)


 * Portuguese São Tomé
 * Governors
 * Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1697–1702)
 * José Correia de Castro, Governor (1702–1709)
 * Vicente Dinis Pinheiro, Governor (1709)
 * French Junta (1709–1715)
 * Bartolomeu da Costa Ponte, Governor (1715–1716)
 * Chamber Senate (1716–1717)
 * António Furtado Mendonça, Governor (1717–1720)
 * Junta (1720–1722)
 * José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1722–1727)
 * Serafim Teixeira Sarmento, Governor (1727–1734)
 * Lopo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1734–1736)
 * José Caetano Soto Maior, Governor (1736–1741)
 * António Ferrão de Castelo Branco, Governor (1741)
 * Chamber Senate (1741–1744)
 * Francisco Luís da Conceição, Governor (1744)
 * Francisco de Alva Brandão, Acting Governor (1744–1745)
 * Francisco Luís das Chagas, Governor (1747–1748)
 * Chamber Senate (1748–1751)
 * António Rodrigues Neves, Governor (1751)
 * Chamber Senate (1751–1753)


 * Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Governors
 * Chamber Senate (1753–1755)
 * Lopo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1755)
 * Chamber Senate (1755–1758)
 * Luís Henrique da Mota e Mele, Governor (1758–1761)
 * Chamber Senate (1761–1767)
 * Lourenço Lôbo de Almeida Palha, Governor (1767–1768)
 * Chamber Senate (1768–1770)
 * Vicente Gomes Ferreira, Governor (1770–1778)
 * João Manuel de Azambuja, Governor (1778–1782)
 * Cristóvão Xavier de Sá, Governor (1782–1788)
 * João Resende Tavares Leote, Governor (1788–1797)
 * Inácio Francisco de Nóbrega Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1797)
 * Manuel Monteiro de Carvalho, Acting Governor (1797)
 * Varela Borca, Governor (1797–1798)
 * Manuel Francisco Joaquim da Mota, Governor (1798–1799)
 * Francisco Rafael de Castelo de Vide, Governor (1799)
 * João Baptista de Silva, Governor (1799–1802)

Asia

 * Portuguese Macau –
 * D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797–1800)
 * Jose Manuel Pinto, Governor of Macau (1800–1803)

Russia
Russian Empire: Russian colonial empire

Spain

 * Bourbon Spain: Spanish colonial empire
 * Monarchs
 * Prime ministers


 * Spanish Netherlands
 * Governors
 * Eugene of Savoy, Governor (1716–1724)
 * Wirich Philipp von Daun, Governor (1725)
 * Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Governor (1725–1741)
 * Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, Governor (1741–1744)
 * Maria Anna of Austria, Governor (1744)
 * Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor (1744–1780)
 * Maria Christina of Austria-Lorraine with Albert Casimir of Saxony, Governor (1781–1793)
 * Charles of Austria-Lorraine, Governor (1793–1794)


 * Viceroyalty of New Granada – Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz, Viceroy of New Granada (1797–1803)
 * Viceroyalty of New Spain (complete list) —
 * José Sarmiento de Valladares, Viceroy (1696–1701)
 * Juan Ortega y Montañés, Viceroy (1696, 1701–1702)
 * Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Viceroy (1702–1711)
 * Fernando de Alencastre, Viceroy (1711–1716)
 * Baltasar de Zúñiga, Viceroy (1716–1722)
 * Juan de Acuña, Viceroy (1722–1734)
 * Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta, archbishop & viceroy (1734–1740)
 * Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, Viceroy (1740–1741)
 * Pedro Malo de Villavicencio, President of the Royal Court & interim viceroy (1741–1742)
 * Pedro Cebrián, Viceroy (1742–1746)
 * Juan Francisco de Güemes, Viceroy (1746–1755)
 * Agustin Ahumada y Villalon, Viceroy (1755–1769)
 * Francisco Antonio de Echávarri, President of the Royal Court and interim viceroy (1760)
 * Francisco Cajigal de la Vega, interim viceroy (1760)
 * Joaquín de Montserrat, Viceroy (1760–1766)
 * Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy (1766–1771)
 * Antonio María de Bucareli, Viceroy (1771–1779)
 * Francisco Romá y Rosell, Regent of the Royal Court & interim viceroy (1779)
 * Martín de Mayorga, interim viceroy (1789–1783)
 * Matías de Gálvez, Viceroy (1783–1784)
 * Vicente de Herrera y Rivero, Regent of the Royal Court & Interim Viceroy (1784–1785)
 * Bernardo de Gálvez, Viceroy (1785–1786)
 * Eusebio Sánchez Pareja, Regent of the Royal Court & Interim Viceroy (1786–1787)
 * Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, archbishop & viceroy (1787)
 * Manuel Antonio Flórez, Viceroy (1787–1789)
 * Juan Vicente de Güemes, Viceroy (1789–1794)
 * Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, Viceroy (1794–1798)
 * Miguel José de Azanza, Viceroy (1798–1800)
 * Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1800–1803)


