List of colonial governors in 1840
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Denmark
- South GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
- Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828-1856)
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...
- Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola (1839–1842)
United Kingdom
- South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
- Lieutenant-Colonel George GawlerGeorge Gawler-External links: – Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK...
, Governor of South Australia (1838-1841) - 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...
- William ReidWilliam Reid (British Army officer)Sir William Reid was a British soldier, administrator and meteorologist.He was born at Kinglassie, Fife and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich....
, Governor of Bermuda (1839-1846) - Straits Settlement - George Bonham, Governor of the Staits Settlement (1836-1843)