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. Native rulers are also included.

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 not included.

## 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) 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)

## See also
*List of state leaders in the 18th century
*List of state leaders in the 18th-century Holy Roman Empire
*List of state leaders in 18th-century British South Asia and its predecessor states

## Notes
## References
## External links
*WorldStatesmen—an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories