# List of governors of dependent territories in the 18th century

This is a list of territorial governors in the 18th century (1701–1800) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, and other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
A dependent territory is normally does not have full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area. The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.

## Austria-Hungary
### Austria-Hungary

    Austro-Hungarian colonies

## Belgium
### Belgium

    Belgian colonial empire

## Britain
### Kingdom of Great Britain

    British colonial empire, English overseas possessions
    Monarchs – Prime ministers
   * Monarchs
   * Prime ministers

### Americas
#### North America

* Bermuda
   * Governors
      * Benjamin Bennett, Governor (1701–1713)
      * Henry Pulleine, Governor (1713–1718)
      * Benjamin Bennett, Governor (1718–1722)
      * John Hope, Governor (1722–1727)
      * John Trimingham, Governor (1727–1728)
      * John Pitt, Governor (1728–1737)
      * Andrew Auchinleck, Governor (1737–1738)
      * Alured Popple, Governor (1738–1744)
      * Francis Jones, Governor (1744–1747)
      * William Popple, Governor (1747–1751)
      * Francis Jones, Governor (1751–1755)
      * William Popple, Governor (1755–1763)
      * Francis Jones, Governor (1763–1764)
      * George James Bruere, Governor (1764–1780)
      * Thomas Jones, Governor (1780)
      * George Bruere the younger, Governor (1780–1781)
      * William Browne, Governor (1782–1788)
      * Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant governor (1788–1794)
      * James Crawford, Governor (1794–1796)
      * Henry Tucker, Governor (1796)
      * William Campbell, Governor (1796)
      * Henry Tucker, Governor (1796–1798)
      * George Beckwith, Governor (1798–1803)
* Connecticut Colony
   * Governors
      * Fitz-John Winthrop, Governor (1698–1707)
      * Gurdon Saltonstall, Governor (1708–1724)
      * Joseph Talcott, Governor (1724–1741)
      * Jonathan Law, Governor (1741–1750)
      * Roger Wolcott, Governor (1750–1754)
      * Thomas Fitch, Governor (1754–1766)
      * William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769)
      * Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776)
* Province of Carolina
   * Governors
      * James Moore, Governor (1700–1703)
      * Nathaniel Johnson, Governor (1703–1709)
      * Edward Tynte, Governor (1709–1710)
      * Robert Gibbes, Governor (1710–1712)
      * Charles Craven, Governor (1712)
   * Deputy governors, for the northern Carolina
      * Henderson Walker, Deputy governor (1699–1703)
      * Robert Daniell, Deputy governor (1703–1705)
      * Thomas Cary, Deputy governor (1705–1706)
      * William Glover, Acting Deputy governor (1706–1708)
      * Thomas Cary, Deputy governor (1708–1711)
* Province of North Carolina
   * Governors
      * Edward Hyde, Governor (1712)
* Province of South Carolina
   * Governors
      * Charles Craven, Governor (1712–1716)
* Province of Maryland
   * Governors
      * Nathaniel Blakiston, Governor (1699–1702)
      * Thomas Tench, Governor (1702–1704)
      * Phillip Calvert, Governor (1704–1709)
      * Jesse Wharton, Governor (1709–1714)
      * John Hart, Governor (1714–1715)
      * John Seymour, Governor (1715–1720)
      * Thomas Brooke, Jr., Governor (1720)
      * William Joseph, Governor (1720–1727)
      * Thomas Lawrence, Governor (1727–1731)
      * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1731–1732)
      * Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, Governor (1732–1733)
      * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1733–1742)
      * Thomas Bladen, Governor (1742–1746/47 )
      * Samuel Ogle, Governor (1746/47–1752 )
      * Captain Charles Calvert, Governor (1752–1753)
      * Horatio Sharpe, Governor (1753–1769)
      * Robert Eden, Governor (1769–1776)
* Province of Massachusetts Bay
   * Governors
      * William Stoughton, Acting Governor (1700–1701)
      * Governor's Council (1701–1702)
      * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1702–1715)
      * vacant
      * William Tailer, Governor (1711–1715)
      * Governor's Council (1715)
      * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1715)
      * William Tailer, Acting Governor (1715–1716)
      * Samuel Shute, Governor (1716–1723)
      * William Dummer, Acting Governor (1723–1728)
      * William Burnet, Governor (1728–1729)
      * William Dummer, Acting Governor (1729–1730)
      * William Tailer, Acting Governor (1730)
      * Jonathan Belcher, Governor (1730–1741)
      * vacant
      * Spencer Phips, Governor (1732–1757)
      * William Shirley, Governor (1741–1749)
      * Spencer Phips, Acting Governor (1749–1753)
      * William Shirley, Governor (1753–1756)
      * Spencer Phips, Acting Governor (1756–1757)
      * Governor's Council (1757)
      * Thomas Pownall, Governor (1757–1760)
      * Thomas Hutchinson, Acting Governor (1760)
      * Francis Bernard, Governor (1760–1769)
      * Thomas Hutchinson, Acting Governor (1769–1771), Governor (1771–1774)
      * Andrew Oliver, Governor (1771–1774)
      * vacant
