# List of colonial governors in 1836

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1836. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

## Denmark

* Danish West Indies – Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1827–1848)
* Iceland – Lorentz Angel Krieger, Governor of Iceland (1829–1836)
* North Greenland – Ludvig Fasting, Inspector of North Greenland (1828–1843)
* South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

## France

* French Guiana –
** Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor of French Guiana (1829–1836)
** François Dominique Laurens de Choisy, Governor of French Guiana (1836–1837)
* Guadeloupe – René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor of Guadeloupe (1831–1837)
* Martinique –
** Emmanuel Halgan, Governor of Martinique (1834–1836)
** Ange René Armand, Governor of Martinique (1836–1838)

## Netherlands

* Dutch West Indies – Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1831–1838)
** Surinam
** Netherlands Antilles

## Portugal

* Angola –
** Military junta (1834–1836)
** Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor of Angola (1836)
** Temporarily vacant (1836–1837)

## Spain

* Cuba – [Miguel Tacón y Rosique]], Governor of Cuba (1834–1838)
* Puerto Rico – Miguel de la Torre, Governor of Puerto Rico (1823–1837)

## United Kingdom

* Assiniboia – Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
** Reincorporated into Rupert's Land 4 May 1836
* The Bahamas – William MacBean George Colebrooke, Governor of the Bahamas (1835–1837)
* Bermuda – Sir Stephen Remnant Chapman, Governor of Bermuda (1832–1839)
* British Columbia – John McLoughlin, Governor of British Columbia (1825–1838, 1839–1845)
* British Guiana – Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Governor of British Guiana (1833–1838)
* British North America – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Governor General of British North America (1835–1837)
** Lower Canada – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada (1835–1838)
** New Brunswick – Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1831–1837)
** Nova Scotia – Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia (1834–1840)
** Prince Edward Island –
*** George Wright, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1835–1836)
*** Sir John Harvey, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836–1837)
** Upper Canada –
** Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1828–1836)
** Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1836–1838)
* Jamaica (with Belize) –
** Sir Howe Peter Browne, Governor of Jamaica (1834–1836)
** Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica (1836–1839)
* Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1832–1836)
* Malta Colony
** George Cardew, Acting Governor of Malta (1835–1836)
** Thomas Evans, Acting Governor of Malta (1836)
** Henry Bouverie, Governor of Malta (1836–1843)
* Colony of Newfoundland – Henry Prescott, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1834–1841)
* New South Wales – Major-General Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales (1831–1837)
* Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
* South Australia
** Captain John Hindmarsh, Governor of South Australia (1836–1838)
** note: Colony was established 28 December 1836 by Captain Hindmarsh
* Trinidad – Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Governor of Trinidad (1833–1839)
* Western Australia – Captain James Stirling, Governor of Western Australia (1828–1839)
* Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
** Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the Windward Islands (1833–1836)
** Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Windward Islands (1836–1841)