List of governors of dependent territories in the 19th century

This is a list of territorial governors in the 19th century (1801–1900), such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

Colonial and territorial governors by century:
See also:

A dependent territory normally does not have full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area.[1] The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.

Denmark

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Denmark–Norway, Denmark
Danish colonial empire

France

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French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, French Second Empire, French Third Republic

Germany

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German Empire
German colonial empire

Mexico

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  • California declared a Mexican state (1846)
  • General José María Flores, Governor and Comandante General (1846–1847) In Los Angeles, in opposition to the U.S.
  • Andrés Pico, acting Governor (1847–1847) In Los Angeles, in opposition to the U.S.
  • U.S. occupation (1846—1847)
  • Texas
  • Governors of the Texas Revolution

Netherlands

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Batavian Republic, Kingdom of Holland, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch colonial empire

Asia

Oman

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Al Said of Oman

Portugal

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Kingdom of Portugal, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Portuguese colonial empire

Spain

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Bourbon Spain, Kingdom of Spain, First Spanish Republic, Bourbon Restoration
Spanish colonial empire
  • Luis de Medina y Torres, governor and sea commander (1799–1800)
  • Francisco Javier de Viana, governor and sea commander (1800–1801)
  • Ramón Fernández Villegas, governor and sea commander (1801–1802)
  • Bernardo Bonavía, Governor and sea commander (1802–1803)
  • Antonio Leal de Ibarra y Oxinando, Governor and sea commander (1803–1804)
  • Bernardo Bonavía, Governor and sea commander (1804–1805)
  • Antonio Leal de Ibarra y Oxinando, Governor and sea commander (1805–1806)
  • Bernardo Bonavía, Governor and sea commander (1806–1809)
  • Gerardo Bordas, Governor and sea commander (1809–1810)
  • Pablo Guillén Martínez, Governor and sea commander (1810–1811)
  • Presidents of the Provisional Governing Council of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata, in the name of Fernando VII[9]
  • Presidents of the Superior Provisional Government of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata, in the name of Fernando VII[9]
  • Feliciano Antonio Chiclana y Giménez de Paz, (1811–1812)
  • Manuel Mariano de Sarratea Altolaguirre, (1812)
  • Juan Martín Mariano de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan (1812)

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British colonial empire

British Isles

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Caribbean

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  • Governors of Barbados and the Windward Islands
Governorship and colony combined with that of British Windward Islands (1833–1885)
  • William Bodden, Chief magistrate (1776–1823)
  • James Coe the Elder, Chief magistrate (1823–1829)
  • John Drayton, Chief magistrate (1829–1842)
  • James Coe the Younger, Chief magistrate (1842–1855)
  • William Eden, Chief magistrate (1855–1879)
  • William Bodden Webster, Chief magistrate (1879–1888)
  • Edmund Parsons, Chief magistrate (1888–1898)
  • Frederick Shedden Sanguinnetti, Commissioner (1898–1907)
  • Daniel Thomas Smith, Commissioner (1874–1878)
  • Edward Noel Walker, Commissioner (1878)
  • Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Commissioner (1878–1883)
  • Frederick Shedden Sanguinetti, Commissioner (1883–1885)
  • Henry Moore Jackson, Commissioner (1885–1888)
  • Alexis Wynns Harriott, Commissioner (1888–1891)
  • Henry Huggins, Commissioner (1891–1893)
  • Edward John Cameron, Commissioner (1893–1899)
  • Geoffrey Peter St. Aubyn, Commissioner (1899–1901)

See also "Barbados and the British Windward Islands" above.