 * Captaincy General of Cuba – Salvador de Muro y Salazar, Governor of Cuba (1799–1812)
 * Spanish East Indies – Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
 * Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas – Pedro da Nava, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces (1793–1802)
 * Viceroyalty of Peru – Ambrosio O'Higgins (1796–1801)
 * Captaincy General of Chile – Joaquín del Pino y Rozas, Royal Governor of Chile (1799–1801)


 * Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata – Gabriel de Avilés, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1799–1801)
 * Falkland Islands
 * Governors
 * Felipe Ruíz Puente, Governor (1767–1773)
 * Domingo Chauria, Governor (1773–1774)
 * Francisco Gil Lemos, Governor (1774–1777)
 * Ramón de Carassa, Governor (1777–1779)
 * Salvador de Medina, Governor (1779–1781)
 * Jacinto de Altolaguirre, Governor (1781–1783)
 * Fulgencio Montemayor, Governor (1783–1784)
 * Augustín Figueroa, Governor (1784–1786)
 * Pedro de Mesa y Casto, Governor (1786–1787)
 * Ramón Clairac, Governor (1787–1788)
 * Pedro de Mesa y Casto, Governor (1788–1789)
 * Ramón Clairac, Governor (1789–1790)
 * Juan José de Elizalde, Governor (1790–1791)
 * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1791–1792)
 * Juan José de Elizalde, Governor (1792–1793)
 * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1793–1794)
 * José Aldana Ortega, Governor (1794–1795)
 * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1795–1796)
 * José Aldana Ortega, Governor (1796–1797)
 * Luis de Medina Torres, Governor (1797–1798)
 * Francisco Javier de Viana, Governor (1798–1799)
 * Luis de Medina Torres, Governor (1799–1800)
 * Francisco Javier de Viana, Governor (1800–1801)

Sweden

 * Sweden: Swedish colonies

United States

 * United States: United States territorial acquisitions
 * State of Franklin: unrecognized and unauthorized territory (August 1784 – December 1788)
 * Col. John Sevier, President/Governor (December 1784 – December 1788)


 * Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio: organized incorporated territory (May 26, 1790 – June 1, 1796). Became the State of Tennessee.
 * William Blount, Governor (September 20, 1790 – March 30, 1796) Arrived 10 October 1790.


 * Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: organized incorporated territory (July 13, 1787 – March 1, 1803).
 * Arthur St. Clair, Governor (July 15, 1788 – December 14, 1802)


 * District of Columbia:
 * Board of Commissioners of the Federal City (22 January 1791 – 1 July 1802)
 * Thomas Johnson (January 22, 1791 – August 23, 1794)
 * David Stuart (January 22, 1791 – September 12, 1794)
 * Daniel Carroll (March 4, 1791 – May 21, 1795)
 * Gustavus Scott (August 23, 1794 – December 25, 1800)
 * William Thornton (September 12, 1794 – July 1, 1802)
 * Alexander White (May 21, 1795 – July 1, 1802)


 * Mississippi Territory: organized incorporated territory (April 7, 1798 – December 10, 1817)
 * Governor
 * Winthrop Sargent (18 August 1798 – 7 May 1801) Appointed 7 May 1798, arrived 6 August 1798.


 * Indiana Territory: organized incorporated territory (July 4, 1800 – December 11, 1816)
 * Governor
 * Major General William Henry Harrison, Military governor (January 10, 1801 – December 28, 1812). Harrison was the 9th President of the United States (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841)