List of colonial governors of New Jersey
Governors of New York and New Jersey (1702–38)
Table:
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Governor

Took office

Left office

Notes

Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury
(1661–1723)
1701
1708

Lord Cornbury's tenure was marked with accusations of cross-dressing, corruption, arrogance, and decadence.

Historians claim that he illustrated the worst form of the English aristocracy's "arrogance, joined to intellectual imbecility" and characterise him as a "degenerate and pervert who is said to have spent half of his time dressed in women's clothes", a "fop and a wastrel".

He was recalled by Queen Anne who received several complaints from colonists of "numerous malpractices and misappropriations".[91][92][93]

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John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace
(1672–1709)
1708
1709

Lord Lovelace died in office, in a short tenure marked by prosecuting Governor Jeremiah Basse and other supporters of Lord Cornbury.[94]

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Richard Ingoldesby
(d. 1719)
1709
1710

An army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor under Lord Cornbury and Lord Lovelace, and acting governor upon the death of Lovelace.

His commission for governorship was revoked in October 1709, but the news only reached him in April 1710.[95]

Robert Hunter
(1664–1734)
1710
1720

Hunter sailed to America in 1710 with 3,000 Palatine German (Kurpfälzische) refugees who encamped in the Hudson Valley, and then settled in upstate New York and New Jersey.[86]

Hunterdon County was named in his honour.[96]

William Burnet
(1687/88–1729)
1720
1728

Burnet left office after being appointed Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.[97]

Son of Gilbert Burnet, Anglican Bishop of Salisbury and fervent supporter of William III and Mary II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.[90]: p.41

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Colonel John Montgomerie
(d. 1731)
1728
1731

Montgomerie died in office after an epileptic seizure.[98]

Lewis Morris
(1671–1746)
1731
1732

Acting governor after death of Governor Montgomerie, as President of Council.

Morris actively advocated to separate New Jersey from New York control from 1728–38.[99]

Sir William Cosby
(1690–1736)
1732
1736

Assumed office 7 August 1732 when he arrived at Sandy Hook.

He rarely visited New Jersey and only met the provincial council or assembly eight times.

He died in office in 1736 from tuberculosis.

In New York, Cosby prosecuted John Peter Zenger, a newspaper publisher for libel after Zenger's newspaper severely criticized his administration.[100]

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John Anderson
(1665–1736)
1736
1736

Acting governor after the death of Governor Cosby, in his role as President of Council

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John Hamilton
1736
1738

Acting governor in his role as President of Council, after the death of acting governor Anderson.

Lewis Morris is said to have served as acting governor during this time, although his authority was disputed.[99]

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John West, 1st Earl De La Warr
(1693–1766)
1737
1737

West never travelled to America.

Resigned before taking the governorship so that he could continue serving in the military and in the House of Lords.[101]

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