Mediterranean

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North America

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Oceania

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  • George Beckwith, Governor (1798–1803)
  • Henry Tucker, Governor (1803–1805)
  • Francis Gore, Lieutenant governor (1805–1806)
  • Henry Tucker, Governor (1806)
  • John Hodgson, Governor (1806–1810)
  • Samuel Trott, Governor (1810–1811)
  • James Cockburn, Governor (1811–1812)
  • William Smith, Governor (1812)
  • George Horsford, Lieutenant governor (1812–1816)
  • James Cockburn, Governor (1814–1816)
  • William Smith, Governor (1816–1817)
  • James Cockburn, Governor (1817–1819)
  • William Smith, Governor (1819)
  • William Lumley, Governor (1819–1822)
  • William Smith, Governor (1822–1823)
  • William Lumley, Governor (1823–1825)
  • William Smith, Governor (1825–1826)
  • Hilgrove Turner, Governor (1826–1829)
  • Robert Kennedy, Acting Governor (1829)
  • Hilgrove Turner, Governor (1829–1830)
  • Robert Kennedy, Acting Governor (1830)
  • Hilgrove Turner, Governor (1830–1832)
  • Stephen Chapman, Governor (1832–1835)
  • Henry G. Hunt, Acting Governor (1835)
  • Robert Kennedy, Governor (1835–1836)
  • Stephen Chapman, Governor (1836–1839)
  • William Reid, Governor (1839–1846)
  • William N. Hutchinson, Acting Governor (1846)
  • Charles Elliot, Governor (1846–1852)
  • W. Hassell Eden, Acting Governor (1852–1853)
  • George Philpots, Acting Governor (1853)
  • Soulden Oakley, Acting Governor (1853)
  • Thomas C. Robe, Acting Governor (1853)
  • Soulden Oakley, Acting Governor (1853)
  • Charles Elliot, Governor (1853–1854)
  • Montgomery Williams, Acting Governor (1854)
  • Freeman Murray, Governor (1854–1859)
  • AT. Heniphill, Acting Governor (1859)
  • William Munroe, Governor (1859–1860)
  • Freeman Murray, Governor (1860–1861)
  • Harry Ord, Governor (1861–1864)
  • William Munroe, Acting Governor (1864)
  • W.H. Hamley, Lieutenant governor (1864–1865)
  • Harry St. George Ord, Governor (1865–1866)
  • W.H. Hamley, Lieutenant governor (1866–1867)
  • Arnold Thompson, Acting Governor (1867)
  • Frederick Chapman, Governor (1867–1870)
  • W. F. Brett, Lieutenant governor (1870)
  • John Henry Lefroy, Governor (1871–1877)
  • Robert Michael Laffan,[15] Governor (1877–1882)
  • Thomas L. J. Gallwey, Governor (1882–1888)
  • Edward Newdegate, Governor (1888–1891)
  • Thomas Lyons, Governor (1892–1896)
  • George Digby Barker, Governor (1896–1901)
Became a British colony in 1838

United States

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United States overseas territories

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Caribbean Sea

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  • Cuba: Spain ceded authority to the U.S. in 1899 (de jure from 1899).[17]
  • President of the Assembly of Representatives of the Cuban Revolution
  • Domingo Méndez Capote, (1898)
  • Presidents of the Executive Council of the Assembly of Representatives of the Cuban Revolution
  • General Rafael María Portuondo Tomayo, (1898–1899)[18]
  • General of Division José Lacret y Morlot, (1899)[19]

Pacific Ocean

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  • Philippines Proclamation of independence (insurrection against Spain and then the U.S.; 12 1898–13 1902). The U.S. occupies Manila (14 1898). Treaty of Paris (1898) ceding the Philippines by Spain to the U.S., proclaimed Philippine Islands (11 1899). U.S. territory (14 1898–3 1942)[22]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514
  2. ^ Cahoon, Ben. "U.S. States N". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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  4. ^ Cahonn, Ben. "Falkland Islands". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Cahonn, Ben. "Colombia". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Cahonn, Ben. "Mexico". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "MIGUEL JOSÉ DE AZANZA". Presidencia de la Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  8. ^ Cahonn, Ben. "Peru". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c Cahonn, Ben. "Argentina". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "The London Gazette". No. 22245. p. 1369.
  11. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 44.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Isle of Man Times. Saturday, September 12, 1885; Page: 19
  13. ^ "No. 15912". The London Gazette. 22 April 1806. p. 512.
  14. ^ "No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.
  15. ^ May, Alex. "Laffan, Sir Robert Michael". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15875. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  16. ^ "Puerto Rico". World Statesmen. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  17. ^ "Cuba". World Statesmen. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  18. ^ "Rafael María Portuondo: ejemplo de los jóvenes santiagueros que se alzaron en armas el 24 de febrero de 1895" [Rafael María Portuondo: Example of the young men of Santiago who rose in arms on February 24, 1895]. Todo Cuba (in Spanish). 2018-02-22. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  19. ^ a b c "José Lacret Morlot". Caba Militar, La enciclopedia militar Cubana (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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  21. ^ "Guam". World Statesmen. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  22. ^ "The Philippines". World Statesmen. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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