# List of colonial governors in 1769

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1769. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

## France

* French India – Jean Law de Lauriston, Governor of French India (1767–1777)
* Isle de France (Mauritius)
** Jean Guillaume Steinauer, Acting Governor General of Mauritius (1768–1769)
** François Julien du Dresnay, chevalier Desroches, Governor-General of Mauritius (1769–1772)

## Great Britain

* Bahamas – William Shirley, Governor of the Bahamas (1760–1775)
* Bengal -
** Harry Verelst, Governor of Bengal (1767-1769)
** John Cartier, Governor of Bengal (1769-1772)
* Bermuda – George James Bruere, Governor of Bermuda (1764–1780)
* Bombay – Thomas Hodges, Governor of Bombay (1767–1771)
* Connecticut Colony –
** William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769)
** Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776)
* East Florida – James Grant, Governor (1763–1771)
* Province of Georgia – James Wright, Governor of Georgia (1760–1776)
* Gibraltar – Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar (1761–1776)
* Gold Coast –
** Gilbert Petrie, Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1766–1769)
** John Crossle, Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1769–1770)
* Jamaica – William Trelawny, Governor (1767–1772)
* Madras – Charles Bourchier, President of the East India Company based at Madras (1767–1770)
* Isle of Man – John Wood, Governor of the Isle of Man (1761–1777)
* Province of Maryland –
** Horatio Sharpe, Governor (1753–1769)
** Robert Eden, Governor (1769–1776)
* Province of Massachusetts Bay
** Francis Bernard, Governor (1760–1769)
** Thomas Hutchinson, Governor (1769–1774)
* Newfoundland Colony – John Byron, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1769–1771)
* Province of New Hampshire – John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire (1767–1775)
* Province of New Jersey – William Franklin, Governor (1763–1776)
* Province of New York –
** Henry Moore, Governor (1765–1769)
** Cadwallader Colden, Acting Governor (1769–1770)
* Province of North Carolina – William Tryon, Governor (1765–1771)
* Province of Pennsylvania
** Chief Proprietor – Thomas Penn, 1746–1771
** Lieutenant Governor – John Penn 1763–1771
* Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
** Josias Lyndon, Governor (1768–1769)
** Joseph Wanton, Governor (1769–1775)
* Province of South Carolina –
** Charles Montagu, Governor (1766–1773)
** William Bull II, Acting Governor of South Carolina during Montagu's frequent and prolonged absences
* Colony of Virginia – Norborne Berkeley, Governor of Virginia (1768–1770)
* West Florida
** Montfort Browne, Governor (1767–1769)
** John Eliot, Governor (1769)
** Elias Durnford, Governor (1769–1770)

## Netherlands

* Ceylon – Iman Willem Falck, Governor (1765–1785)

## Ottoman Empire

* Algiers – Muhammad V, Dey of Algiers (1766–1791)

## Portugal

* Angola – Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1764–1772)
* Macau – Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha, Governor of Macau (1767–1770)

## Spain

* Captaincy General of Chile – Juan de Balmaseda, Governor of Chile (1768–1770)
* Louisiana –
** Charles Philippe Aubry, Acting Governor of Louisiana (1768–1769)
** Alejandro O'Reilly, Captain-General of Louisiana (1769)
* Mexico – Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy of Mexico (1766–1771)