List of colonial governors in 1747
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Denmark
- St. Thomas & St. JohnDanish West IndiesThe Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and later Denmark in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917...
-- Christian von Schweder, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1744-1747)
- Christian Suhm, Governor of St. Thomas & St. John (1747-1758)
- St. Croix -
- Friderich Moth, Governor of St. Croix (1735-1747)
- Jens Hansen, Governor of St. Croix (1747-1751)
France
- New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
-- Le marquis de Beauharnois, Governor-General of New France (1726-1747)
- Le comte de La Galissonnère, Governor-General of New France (1747-1749)
Portugal
- AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
- Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738-1748) - MacauMacauMacau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
-- Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real, Governor of MacauGovernor of MacauThe Governor of Macau was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major . The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special...
(1743-1747) - Jose Placido de Matos Saraiva, Governor of Macau (1747-1749)
- Antonio de Mendonca Corte-Real, Governor of Macau
United Kingdom
- BermudaBermudaBermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
-- Francis Jones, Governor of Bermuda (1744-1747)
- William Popple, Governor of Bermuda (Jul 1747-Dec 1763)
- GibraltarGibraltarGibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
- William HargraveWilliam HargraveLieutenant General William Hargrave was Governor of Gibraltar.-Military career:Hargrave was commissioned into Viscount Charlemonte’s Regiment of Foot in 1694...
, Governor of Gibraltar (1740-1749) - JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
- Edward Trelawney, Governor of Jamaica (1738-1752) - Newfoundland - post vacant
- New HampshireNew HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
- Benning WentworthBenning WentworthBenning Wentworth was the colonial governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1766.-Biography:The eldest child of the John Wentworth who had been Lieutenant Governor, he was born and died in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wentworth graduated from Harvard College in 1715...
, Royal Governor of New Hampshire (1741-1766) - New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- George ClintonGeorge Clinton (British politician)Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. George Clinton was a British naval officer and political leader who served as the colonial governor of Newfoundland in 1731 and of New York from 1743 to 1753....
, Governor of New York (1743-1753) - Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
- Richard PhilippsRichard PhilippsGeneral Richard Philipps was said to have been in the employ of William III as a young man and for his service gained the rank of Captain in the British army. He served at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and made the rank of Lt. Col. in 1712.In 1717 he was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia by...
, Governor of Nova Scotia (1717-1749) - VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
- Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of AlbemarleWillem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of AlbemarleLieutenant-General Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG, KCB, PC, ADC was a British diplomat and an American colonist....
, Crown Governor of Virginia (1737-1754)