      * Thomas Gage, Governor (1774–1775)
      * Thomas Oliver, Governor (1774–1776)
* Newfoundland Colony
   * Lieutenant governors
      * John Moody (governor), Governor (1714–1717)
      * Martin Purcell (governor), Governor (1717)
      * Samuel Gledhill, Governor (1717–1729)
   * Commodore governors
      * Henry Osborn, Commodore Governor (1729–1730)
      * George Clinton, Commodore Governor (1731)
      * Edward Falkingham, Commodore Governor (1732)
      * The Viscount Muskerry, Commodore Governor (1733–1734)
      * FitzRoy Henry Lee, Commodore Governor (1735–1737)
      * Philip Vanbrugh, Commodore Governor (1738)
      * Henry Medley, Commodore Governor (1739–1740)
      * Thomas Smith, Commodore Governor (1741)
      * John Byng, Commodore Governor (1742)
      * Thomas Smith, Commodore Governor (1743)
      * Charles Hardy, Commodore Governor (1744)
      * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1745)
      * James Douglas, Commodore Governor (1746)
      * John Bradstreet, Commodore Governor (1747)
      * Charles Watson, Commodore Governor (1748)
      * George Brydges Rodney, Commodore Governor (1749)
      * Francis William Drake, Commodore Governor (1750–1752)
      * Hugh Bonfoy, Commodore Governor (1753–1754)
      * Richard Dorrill, Commodore Governor (1755–1756)
      * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1757–1759)
      * James Webb, Commodore Governor (1760)
      * Thomas Graves, Commodore Governor (1761–1763)
      * Hugh Palliser, Commodore Governor (1764–1768)
      * John Byron, Commodore Governor (1769–1771)
      * Molyneux Shuldham, Commodore Governor (1772–1774)
      * Robert Duff, Commodore Governor (1775)
      * John Montagu, Commodore Governor (1776–1778)
      * Richard Edwards, Commodore Governor (1779–1781)
      * John Campbell, Commodore Governor (1782–1785)
      * John Elliot, Commodore Governor (1786–1788)
      * Mark Milbanke, Commodore Governor (1789–1791)
      * Richard King, Commodore Governor (1792–1793)
      * James Wallace, Commodore Governor (1794–1796)
      * William Waldegrave, Commodore Governor (1797–1799)
      * Charles Pole, Commodore Governor (1800–1801)
* Province of New Hampshire
   * Governors
      * Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, Governor (1697–1701/2)
      * Joseph Dudley, Governor (1702–1716)
      * Samuel Shute, Governor (1716–1723)
      * William Burnet, Governor (1729)
      * Jonathan Belcher, Governor (1729–1741)
      * Benning Wentworth, Governor (1741–1767)
      * John Temple, Governor (1762–1774)
      * John Wentworth, Governor (1766–1775)
* Province of New Jersey
   * Governors
      * Andrew Hamilton, Governor (1699–1702)
* Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
   * Governors
      * Samuel Cranston, Governor (1698–1727)
      * Joseph Jenckes, Governor (1727–1732)
      * William Wanton, Governor (1732–1733)
      * John Wanton, Governor (1734–1740)
      * Richard Ward, Governor (1740–1743)
      * William Greene, Governor (1743–1745)
      * Gideon Wanton, Governor (1745–1746)
      * William Greene, Governor (1746–1747)
      * Gideon Wanton, Governor (1747–1748)
      * William Greene, Governor (1748–1755)
      * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1755–1757)
      * William Greene, Governor (1757–1758)
      * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1758–1762)
      * Samuel Ward, Governor (1762–1763)
      * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1763–1765)
      * Samuel Ward, Governor (1765–1767)
      * Stephen Hopkins, Governor (1767–1768)
      * Josias Lyndon, Governor (1768–1769)
      * Joseph Wanton, Governor (1769–1775)
      * Nicholas Cooke, Governor (1775–1778)
* Colony of Virginia
   * Governors
      * George Hamilton, Governor (1698–1737)
         * Francis Nicholson, Lieutenant Governor (1698–1705)
         * Edward Nott, Lieutenant Governor (1705–1706)
         * Edmund Jenings, Acting Governor (1706–1710)
         * General Robert Hunter, Lieutenant Governor (1707)
         * Alexander Spotswood, Lieutenant Governor (1710–1722)
         * Hugh Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor (1722–1726)
         * Robert Carter, President of the Council (1726–1727)
         * William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor (1727–1740)
      * Willem Anne van Keppel, Governor (1737–1754)
         * James Blair, Acting Governor (1740–1741)
         * William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor (1741–1749)
         * Thomas Lee, Acting Governor (1749–1750)
         * Lewis Burwell I/II, Acting Governor (1750–1751)
         * Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor (1751–1756)
      * John Campbell, Governor (1756–1759)
         * Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant Governor (1756–1758)
         * Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor (1758–1768)
      * Jeffery Amherst, Governor (1759–1768)
         * John Blair, Sr., Acting Governor (1768)
      * Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Governor (1768–1770)
      * William Nelson, Acting Governor (1770–1771)
      * John Murray, Governor (1771–1775)

