List of colonial governors in 1816

1815 colonial governors, Events of 1816, 1817 colonial governors, Colonial governors by year

See also: List of state leaders in 1816, List of religious leaders in 1816

Denmark

• Danish Gold Coast – Christian Schiønning, Governor of the Danish Gold Coast (1807-1817)
• Faroe Islands – Emilius Marius Georgius Løbner, Prefect of the Faroe Islands (1816-1825)
• North Greenland – Peter Hanning Motzfeldt, Inspector of North Greenland (1803-1817)
• South Greenland – Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort, Inspector of South Greenland (1802-1821)

France

• Guadeloupe – Antoine Philippe de Lardenoy, Governor of Guadeloupe (1816-1823)
• Martinique – Pierre-René-Marie, comte de Vaugiraud, Governor of Martinique (1814-1818)
• Réunion – Athanase Hyacinthe Bouvet de Lozier, Governor of Réunion (1815-1817)

The Netherlands

• Aruba – Lodewijk Christoph Boyé, Commander of Aruba (1816-1819)
• Dutch Gold Coast – Abraham de Veer, Commandant-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (1810-Mar. 1, 1816); Herman Willem Daenels, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (to 1818)

Portugal

• Angola –
  1. José de Oliveira Barbosa, Governor of Angola (1810-1816)
  2. Luís da Mota Fêo e Torres, Governor of Angola (1816-1819)
• Cape Verde – António Coutinho de Lencastre, Governor of Cape Verde (1803-1818)
• Bissau – António Cardoso Figueiredo, Captain-Major of Bissau
• Cacheu – Unknown
• East Timor – José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa, Governor of East Timor (1815-1819)
• French Guiana – João Severiano Maciel da Costa, Governor of French Guiana (1809-1817); also technically owned by Spain
• Macau – Lucas José de Alvarenga, Governor of Macau (1814-1817)
• Mozambique – Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Captain-General of Mozambique (1812-1817)

Spain

• Guam – José de Medinilla y Pineda, Governor of Guam (1812-1822)
• La Plata – Francisco Javier de Elío, nominal Viceroy of La Plata (1811-1816)
• New Granada – Francisco Montalvo y Ambulodi Arriola y Casabant Valdespino, Viceroy of New Granada (1816-1818)
• New Spain -
  • Viceroy –
    1. Félix María Calleja del Rey, conde de Calderón, Viceroy of New Spain (1813-1816)
    2. Juan Ruíz de Apodaca, conde de Venadito, Viceroy of New Spain (1816-1821)
  • Cuba – Juan Ruíz de Apodaca, Governor of Cuba (1812-1816); José Cienfuegos (1816-1819)
  • Santo Domingo – Carlos de Urrutia y Montoya, Governor of Santo Domingo (1813-1819)
• Peru -
  • Viceroy -
    1. José Fernando Abascal y Sousa, marqués de la Concordia, Viceroy of Peru (1806-1816)
    2. Joaquín de la Pezuela y Sánchez, marqués de Viluma, Viceroy of Peru (1816-1821)
  • Chile – Francisco Casimiro Marcó del Ponte Angel-Díaz y Méndez, Governor and Captain-General of Chile (1815-1818)
• Philippines -
  1. José de Gardoqui Jaraveita, Governor-General of the Philippines (1813-1816)
  2. Mariano Fernández de Folgueras, Governor-General of the Philippines (1816-1822)

Sweden

• Saint-Barthélemy – Bernt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg, Governor of Saint-Barthélemy (1812-1816); Johan Samuel Rosensvärd, Governor of Saint-Barthélemy (1816-1818)

United Kingdom

• Alderney – John Le Mesurier III, Governor of Alderney (1803-1825), Pierre Gauvin, Judge of Alderney (1807-1836)
  • Sark – Pierre Le Pelley II, Seigneur of Sark (1778-1820)
• Antigua – George William Ramsay, Governor of Antigua (1816-1819)
• Assiniboia –
  1. Colin Robertson, Governor of Assiniboia (1815-1816)
  2. Robert Semple, Governor of Assiniboia (1816)
  3. Alexander McDonell, Governor of Assiniboia (1816-1822)
• Australia – see New South Wales
• The Bahamas – Charles Cameron, Governor of the Bahamas (1804-1820)
• Barbados – Sir James Leith, Governor of Barbados (1815-1816)
• Belize – George Arthur, Governor of Belize (1814-1822)
• Berbice – Henry William Bentinck, Lieutenant Governor of Berbice (1814-1820)
• Bermuda – Sir James Cockburn, Governor of Bermuda (1811-1819)
• British Columbia – John Haldane, Governor of British Columbia (1813-1823)
• British Virgin Islands – Richard Hetherington, President of the British Virgin Islands (1811-???)
• Cape Breton Island -
  1. Hugh Swayne, Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton Island (1813-1816)
  2. George Robert Ainslie, Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton Island (1816-1820)
• Dominica – Charles William Maxwell, Governor of Dominica (1816-1819)
• The Gambia – Alexander Grant, Commandant of the Gambia (1815-1829)
• Gibraltar – Sir George Don, Governor of Gibraltar (1814-1821)
• Gold Coast – Edward White, Governor of the Committee of Merchants (1807-Apr. 21, 1816); Joseph Dawson (to 1817)
• Grenada – George Paterson, Acting Lieutenant Governor of Grenada (1815-1816); Phineas Riall, Lieutenant Governor of Grenada (to 1823), Peter de Havilland, Bailiff of Grenada (1810-1821)
• Guernsey – George Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke, Governor of Guernsey (1807-1827)
• Heligoland – Charles Hamilton, Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland (1814-1817)
• Ionian Islands – Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1815-1823); de facto protectorate
• India – Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira, Governor-General of India (1813-1823)
• Jamaica – William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester, Governor of Jamaica (1813-1821)
  • Cayman Islands – William Bodden, Governor of the Cayman Islands (1776-1823)
• Leeward Islands – Sir James Leith, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1814-1816)
• Lower Canada -
  1. Sir Gordon Drummond, Acting Governor of Lower Canada (1815-1816)
  2. John Wilson, Acting Governor of Lower Canada (1816)
  3. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor of Lower Canada (1816-1818)
• Malta – Sir Thomas Maitland, Governor of Malta (1813-1824)
• Mauritius – Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius (1810-1823)
• New Brunswick –
  • Lieutenant Governor – Thomas Carleton, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1786-1817)
  • Administrator (acting for Carleton) –
    1. George Stracey Smith – Administrator of New Brunswick (1814-1816)
    2. Harris Hailes – Administrator of New Brunswick (1816-1817, Lieutenant Governor 1817-1823)
• New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales (1810-1821)
  • Van Diemen's Land – Thomas Davey, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1813-1817)
• Newfoundland –
  1. Sir Richard Godwin Keats, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1813-1816)
  2. Francis Pickmore, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1816-1818)
• Nova Scotia -
  1. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor of Nova Scotia (1811-1816)
  2. George Stracey Smyth, Acting Governor of Nova Scotia (1816)
  3. George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, Governor of Nova Scotia (1816-1820)
• Prince Edward Island – Charles Douglas Smith, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (1812-1824)
• Rupert's Land -
  1. Robert Semple, Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land (1815-1816)
  2. James Bird, Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land (1816-1818)
• Upper Canada – Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1815-1817)