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List of governors of dependent territories in the 19th century

List of governors of dependent territories in the 19th century

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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.

A dependent territory is normally a territory that does not possess 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

Denmark–Norway, Denmark
Danish colonial empire
  • Wilhelm Anton Lindemann, Governor General (1799–1801)
  • Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1800–1801)
  • John Clayton Cowell, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1801–1802). British occupation.
  • Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff, Governor General (1802)
  • Baltharzar Frederik Mühlenfels, Governor General (1802–1807)
  • Willum von Rømeling, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1802–1803)
  • Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1803–1807)
  • Hans Christopher Lillienskjøld, Governor General (1807)
  • Henry Bowyer, Governor General (1807–1808)
  • Fitzroy J. Grafton McLean, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1807–1815). British occupation.
  • Johan Frederik Bardenfleth, Governor General (1822–1827)
  • Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz Rosenørn, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1829–1834)
  • Frederik von Oxholm, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1834–1836)
  • Johannes Söbötker, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1836–1848)
  • Frederik von Oxholm, acting Governor general (1848)
  • Peder Hansen, Government Commissioner (1848–1851)
  • Frederik von Oxholm, Governor of St. Thomas, St. John (1848–1852)
  • Johan Frederik Schlegel, Governor General (1855–1861)
  • Vilhelm Ludvig Birch, Governor General (1861–1871)
  • John Christmas, Governor General (1871)
  • Frantz Ernst Bille, acting Governor general (1871–1872)
  • Johan August Stakeman, acting Governor general (1872)
  • Janus August Garde, Governor General (1872–1881)
  • Christian Henrik Arendrup, Governor General (1881–1893)
  • Carl Emil Hedemann, Governor General (1893–1903)

France

French First Republic, First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, French Second Empire, French Third Republic
  • Soane Malia Musulamu, King (c.1887–1929)
  • Lutotio, King (c.1889)
  • Savelio Keletaona, King (late 19th century)
  • Mateo Tamole, King (19th/20th century)
  • Toviko Keletaona, King (19th/20th century)

Germany

German Empire
German colonial empire

Mexico

  • 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

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

Asia

Oman

Al Said of Oman
  • Salim ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1826–1835)
  • Nasur ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1835–1836)
  • Rashid ibn Salim al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1836–1837)
  • Khamis ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1837)
  • Abdallah ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1837–1860)
  • Mubarrak ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1860–1873)
  • Rashid ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i, Wali (1873–1895)

Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Portuguese colonial empire
  • Francisco Guedes de Carvalho Meneses da Costa, Governor (1797–1801)
  • Isidro de Sousa e Sá, Governor (1801–1805)
  • Francisco de Paula de Albuquerque do Amaral Cardoso, Governor (1805–1807)
  • Provisional administration, (1807–1809)
  • António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça, Governor (1809–1812)
  • Marcos Caetano de Abreu e Meneses, Governor (1812–1817)
  • José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Governor (1817–1818)
  • Provisional administration, (1818–1819)
  • João da Costa M. Brito-Sanches, Governor (1819–1821)
  • Provisional administration, (1821–1824)
  • João Manuel da Silva, Governor (1824–1825)
  • Sebastião Xavier Botelho, Governor (1825–1829)
  • Paulo José Miguel de Brito, Governor (1829–1832)
  • Provisional administration, (1832–1834)
  • José Gregório Pegado, Governor (1834–1836)
  • Provisional administration, (1836–1837)
  • António José de Melo, Governor General (1837)
  • João Carlos Augusto de Oeynhausen e Gravenburg, marquês de Aracaty, Governor General (1837–1838)
  • Juiz A. de Ramalho de Sá, President of the Governing council (1838–1840)
  • Joaquim Pereira Marinho, Governor General (1840–1841)
  • João da Costa Xavier, Governor General (1841–1843)
  • Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima, Governor General (1843–1847)
  • Domingos Fortunato de Vale, Governor General (1847–1851)
  • Joaquim Pinto de Magalhães, Governor General (1851–1854)
  • Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Acting Governor general (1854–1857)
  • João Tavares d'Almeida, Governor General (1857–1864)
  • Cândido M. Montes, President of the Governing council (1864)
  • M. António do Canto e Castro, Governor General (1864–1867)
  • António Augusto de Almeida Portugal Correia de Lacerda, Governor General (1867–1868)
  • M.N.P. de Ataíde e Azevedo, President of the Governing council (1868–1869)
  • António Tavares de Almeida, Governor General (1869)
  • Fernão da Costa Leal, Governor General (1869)
  • Juiz E. K. da Fonseca e Gouveia, President of the Governing council (1869–1870)
  • Inácio A. Alves, Acting Governor general (1870)
  • José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor General (1870–1873)
  • Juiz J. M. Crispiniano da Fonseca, President of the Governing council (1873–1874)
  • José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor General (1874–1877)
  • Francisco Maria da Cunha, Governor General (1877–1880)
  • Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, Acting Governor general (1880–1881)
  • Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, visconde de Paço d'Arcos, Governor General (1881–1882)
  • J. d'Almeida d'Avila, Acting Governor general (1882)
  • Agostinho Coelho, Governor General (1882–1885)
  • D. Henrique Real da Silva, President of the Governing council (1885)
  • Augusto Vidal de Castilho Barreto e Noronha, Governor General (1885–1889)
  • José Joaquim d'Almeida, Acting Governor general (1889)
  • José António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor General (1889–1890)
  • Joaquim José Machado, Governor General (1890–1891)
  • Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor General (1891–1893)
  • Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor General (1893–1894)
  • J. Correia e Lança, Acting Governor general (1894)
  • Fernão de Magalhães e Meneses, Governor General (1894–1895)
  • António José Enes -Commissioner, Governor General (1895)
  • J. Correia e Lança, Acting Governor general (1896)
  • Joaquim Mousinho de Albuquerque, Governor General (1896–1897)
  • Baltasar Freire Cabral, Acting Governor general (1897–1898)
  • Carlos Alberto Schultz Xavier, Governor General (1898)
  • Álvaro António Ferreira, Governor General (1898–1900)
  • Júlio José, marqués da Costa, Governor General (1900)
  • Joaquim José Machado, Governor General (1900)
  • Manuel Rafael Gorjão, Governor General (1900–1902)
  • João Baptista de Silva, Governor (1799–1802)
  • Gabriel António Franco de Castro, Governor (1802–1805)
  • Luís Joaquim Lisboa, Governor (1805–1817)
  • Filipe de Freitas, Governor (1817–1824)
  • João Maria Xavier de Brito, Governor (1824–1830)
  • Joaquim Bento da Fonseca, Governor (1830–1834)
  • Provisional government (1834–1836)
  • Fernando Correia Henriques de Noronha, Acting Governor (1836–1837)
  • Leandro José da Costa, Governor (1837–1838)
  • José Joaquim de Urbanski, Governor (1838–1839)
  • Bernardo José de Sousa Soares de Andréa, Governor (1839–1843)
  • Leandro José da Costa, Governor (1843)
  • José Maria Marquês, Governor (1843–1846)
  • Chamber Senate (1846–1847)
  • Carlos Augusto de Morais e Almeida, Governor (1847)
  • Chamber Senate (1847–1848)
  • José Caetano René Vimont Pessoa, Governor (1848–1849)
  • Leandro José da Costa, Governor (1849–1851)
  • José Maria Marquês, Governor (1851–1853)
  • Francisco José da Pina Rolo, Governor (1853–1855)
  • Adriano Maria Passaláqua, Governor (1855–1857)
  • Chamber Senate (1857–1858)
  • Francisco António Correia, Governor (1858)
  • Chamber Senate (1858–1859)
  • Luís José Pereira e Horta, Governor (1859–1860)
  • José Pedro de Melo, Governor (1860–1862)
  • Chamber Senate (1862)
  • José Eduardo da Costa Moura, Governor (1862–1863)
  • João Baptista Brunachy, Governor (1863–1864)
  • Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida, Governor (1864–1865)
  • João Baptista Brunachy, Governor (1865–1867)
  • António Joaquim da Fonseca, Governor (1867)
  • Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida, Governor (1867–1869)
  • Pedro Carlos de Aguiar Craveiro Lopes, Governor (1869–1872)
  • João Clímaco de Carvalho, Governor (1872–1873)
  • Gregório José Ribeiro, Governor (1873–1876)
  • Estanislau Xavier de Assunção e Almeida, Governor (1876–1879)
  • Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, Governor (1879)
  • Custódio Miguel de Borja, Acting Governor, Governor (1879–1880)
  • Vicente Pinheiro Lôbo Machado de Melo e Almada, Governor (1880–1881)
  • Augusto Maria Leão, Acting Governor (1881–1882)
  • Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor (1882)
  • Custódio Miguel de Borja, Governor (1884–1886)
  • Augusto César Rodrigues Sarmento, Governor (1886–1890)
  • Firmino José da Costa, Governor (1890–1891)
  • Francisco Eugénio Pereira de Miranda, Governor (1891–1894)
  • Jaime Lobo Brito Godins, Acting Governor (1894–1895)
  • Cipriano Leite Pereira Jardim, Governor (1895–1897)
  • Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança, Governor (1897–1899)
  • Amâncio de Alpoim Cerqueira Borges Cabral, Governor (1899–1901)

Spain

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

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British colonial empire

British Isles

  • Robert Porrett Le Marchant, Bailiff (1800–1810)
  • Peter De Havilland, Bailiff (1810–1821)
  • Daniel De Lisle Brock, Bailiff (1821–1843)
  • Jean Guille, Bailiff (1843–1845)
  • Peter Stafford Carey, Bailiff (1845–1883)
  • John de Havilland Utermarck, Bailiff (1883–1884)
  • Edgar McCulloch, Bailiff (1884–1895)
  • Thomas Godfrey Carey, Bailiff (1895–1902)[11]

Caribbean

  • Governors of Barbados and the Windward Islands
  • William Bishop, Acting Governor (1800–1801)
  • Francis Mackenzie, Governor (1802–1806)
  • John Spooner, Acting Governor (1806–1810)
  • George Beckwith, Governor (1810–1815)
  • James Leith, Governor (1815–1816)
  • John Foster Alleyne, Acting Governor (1817)
  • Stapleton Cotton, Governor (1817–1820)
  • John Brathwaite Skeete, Acting Governor (1820)
  • Samuel Hinds, Acting Governor (1821)
  • Henry Warde, Governor (1821–1829)
  • James Lyon, Governor (1829–1833)
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)
  • Edward John Cameron, Administrator (1887–1894)
  • Alexander R. Mackay, Administrator (1894–1896)
  • Nathaniel George Cookman, Administrator (1896–1903)

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

Mediterranean

North America

Oceania

  • 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

United States overseas territories

Caribbean Sea

  • 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

  • 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]

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