#### Caribbean

* Colony of the Bahamas
   * Governors
      * Elias Haskett, Governor (1700–1701)
      * Ellis Lightfoot, Governor (1701–1703)
      * Edward Birch, Governor (1704)
      * without British rule: see Republic of Pirates
      * Woodes Rogers, Governor (1718–1721)
      * George Phenney, Governor (1721–1728)
      * Woodes Rogers, Governor (1729–1732)
      * Richard Fitzwilliam, Acting Governor (1734–1738)
      * John Tinker, Governor (1741–1758)
      * John Gambier, Acting Governor (1758–1760)
      * William Shirley, Governor (1760–1775)
      * Montfort Browne, Governor (1775–1776)
      * John Gambier, Acting Governor (1776–1778)
      * John Robert Maxwell, Governor (1780–1782)
      * Spanish occupation (1782–1783)
      * Andrew de Vau, Acting Governor (1783)
      * John Robert Maxwell, Governor (1783–1784)
      * James Edward Powell, Lieutenant governor (1784–1786)
      * John Brown, Acting Governor (1786–1787)
      * John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Governor (1787–1796)
      * Robert Hunt, Acting Governor (1796–1797)
      * John Forbes, Lieutenant governor (1797)
      * William Dowdeswell, Governor (1797–1801)
* Barbados
   * Governors
      * Ralph Grey, Governor (1697–1701)
      * John Farmer, Acting Governor (1701–1703)
      * Bevil Granville, Governor (1703–1706)
      * Mitford Crow, Governor (1707–1710)
      * George Lillington, Acting Governor (1710–1711)
      * Robert Lowther, Governor (1711–1720)
      * William Sharpe, Acting for Lowther (1714–1715)
      * John Frere, Acting Governor (1720–1721)
      * Samuel Cox, Acting Governor (1721–1722)
      * Henry Worsley, Governor (1722–1727)
      * Thomas Catesby Paget, Governor (1727–1731)
      * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1731)
      * Walter Chetwynd, Governor (1731–1732)
      * Emanuel Howe, Governor (1733–1735)
      * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1735–1737)
      * Orlando Bridgeman, Governor (1737–1738)
      * Humphrey Howarth, Governor (1738)
      * Thomas Gage, Governor (1738–1739)
      * Robert Byng, Governor (1739–1740)
      * James Dotin, Acting Governor (1740)
      * Thomas Robinson, Governor (1742–1747)
      * Henry Grenville, Governor (1747–1756)
      * Charles Pinfold, Governor (1756–1766)
      * Samuel Rous, Acting Governor (1766–1768)
      * William Spry, Governor (1768–1772)
      * Samuel Rous, Acting Governor (1772)
      * Edward Hay, Governor (1772–1779)
      * John Dotin, Acting Governor (1779–1780)
      * James Cunninghame, Governor (1780–1782)
      * John Dotin, Acting Governor (1783–1784)
      * David Parry, Governor (1784–1793)
      * William Bishop, Acting Governor (1793–1794)
      * George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor (1794–1800)
      * William Bishop, Acting Governor (1800–1801)
* Cayman Islands, overseas territory
   * Chief magistrates
      * William Cartwright, Chief magistrate (1750–1776)
      * William Bodden, Chief magistrate (1776–1823)
* British Grenada
   * Governors
      * George Scott, Governor (1762–1764)
* Colony of Jamaica
   * Governors
      * William Beeston, Acting Governor (1693–1699), Governor (1699–1702)
      * William Selwyn, Governor (1702)
      * Peter Beckford, Acting Governor (1702)
      * Thomas Handasyde, Acting Governor (1702–1704), Governor (1704–1711)
      * Archibald Hamilton, Governor (1711–1716)
      * Peter Heywood, Governor (1716–1718)
      * Nicholas Lawes, Governor (1718–1722)
      * Henry Bentinck, Governor (1722–1726)
      * John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1726–1728)
      * Robert Hunter, Governor (1728–1734)
      * John Ayscough, Acting Governor (1734–1735)
      * John Gregory, Acting Governor (1735)
      * Henry Cunningham, Governor (1735–1736)
      * John Gregory, Acting Governor (1736–1738)
      * Edward Trelawny, Governor (1738–1752)
      * Charles Knowles, Governor (1752–1756)
      * Henry Moore, Acting Governor (1756)
      * George Haldane, Governor (1756–1759)
      * Henry Moore, Acting Governor (1759–1762)
      * William Henry Lyttelton, Governor (1762–1766)
      * Roger Hope Elletson, Governor (1766–1767)
      * William Trelawny, Governor (1767–1772)
      * John Dalling, Acting Governor (1772–1774)
      * Basil Keith, Governor (1774–1777)
      * John Dalling, Governor (1777–1781)
      * Archibald Campbell, Acting Governor (1781–1783), Governor (1783–1784)
      * Alured Clarke, Governor (1784–1790)
      * Thomas Howard, Governor (1790–1791)
      * Adam Williamson, Acting Governor (1791–1795)
      * Alexander Lindsay, Governor (1795–1801)

