# List of colonial governors in 1846

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1846. 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 – Torkild Abraham Hoppe, Governor of Iceland (1841–1847)
* North Greenland –
** Nicolai Zimmer, Inspector of North Greenland (1845–1846)
** Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland (1846–1866)
* South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

## France

* Algeria – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria (1841–1847)
* French Guiana –
** Jean Baptiste Armand Bertrand Cadéot, Governor of French Guiana (1845–1846)
** André Aimé Pariset, Governor of French Guiana (1846–1850)
* Guadeloupe – Jean-François Layrle, Governor of Guadeloupe (1845–1848)
* Martinique – Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu, Governor of Martinique (1844–1848)
* Oceania – Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor of the Colony of Oceania (1843–1847)

## The Netherlands

* Dutch West Indies – Reinier Frederik Baron van Raders, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1845–1852)
** Surinam
** Netherlands Antilles

## Portugal

* Angola – Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General of Angola (1845–1848)

## Spain

* Cuba – Leopoldo O'Donnell, Governor of Cuba (1843–1848)
* Puerto Rico – Lt. Gen. Rafael De Aristegui y Velez, Governor of Puerto Rico (1844–1847)

## United Kingdom

* The Bahamas – George Benvenuto Matthew, Governor of the Bahamas (1844–1849)
* Bermuda –
** Lt. Col. William Reid, Governor of Bermuda (1839–1846)
** William Nelson Hutchinson, Governor of Bermuda (1846)
** Sir Charles Elliott, Governor of Bermuda (1846–1852)
* British Columbia – James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia (1845–1850)
* British Guiana – Henry Light, Governor of British Guiana (1838–1848)
* Canada – The Earl Charles Cathcart, Governor General of the Province of Canada (1846–1847)
* Jamaica (with Belize) –
** The Earl James Bruce, Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846)
** George Henry Frederick Berkeley, Acting Governor of Jamaica (1846–1847)
* Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1842–1846)
* Malta Colony – Patrick Stuart, Governor of Malta (1843–1847)
* New Brunswick – Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1841–1848)
* New South Wales
** Major George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales (1838–1846)
** Lieutenant Colonel Charles FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales (1846–1855)
* Newfoundland –
** Sir John Harvey, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1841–1846)
** Robert Law, Colonial Administrator (1846–1847)
* Nova Scotia –
** Viscount Lucius Bentinck Cary, Governor of Nova Scotia (1840–1846)
** Sir Jeremiah Dickson, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846)
** Sir John Harvey, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846–1852)
* Prince Edward Island – Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1841–1847)
* Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
** Assiniboia –
*** Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
*** John Crofton, Governor of Assiniboia (1846–1847)
* South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845–1848)
* Trinidad –
** Henry George Macleod, Governor of Trinidad (1840–1846)
** Baron George Francis Robert Harris, Governor of Trinidad (1846–1854)
* Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
** Sir Charles Edward Grey, Governor of the Windward Islands (1841–1846)
** William Reid, Governor of the Windward Islands (1846–1848)
* Western Australia
** John Hutt, Governor of Western Australia (1839–1846)
** Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia (1846–1847)