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

<small>Monarchs – Prime ministers</small>

*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

*

:*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

*<small>British monarchs are the Dukes of Normandy</small>

*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)

*<small>British monarchs are the Monarchs of Ireland</small>

*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

<small>Monarchs</small>

Africa

• Angola – Miguel António de Melo, Governor of Angola (1797–1802)
• Portuguese Cape Verde

*Governors

:*António Salgado, Governor (1698–1702)

*João Cardoso Pizarro, Governor (1676–1676)

:*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