#### South America

* Falkland Islands
   * Governors
      * John McBride, HMS Jason, Governor (1767–1768)
      * Rayner, Governor (1768–1769)
      * Anthony Hunt, HMS Tamar, Governor (1769–1770)
      * George Farmer, Governor (1770)
      * John Burr, HMS Hound, Governor (1771–1772)
      * Samuel Wittewrong Clayton, Governor (1773–1776)

### Asia

* Ceylon – Frederick North, Governor of Ceylon (1798–1805)
* Madras – Edward Clive, Governor of Madras (1798–1803)

### Australia

* New South Wales –
   * John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales (1795–1800)
   * Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales (1800–1806)

### British isles

* Guernsey, Crown dependency
   * British monarchs are the Dukes of Normandy
   * Governors
      * Charles Churchill, Governor (1706–1714)
      * Giles Spencer, Governor (1711)
      * Daniel Harvey, Governor (1715–1732)
      * Lewis Dollon, Governor (1726)
      * George Cholmondeley, Governor (1732–1733)
      * Richard Sutton, Governor (1733–1737)
      * François de La Rochefoucauld, Governor (1737–1739)
      * Thomas Fermor, Governor (1739–1742)
      * Algernon Seymour, Governor (1742–1750)
      * John Ligonier, Governor (1750–1752)
      * John West, Governor (1752–1766)
      * Richard Lyttelton, Governor (1766–1770)
      * Jeffery Amherst, Governor (1770–1797)
      * Charles Grey, Governor (1797–1807)
   * Bailiffs
      * Edmund Andros, Bailiff (1674–1713)
      * Jean de Sausmarez, Bailiff (1714–1728)
      * Josué Le Marchant, Bailiff (1728–1751)
      * Eleazar Le Marchant, Bailiff (1752–1758)
      * Samuel Bonamy, Bailiff (1758–1771)
      * William Le Marchant, Bailiff (1771–1800)
      * Robert Porrett Le Marchant, Bailiff (1800–1810)
* Kingdom of Ireland, effectively a client state of England (to 1706) / Great Britain (1707–1800)
   * British monarchs are the Monarchs of Ireland
   * Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
      * The Earl of Rochester: 28 December 1700
      * The Duke of Ormonde: 19 February 1703
      * The Earl of Pembroke: 30 April 1707
      * The Earl of Wharton: 4 December 1708
      * The Duke of Ormonde: 26 October 1710
      * The Duke of Shrewsbury: 22 September 1713
      * The Earl of Sunderland: 21 September 1714
      * Lords Justices: 6 September 1715
      * The Viscount Townshend: 13 February 1717
      * The Duke of Bolton: 27 April 1717
      * The Duke of Grafton: 18 June 1720
      * The Lord Carteret: 6 May 1724
      * The Duke of Dorset: 23 June 1730
      * The Duke of Devonshire: 9 April 1737
      * The Earl of Chesterfield: 8 January 1745
      * The Earl of Harrington: 15 November 1746
      * The Duke of Dorset: 15 December 1750
      * The Duke of Devonshire: 2 April 1755
      * The Duke of Bedford: 3 January 1757
      * The Earl of Halifax: 3 April 1761
      * The Earl of Northumberland: 27 April 1763
      * The Viscount Weymouth: 5 June 1765
      * The Earl of Hertford: 7 August 1765
      * The Earl of Bristol: 16 October 1766 (did not assume office)
      * The Viscount Townshend: 19 August 1767
      * The Earl Harcourt: 29 October 1772
      * The Earl of Buckinghamshire: 7 December 1776
      * The Earl of Carlisle: 29 November 1780
      * The Duke of Portland: 8 April 1782
      * The Earl Temple: 15 August 1782
      * The Earl of Northington: 3 May 1783
      * The Duke of Rutland: 12 February 1784
      * The Marquess of Buckingham: 27 October 1787
      * The Earl of Westmorland: 24 October 1789
      * The Earl FitzWilliam: 13 December 1794
      * The Earl Camden: 13 March 1795
      * The Marquess Cornwallis: 14 June 1798

### Mediterranean

* Gibraltar
   * Governors
      * Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Governor (1704–1704)
      * Henry Nugent, Governor (1704)
      * John Shrimpton, Governor (1704–1707)
      * Roger Elliott, Governor (1707–1711)
      * Thomas Stanwix, Governor (1711–1713)
      * David Colyear, Governor (1713–1720)
      * Richard Kane, Governor (1720–1727)
      * Jasper Clayton, Governor (1727–1730)
      * Joseph Sabine, Governor (1730–1739)
      * Francis Columbine, Governor (1739–1740)
      * William Hargrave, Governor (1740–1748/9)
      * Humphrey Bland, Governor (1748/9–1754)
      * Thomas Fowke, Governor (1754–1756)
      * James O'Hara, Governor (1756–1757)
      * William Home, Governor (1757–1761)
      * John Toovey, Acting Governor (1761)
      * John Parslow, Acting Governor (1761)
      * Edward Cornwallis, Governor (1761–1776)
      * John Irwin, Acting Governor (1765–1767)
      * Robert Boyd, Acting Governor (1776–1777)
      * George Augustus Eliott, Governor (1777–1790)
      * Robert Boyd, Acting Governor (1790)
      * Robert Boyd, Governor (1790–1794)
      * Henry Clinton, Governor (1794–1795)
      * Charles Rainsford, Governor (1794–1795)
      * Charles O'Hara, Governor (1795–1802)
* Malta Protectorate
   * Alexander Ball, Civil Commissioner of Malta (1799–1801)

## Courland and Semigallia
### Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

    Couronian colonies

## Denmark-Norway
### Danish West India Company, Denmark–Norway

    Danish colonial empire
   * Monarchs
* Danish West Indies
   * Governors of St. Thomas and St. John
      * Johan Lorensen (1693–1702)
      * Claus Hansen, Governor (1702–1706)
      * Joachim Melchior von Holten, Governor (1706–1708)
      * Diderich Mogensen, Interim Governor (1708–1710)
      * Mikkel Knudsen Crone, Governor (1710–1716)
      * Erich Bredal, Governor (1716–1724)
      * Friderich Moth, Governor (1724–1727)
      * Hendrich von Suhm, Governor (1727–1733)
      * Phillip Gardelin, Governor (1733–1736)
      * Friderich Moth, Governor (1736–1744)
      * Jacob Schönemann, Governor (1740–1744)
      * Christian von Schweder, Governor (1744–1747)
      * Christian Suhm, Governor (1747–1758)
      * Christian Leberecht von Prøck, Governor general (1756–1766)
   * Governors of St. Croix
      * Friderich Moth, Governor of St. Croix (1735–1747)
      * Gregers Høg Nissen, Chief ad interim of St. Croix (1736–1744)
      * Paul Lindemark, Chief ad interim of St. Croix (1744–1747)
      * Jens Hansen, Governor of St. Croix (1747–1751)
      * Peter Clausen, Governor of St. Croix (1751–1758)
   * Governors of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix
      * Christian Leberecht von Prøck, Governor general (1758–1766)
         * Harrien Felschauer, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1758–1760)
         * Johan Georg von John, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1760–1764)
         * Ditlev Wilhelm Wildthagen, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1764)
         * Peter Gynthelberg, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1764–1765)
         * Ulrich Wilhelm Roepstorff, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1765–1766)
      * Peter Clausen, Governor general (1766–1771)
         * Jens Nielsen Kragh, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1766–1773)
      * Frederick Moth, Governor general (1770–1772)
      * Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff, Governor general (1772–1773)
      * Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann, Governor general (1773)
         * Thomas de Malleville, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1773–1796)
      * Peter Clausen, Governor general (1773–1784)
      * Henrik Ludvig Ernst von Schimmelmann, Governor general (1784–1787)
      * Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff, Governor general (1787–1794)
      * Wilhelm Anton Lindemann, Governor general (1794–1796)
      * Thomas de Malleville, Governor general (1796–1799)
         * Balthazar Frederik Mühlenfels, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1796–1800)
      * Wilhelm Anton Lindemann, Governor general (1799–1801)
         * Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1800–1801)

## France
### Ancien Régime of France, Kingdom of France (1791–92), French First Republic

    French colonial empire
   * Heads of state
   * Prime ministers
Caribbean
* French Grenada
   * Governors
      * Jean Le Comte, Governor (1649–1654)
      * Louis Cacqueray de Valminière, Governor (1654–1658)
      * Dubuc, Governor (1658)
      * Jean Faudoas de Cérillac, Governor (1658–1664)
      * Vincent, Governor (1664–1670)
      * Louis de Canchy de Lerole, Governor (1671–1674)
      * Pierre de Sainte-Marthe de Lalande, Governor (1675–1679)
      * Jacques de Chambly, Governor (1679–1680)
      * Nicholas de Gabaret, Governor (1680–1689)
      * Louis Ancelin de Gemostat, Governor (1690–1695)
      * Jean-Léon Fournier de Carles de Pradine, Governor (1695?–1696?)
      * De Bellair de Saint-Aignan, Governor (1696–1700)
Mediterranean
* French Malta
   * Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, Military Governor of Malta (1798–1800)
North America
* New France
   * Governors general (See also)
      * Louis-Hector de Callière, Governor general (1698–1703)
      * Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor general (1703–1725)
      * Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor general (1725–1747)
      * Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, Governor general (1747–1749)
      * Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière, Governor general (1749–1752)
      * Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Governor general (1752–1755)
      * Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Governor general (1755–1760)
* Placentia, Newfoundland
   * Governors
      * Joseph de Monic, Governor (1697–1702)
      * Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, Governor (1702–1706)
      * Philippe Pastour de Costebelle, Governor (1706–1713)
Oceania
* Falkland Islands
   * Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Governor (1764–1767)

