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List of colonial governors in 1836

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This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1836. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

Contents

Denmark

  • Danish West Indies – Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1827–1848)
  • Iceland – Lorentz Angel Krieger, Governor of Iceland (1829–1836)
  • North Greenland – Ludvig Fasting, Inspector of North Greenland (1828–1843)
  • South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

    • France

  • French Guiana –
    1. Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor of French Guiana (1829–1836)
    2. François Dominique Laurens de Choisy, Governor of French Guiana (1836–1837)
  • Guadaloupe – René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor of Guadaloupe (1831–1837)
  • Martinique –
    1. Emmanuel Halgan, Governor of Martinique (1834–1836)
    2. Ange René Armand, Governor of Martinique (1836–1838)

    • Netherlands

  • Dutch West Indies – Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1831–1838)
  • Surinam
  • Netherlands Antilles

    • Portugal

  • Angola –
    1. Military junta (1834–1836)
    2. Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor of Angola (1836)
    3. Temporarily vacant (1836–1837)

    • Spain

  • Cuba – Miguel Tacón, Governor of Cuba (1834–1838)
  • Puerto Rico – Miguel de la Torre, Governor of Puerto Rico (1823–1837)

    • United Kingdom

  • Assiniboia – Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
  • Reincorporated into Rupert's Land 4 May 1836
  • The Bahamas – William MacBean George Colebrooke, Governor of the Bahamas (1835–1837)
  • Bermuda – Sir Stephen Remnant Chapman, Governor of Bermuda (1832–1839)
  • British Columbia – John McLoughlin, Governor of British Columbia (1825–1838, 1839–1845)
  • British Guiana – Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Governor of British Guiana (1833–1838)
  • British North America – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Governor General of British North America (1835–1837)
  • Lower Canada – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada (1835–1838)
  • New Brunswick – Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1831–1837)
  • Nova Scotia – Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia (1834–1840)
  • Prince Edward Island –
    1. George Wright, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1835–1836)
    2. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836–1837)
  • Upper Canada –
    1. Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1828–1836)
    2. Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1836–1838)
  • Jamaica (with Belize) –
    1. Sir Howe Peter Browne, Governor of Jamaica (1834–1836)
    2. Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica (1836–1839)
  • Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1832–1836)
  • Malta Colony
    1. George Cardew, Acting Governor of Malta (1835–1836)
    2. Thomas Evans, Acting Governor of Malta (1836)
    3. Henry Bouverie, Governor of Malta (1836–1843)
  • Colony of Newfoundland – Henry Prescott, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1834–1841)
  • New South Wales – Major-General Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales (1831–1837)
  • Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
  • South Australia
  • Captain John Hindmarsh, Governor of South Australia (1836–1838)
  • note: Colony was established 28 December 1836 by Captain Hindmarsh
  • Trinidad – Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Governor of Trinidad (1833–1839)
  • Western Australia – Captain James Stirling, Governor of Western Australia (1828–1839)
  • Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
    1. Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the Windward Islands (1833–1836)
    2. Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Windward Islands (1836–1841)

    • References

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