List of colonial governors of New York
Under British control (1664–1783)
Apart from a short period between May 1688 and April 1689, during which New York was part of the Dominion of New England, the territory was known in this period as the Province of New York.

List of colonial governors of New York

Section Title: Under British control (1664–1783)
Table Section Text: Apart from a short period between May 1688 and April 1689, during which New York was part of the Dominion of New England, the territory was known in this period as the Province of New York.

#	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Notes

1	Richard Nicolls (1624–1672)	1664	1668	as military governor

2	-	Francis Lovelace (1621–1675)	1668	1673

3	Anthony Colve	1673	1674	Dutch naval captain under restored Netherlands rule

4	-	Edmund Andros (1637–1714)	1674	1683

5	Anthony Brockholls (c. 1656)	1681	1683	Commander-in-Chief of British Forces and acting governor

6	-	Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634–1715)	1683	1688

7	-	Francis Nicholson (1655–1728)	1688	1691	military governor and de facto only until June 1689

8	01 Jacob Leisler.JPG	Jacob Leisler (c. 1640–1691)	1688	1691	Militia officer in rebellion

9	Henry Sloughter (d. 1691)	1691	1691

10	Richard Ingoldesby (d. 1719)	1691	1692	Military officer as acting governor

11	Benjamin Fletcher (1640–1703)	1692	1697

12	-	Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (c. 1636–1700/1)	1698	1700/1

13	John Nanfan (1688–1702)	1701	1702	as acting governor

14	Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (1661–1723)	1702	1708

15	John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (1672–1709)	1708	1709

16	-	Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724)	1709	1709	as acting governor

17	Richard Ingoldesby (d. 1719)	1709	1709	as acting governor

18	Gerardus Beekman (1653–1723)	1709	1710	as acting governor

19	-	Robert Hunter (1664–1734)	1710	1719

20	-	Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724)	1719	1720	as acting governor

21	-	William Burnet (1687/8–1729)	1720	1728

22	John Montgomerie (d. 1731)	1728	1731

23	-	Rip Van Dam (c.1660–1749)	1731	1732	as acting governor

24	-	William Cosby (1690–1736)	1732	1736

25	George Clarke (1676–1760)	1736	1743	as acting governor

26	George Clinton (c.1686–1761)	1743	1753

27	-	Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet (1715–1753)	1753	1753

28	James De Lancey (1703–1760)	1753	1755	as acting governor

29	-	Charles Hardy (c. 1714–1780)	1755	1758

30	James De Lancey (1703–1760)	1758	1760	as acting governor

31	-	Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776)	1760	1762	as acting governor

32	-	Robert Monckton (1726–1782)	1762	1763

33	-	Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776)	1763	1765	as acting governor

34	Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet (1713–1769)	1765	1769

35	-	Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776)	1769	1770	as acting governor

36	-	John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730–1809)	1770	1771

37	-	William Tryon (1729–1788)	1771	1774

38	-	Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776)	1774	1775	as acting governor

39	-	William Tryon (1729–1788)	1775	1780

40	James Robertson (1717–1788)	1780	1783	as military governor

41	Andrew Elliot (1728–1797)	1783	1783	as military governor

Sentence(s)

James Robertson, born in 1717 and died in 1788, was a British colonial official who served as the 40th Governor of New York until 1783.

final_sentence: James Robertson, born in 1717 and died in 1788, was a British colonial official who served as the 40th Governor of New York until 1783.