## Germany
### German Empire

    German colonial empire

## Italy
### Italy

    Italian colonial empire

## Japan
### Empire of Japan

    Japanese colonial empire

## Netherlands
### Dutch Republic, Batavian Republic

    Dutch colonial empire
   * Monarchs
   * Prime ministers
Asia
* Dutch East Indies
   * Governors general
      * Willem van Outhoorn, Governors general (1691–1704)
      * Joan van Hoorn, Governors general (1704–1709)
      * Abraham van Riebeeck, Governors general (1709–1713)
      * Christoffel van Swoll, Governors general (1713–1718)
      * Hendrick Zwaardecroon, Governors general (1718–1725)
      * Mattheus de Haan, Governors general (1725–1729)
      * Diederik Durven, Governors general (1729–1732)
      * Dirck van Cloon, Governors general (1732–1735)
      * Abraham Patras, Governors general (1735–1737)
      * Adriaan Valckenier, Governors general (1737–1741)
      * Johannes Thedens, Governors general (1741–1743)
      * Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Governors general (1743–1750)
      * Jacob Mossel, Governors general (1750–1761)
      * Petrus Albertus van der Parra, Governors general (1761–1775)
      * Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governors general (1775–1777)
      * Reynier de Klerck, Governors general (1777–1780)
      * Willem Arnold Alting, Governors general (1780–1796)
      * Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Governors general (1796–1801)

## Oman
### Yaruba dynasty, Al Said of Oman

   * Monarchs
* Mombasa
   * Walis
      * Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1698–1728)
      * unknown Wali (1729–1735)
      * Sa‘id al-Hadermi, Wali (1735–1739)
      * Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1739–1745)
      * ‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1746)

