# List of colonial governors in 1759

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1759. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

## Austria

* Austrian Netherlands – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1744–1780)
* Lombardy – Francis III, Duke of Modena, Governor of Lombardy (1754–1771)
* Transylvania – Ladislaus Kemény, Governor of Transylvania (1758–1762)

## Denmark

* Danish West Indies – Christian Leberecht von Prøck, Royal Governor of the Danish West Indies (1756–1766)

## France

* French Guiana – Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor of French Guiana (1757–1763)
* French India – Thomas Arthur, Governor of French India (1758–1761)
* Grenada – Pierre-Claude Bonvoust d'Aulnay de Prulay, Governor of Grenada (1757–1762)
* Guadeloupe – Charles François Emmanuel Nadau du Treil, Governor of Guadeloupe (1757–1759)
* Louisiana – Louis Billouart, Governor of Louisiana (1753–1763)
* Martinique – Francis V of Beauharnais, Governor of Martinique (1757–1761)
* Mauritius –
** René Magon de la Villebague, Governor of Mauritius (1755–1759)
** Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher, Governor of Mauritius (1759–1767)
* New France – Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Governor-General of New France (1755–1760)
* Réunion – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Governor of Reunion (1757–1763)

## Great Britain

* Bahamas – John Gambier, Acting Governor of the Bahamas (1758–1760)
* Barbados – Charles Pinfold, Governor of Barbados (1756–1766)
* Bengal – Robert Clive, Governor of Bengal (1757–1760)
* Bermuda – William Popple, Governor of Bermuda (1755–1763)
* Bombay – Richard Bouchier, Governor of Bombay (1750–1760)
* British Leeward Islands – George Thomas, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1753–1766)
* Connecticut – Thomas Fitch, Governor of Connecticut (1754–1766)
* Gibraltar – The Earl of Home, Governor of Gibraltar (1757–1761)
* Georgia – Henry Ellis, Governor of Georgia (1757–1760)
* Gold Coast – Nassau Senior, Acting Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1757–1761)
* Guernsey – John West, 1st Earl De La Warr, Governor of Guernsey (1752–1766)
* Hudson's Bay Company – Sir William Baker, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1760–1770)
* Jamaica –
* George Haldane, Governor of Jamaica (1756–1759)
* Sir Henry Moore, acting Governor of Jamaica (1759–1762)
* Madras - George Pigot, President of Madras (1755–1763)
* Isle of Man – Basil Cochrane, Governor of the Isle of Man (1751–1761)
* Province of Maryland – Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland (1753–1769)
* Province of Massachusetts Bay – Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts (1757–1760)
* Province of New Hampshire – Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire (1741–1766)
* Province of New Jersey – Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Governor of New Jersey (1758–1760)
* Province of New York – James DeLancey, acting governor of New York (1758–1760)
* Newfoundland –
** Richard Edwards, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1757–1759)
** James Webb, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1759–1761)
* Province of North Carolina – Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina (1753–1765)
* Nova Scotia – Charles Laurence, Governor of Nova Scotia (1756–1760)
* Province of Pennsylvania
** Thomas Penn, Chief Proprietor (1746–1771)
*** William Denney, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1756–1759)
*** James Hamilton, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1759–1763)
* Rhode Island – Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island (1758–1762)
* Province of South Carolina – William Henry Lyttleton, Governor of South Carolina (1756–1760)
* Colony of Virginia –
* John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, Governor of Virginia (1756–1759)
* Jeffery Amherst, Governor of Virginia (1759–1768)

## Netherlands

* Aruba – Jan van der Biest, Commander of Aruba (1756–1768)
* Berbice – Hendrik Jan van Rijswijck, Governor of Berbice (1755–1759)
* Ceylon – Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon (1757–1762)
* Demerara – Jonathan Samuel Storm van 's Gravesende, Commander of Demerara (1752–1761)
* Dutch East Indies – Jacob Mossel, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1750–1761)
* Malacca – David Boelen, Governor of Malacca (1758–1764)
* Essequibo – Aert Adriaenszoon Groenewegel, Governor of Essequibo (1657–1664)
* Netherlands Antilles – Jan da Windt, Governor of Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (1754–1775)
* Surinam – Wigbold Crommelin, Governor-General of Surinam (1757–1768)

## Ottoman Empire

* Egypt Eyalet – Moustafa Pasha, Wali of Egypt (1757–1760)

## Portugal

* Angola – António de Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1758–1764)
* Macau – D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1758–1761)
* Mozambique -
** David Marques Pereira, Governor of Mocambique, the Zambesi and Sofala (1758–1759)
** Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor of Mocambique, the Zambesi and Sofala (1759–1763)
* Portuguese India – Manuel de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Viceroy of Portuguese India (1758–1765)

## Savoy

* Sardinia – Costa, conte della Trinitá, Viceroy of Sardinia (1755–1763)

## Spain

* Chile – Manuel de Amat y Juniet, Governor of Chile (1755–1761)
* La Florida – Lucas Fernando Palacios, Governor of La Florida (1758–1761)
* New Granada – José Solís Folch de Cardona, Viceroy of New Granada (1753–1761)
* New Spain – Agustín de Ahumada, Viceroy of New Spain (1755–1760)
** Spanish East Indies –
*** Pedro Manuel de Arandia Santisteban, Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies (1754–1759)
*** Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta, Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies (1759–1761)
* Peru – José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda, Viceroy of Peru (1745–1761)
* Puerto Rico –
** Esteban Bravo de Rivero, Governor of Puerto Rico (1757–1759)
** Mateo de Guaso Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico (1759–1760)
* Santo Domingo –
** Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda, Governor of Santo Domingo (1751–1759)
** Manuel de Azlor y Urries, Governor of Santo Domingo (1759–1771)
* Trinidad – Pedro de La Moneda, Governor of Trinidad (1757–1760)