List of colonial governors in 1842
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Denmark

  • South Greenland
    Greenland
    Greenland 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

  • Angola
    Angola
    Angola, 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...

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    1. Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola (1839-1842)
    2. José Xavier Bressane Leite, Governor-General of Angola (1842-1843)

United Kingdom

  • Barbados and the Windward Islands - Charles Edward Grey
    Charles Edward Grey
    Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH was a British politician.He was a younger son of Ralph William Grey of Backworth. Grey was educated at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1806, and elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1808. He was called to the bar in 1811, and appointed a commissioner...

    , Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1841-1846)
  • Bermuda
    Bermuda
    Bermuda 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 Reid
    William 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)
  • South Australia
    South Australia
    South 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...

     - Sir George Grey
    George Grey
    George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...

    , Governor of South Australia (1841-1845)
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