## Ottoman Empire
### Ottoman Empire

    Eyalets and Vilayets
   * Sultans
   * Grand viziers

## Portugal
### Kingdom of Portugal

    Portuguese colonial empire
    Monarchs

### Africa

* Angola – Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797–1802)
* Portuguese Cape Verde
   * Governors
      * António Salgado, Governor (1698–1702)
      * Jorge Cotrim de Mello, Governor (1702–1702)
      * Gonçalo de Lemos Mascarenhas, Governor (1702–1707)
      * Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Governor (1707–1710)
      * José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1710–1715)
      * Manuel Pereira Calheiros e Araújo, Governor (1715–1715)
      * Serafim Teixeira Sarmento de Sá, Governor (1715–1719)
      * Balthasar de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1719–1720)
      * António Vieira, Governor (1720–1725)
      * Francisco Miguel da Nóbrega Vasconcelos, Governor (1726–1728)
      * Francisco de Oliveira Grans, Governor (1728–1733)
      * Bento Gomes Coelho, Governor (1733–1737)
      * José da Fonseca Barbosa, Governor (1736–1738)
      * Chamber Senate (1738–1741)
      * João Zuzarte de Santa Maria, Governor (1741–1751)
      * António José d'Eça e Faria, Governor (1751–1751)
      * Luís António da Cunha d'Eça, Governor (1752–1756)
      * Manuel António de Sousa e Meneses, Governor (1756–1761)
      * Marcelino Pereira de Ávila, Governor (1761–1761)
      * António de Barros Bezerra, Governor (1761–1764)
      * Bartolomeu de Sousa de Brito Tigre, Governor (1764–1766)
      * João Jácome de Brito Barena Henriques, Governor (1766–1767)
      * Joaquim Salema Saldanha Lobo, Governor (1768–1777)
      * António do Vale de Sousa e Meneses, Governor (1777–1781)
      * Duarte de Melo da Silva Castro de Almeida, Governor (1781–1782)
      * Francisco de São Simão, Acting Governor (1782–1783)
      * António Machado de Faria e Maia, Governor (1784–1789)
      * Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro, Governor (1789–1793)
      * José da Silva Maldonado d'Eça, Governor (1793–1795)
      * Marcelino António Bastos, Governor (1796–1802)
* Portuguese Moçambique
   * Governors
      * Jácome de Morais Sarmento, Governor (1699–1703)
      * João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor (1703–1706)
      * Luís de Brito Freire, Governor (1706–1708)
      * Luís Gonçalves da Câmara, Governor (1708–1712)
      * João Fernandes de Almeida, Governor (1712–1714)
      * Francisco de Mascarenhas, Governor (1714–1716)
      * Francisco de Souto-Maior, Governor (1716–1719)
      * Francisco de Alarcão e Souto-Maior, Governor (1719–1722)
      * Álvaro Caetano de Melo e Castro, Governor (1722–1723)
      * António João Sequeira e Faria, Governor (1723–1726)
      * António Cardim Fróis, Governor (1726–1730)
      * António Casco de Melo, Governor (1730–1733)
      * José Barbosa Leal, Governor (1733–1736)
      * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Governor (1736–1740)
      * Lourenço de Noronha, Governor (1740–1743)
      * Pedro do Rêgo Barreto da Gama e Castro, Governor (1743–1746)
      * Caetano Correia da Sá, Governor (1746–1750)
      * Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor (1750–1752)
   * Colony of Moçambique, the Zambezi and Sofala
      * Francisco de Melo e Castro, Governor (1752–1758)
      * João Manuel de Melo, Governor (1758)
      * David Marques Pereira, Governor (1758–1759)
      * Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor (1759–1763)
      * João Pereira da Silva Barba, Governor (1763–1765)
      * Baltasar Manuel Pereira do Lago, Governor (1765–1779)
      * Provisional administration, (1779–1780)
      * José de Vasconcelos e Almeida, Governor (1780–1781)
      * Vicente Caetano da Maria e Vasconcelos, Acting Governor (1781–1782)
      * Pedro de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Governor (1782)
      * Provisional administration, (1782–1786)
      * António de Melo e Castro, Governor (1786–1793)
      * Diogo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1793–1797)
      * Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor (1797–1801)
* Portuguese São Tomé
   * Governors
      * Manuel António Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1697–1702)
      * José Correia de Castro, Governor (1702–1709)
      * Vicente Dinis Pinheiro, Governor (1709)
      * French Junta (1709–1715)
      * Bartolomeu da Costa Ponte, Governor (1715–1716)
      * Chamber Senate (1716–1717)
      * António Furtado Mendonça, Governor (1717–1720)
      * Junta (1720–1722)
      * José Pinheiro da Câmara, Governor (1722–1727)
      * Serafim Teixeira Sarmento, Governor (1727–1734)
      * Lopo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1734–1736)
      * José Caetano Soto Maior, Governor (1736–1741)
      * António Ferrão de Castelo Branco, Governor (1741)
      * Chamber Senate (1741–1744)
      * Francisco Luís da Conceição, Governor (1744)
      * Francisco de Alva Brandão, Acting Governor (1744–1745)
      * Francisco Luís das Chagas, Governor (1747–1748)
      * Chamber Senate (1748–1751)
      * António Rodrigues Neves, Governor (1751)
      * Chamber Senate (1751–1753)
* Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
   * Governors
      * Chamber Senate (1753–1755)
      * Lopo de Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1755)
      * Chamber Senate (1755–1758)
      * Luís Henrique da Mota e Mele, Governor (1758–1761)
      * Chamber Senate (1761–1767)
      * Lourenço Lôbo de Almeida Palha, Governor (1767–1768)
      * Chamber Senate (1768–1770)
      * Vicente Gomes Ferreira, Governor (1770–1778)
      * João Manuel de Azambuja, Governor (1778–1782)
      * Cristóvão Xavier de Sá, Governor (1782–1788)
      * João Resende Tavares Leote, Governor (1788–1797)
      * Inácio Francisco de Nóbrega Sousa Coutinho, Governor (1797)
      * Manuel Monteiro de Carvalho, Acting Governor (1797)
      * Varela Borca, Governor (1797–1798)
      * Manuel Francisco Joaquim da Mota, Governor (1798–1799)
      * Francisco Rafael de Castelo de Vide, Governor (1799)
      * João Baptista de Silva, Governor (1799–1802)

### Asia

* Portuguese Macau –
   * D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797–1800)
   * Jose Manuel Pinto, Governor of Macau (1800–1803)

