List of colonial governors of New Jersey
Governors of New York and New Jersey (1702–38)
Shortly after ascending to the British throne, Queen Anne (1665–1714) reunited East Jersey and West Jersey as a royal colony and appointed her cousin Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, as the province's first Royal Governor.

List of colonial governors of New Jersey

Section Title: Governors of New York and New Jersey (1702–38)
Table Section Text: Shortly after ascending to the British throne, Queen Anne (1665–1714) reunited East Jersey and West Jersey as a royal colony and appointed her cousin Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, as the province's first Royal Governor.

Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Notes

Portrait purported to be of Lord Cornbury in women's clothing	Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury (1661–1723)	1701	1708	Lord Cornbury's tenure was marked with accusations of cross-dressing, corruption, arrogance, and decadence. Historians claim that he illustrated the worst form of the English aristocracy's "arrogance, joined to intellectual imbecility" and characterise him as a "degenerate and pervert who is said to have spent half of his time dressed in women's clothes", a "fop and a wastrel".

—	John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (1672–1709)	1708	1709	Lord Lovelace died in office, in a short tenure marked by prosecuting Governor Jeremiah Basse and other supporters of Lord Cornbury.

—	Richard Ingoldesby (d. 1719)	1709	1710	An army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor under Lord Cornbury and Lord Lovelace, and acting governor upon the death of Lovelace.

Portrait of Governor Hunter by Sir Godfrey Kneller (c.1720)	Robert Hunter (1664–1734)	1710	1720	Hunter sailed to America in 1710 with 3,000 Palatine German (Kurpfälzische) refugees who encamped in the Hudson Valley, and then settled in upstate New York and New Jersey.

Portrait of William Burnet by John Watson	William Burnet (1687/88–1729)	1720	1728	Burnet left office after being appointed Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Son of Gilbert Burnet, Anglican Bishop of Salisbury and fervent supporter of William III and Mary II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

—	Colonel John Montgomerie (d. 1731)	1728	1731	Montgomerie died in office after an epileptic seizure.

Portrait of Lewis Morris by John Watson	Lewis Morris (1671–1746)	1731	1732	Acting governor after death of Governor Montgomerie, as President of Council. Morris actively advocated to separate New Jersey from New York control from 1728–38.

Portrait of Sir William Cosby	Sir William Cosby (1690–1736)	1732	1736	Assumed office 7 August 1732 when he arrived at Sandy Hook. He rarely visited New Jersey and only met the provincial council or assembly eight times.

—	John Anderson (1665–1736)	1736	1736	Acting governor after the death of Governor Cosby, in his role as President of Council

—	John Hamilton	1736	1738	Acting governor in his role as President of Council, after the death of acting governor Anderson. Lewis Morris is said to have served as acting governor during this time, although his authority was disputed.

—	John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1693–1766)	1737	1737	West never travelled to America. Resigned before taking the governorship so that he could continue serving in the military and in the House of Lords.

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