### South America
## Russia

Russian Empire: Russian colonial empire

## Spain
### Bourbon Spain

    Spanish colonial empire
   * Monarchs
   * Prime ministers
* Spanish Netherlands
   * Governors
      * Eugene of Savoy, Governor (1716–1724)
      * Wirich Philipp von Daun, Governor (1725)
      * Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Governor (1725–1741)
      * Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, Governor (1741–1744)
      * Maria Anna of Austria, Governor (1744)
      * Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor (1744–1780)
      * Maria Christina of Austria-Lorraine with Albert Casimir of Saxony, Governor (1781–1793)
      * Charles of Austria-Lorraine, Governor (1793–1794)
* Viceroyalty of New Granada – Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz, Viceroy of New Granada (1797–1803)
* Viceroyalty of New Spain (complete list) —
   * José Sarmiento de Valladares, Viceroy (1696–1701)
   * Juan Ortega y Montañés, Viceroy (1696, 1701–1702)
   * Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Viceroy (1702–1711)
   * Fernando de Alencastre, Viceroy (1711–1716)
   * Baltasar de Zúñiga, Viceroy (1716–1722)
   * Juan de Acuña, Viceroy (1722–1734)
   * Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta, archbishop & viceroy (1734–1740)
   * Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, Viceroy (1740–1741)
   * Pedro Malo de Villavicencio, President of the Royal Court & interim viceroy (1741–1742)
   * Pedro Cebrián, Viceroy (1742–1746)
   * Juan Francisco de Güemes, Viceroy (1746–1755)
   * Agustin Ahumada y Villalon, Viceroy (1755–1769)
   * Francisco Antonio de Echávarri, President of the Royal Court and interim viceroy (1760)
   * Francisco Cajigal de la Vega, interim viceroy (1760)
   * Joaquín de Montserrat, Viceroy (1760–1766)
   * Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy (1766–1771)
   * Antonio María de Bucareli, Viceroy (1771–1779)
   * Francisco Romá y Rosell, Regent of the Royal Court & interim viceroy (1779)
   * Martín de Mayorga, interim viceroy (1789–1783)
   * Matías de Gálvez, Viceroy (1783–1784)
   * Vicente de Herrera y Rivero, Regent of the Royal Court & Interim Viceroy (1784–1785)
   * Bernardo de Gálvez, Viceroy (1785–1786)
   * Eusebio Sánchez Pareja, Regent of the Royal Court & Interim Viceroy (1786–1787)
   * Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, archbishop & viceroy (1787)
   * Manuel Antonio Flórez, Viceroy (1787–1789)
   * Juan Vicente de Güemes, Viceroy (1789–1794)
   * Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, Viceroy (1794–1798)
   * Miguel José de Azanza, Viceroy (1798–1800)
   * Félix Berenguer de Marquina (1800–1803)
* Captaincy General of Cuba – Salvador de Muro y Salazar, Governor of Cuba (1799–1812)
* Spanish East Indies – Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
* Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas – Pedro da Nava, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces (1793–1802)
* Viceroyalty of Peru – Ambrosio O'Higgins (1796–1801)
   * Captaincy General of Chile – Joaquín del Pino y Rozas, Royal Governor of Chile (1799–1801)
* Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata – Gabriel de Avilés, Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1799–1801)
* Falkland Islands
   * Governors
      * Felipe Ruíz Puente, Governor (1767–1773)
      * Domingo Chauria, Governor (1773–1774)
      * Francisco Gil Lemos, Governor (1774–1777)
      * Ramón de Carassa, Governor (1777–1779)
      * Salvador de Medina, Governor (1779–1781)
      * Jacinto de Altolaguirre, Governor (1781–1783)
      * Fulgencio Montemayor, Governor (1783–1784)
      * Augustín Figueroa, Governor (1784–1786)
      * Pedro de Mesa y Casto, Governor (1786–1787)
      * Ramón Clairac, Governor (1787–1788)
      * Pedro de Mesa y Casto, Governor (1788–1789)
      * Ramón Clairac, Governor (1789–1790)
      * Juan José de Elizalde, Governor (1790–1791)
      * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1791–1792)
      * Juan José de Elizalde, Governor (1792–1793)
      * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1793–1794)
      * José Aldana Ortega, Governor (1794–1795)
      * Pedro Pablo Sanguinetto, Governor (1795–1796)
      * José Aldana Ortega, Governor (1796–1797)
      * Luis de Medina Torres, Governor (1797–1798)
      * Francisco Javier de Viana, Governor (1798–1799)
      * Luis de Medina Torres, Governor (1799–1800)
      * Francisco Javier de Viana, Governor (1800–1801)

## Sweden
### Sweden

    Swedish colonies

## United States

* United States: United States territorial acquisitions
* State of Franklin: unrecognized and unauthorized territory (August 1784 – December 1788)
      * Col. John Sevier, President/Governor (December 1784 – December 1788)
* Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio: organized incorporated territory (May 26, 1790 – June 1, 1796). Became the State of Tennessee.
      * William Blount, Governor (September 20, 1790 – March 30, 1796) Arrived 10 October 1790.
* Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: organized incorporated territory (July 13, 1787 – March 1, 1803).
      * Arthur St. Clair, Governor (July 15, 1788 – December 14, 1802)
* District of Columbia:
   * Board of Commissioners of the Federal City (22 January 1791 – 1 July 1802)
      * Thomas Johnson (January 22, 1791 – August 23, 1794)
      * David Stuart (January 22, 1791 – September 12, 1794)
      * Daniel Carroll (March 4, 1791 – May 21, 1795)
      * Gustavus Scott (August 23, 1794 – December 25, 1800)
      * William Thornton (September 12, 1794 – July 1, 1802)
      * Alexander White (May 21, 1795 – July 1, 1802)
* Mississippi Territory: organized incorporated territory (April 7, 1798 – December 10, 1817)
   * Governor
      * Winthrop Sargent (18 August 1798 – 7 May 1801) Appointed 7 May 1798, arrived 6 August 1798.
* Indiana Territory: organized incorporated territory (July 4, 1800 – December 11, 1816)
   * Governor
      * Major General William Henry Harrison, Military governor (January 10, 1801 – December 28, 1812). Harrison was the 9th President of the United States (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841)