List of colonial governors in 1850
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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...
- Adrião da Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General of Angola (1848-1851)
United Kingdom
- Bahamas - John Gregory, Governor of the Bahamas (1849-1854)
- Ceylon -
- George ByngGeorge Byng, 7th Viscount TorringtonGeorge Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington , was a British colonial administrator and courtier.Torrington was the son of Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington, and succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1831 at the age of eighteen. In 1847 he was appointed Governor of Ceylon, a post he...
, Governor of Ceylon (1847-1850) - George William AndersonGeorge William AndersonGeorge William Anderson was the officiating governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 28 April 1841 to 9 June 1842....
, Governor of Ceylon (1850-1855)
- George Byng
- MaltaMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
- Richard More O'FerrallRichard More O'FerrallRichard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot....
, Governor of Malta (1847-1851) - PunjabPunjab (British India)Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab, which went to Pakistan, and East Punjab, which went to India...
- John LawrenceJohn Lawrence, 1st Baron LawrenceJohn Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, GCB, GCSI, PC , known as Sir John Lawrence, Bt., between 1858 and 1869, was an Englishman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869.-Early life:Lawrence came from Richmond, North Yorkshire...
, Governor of Punjab (1849-1859) - 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...
- Sir Henry Fox Young, Governor of South Australia (1848-1854)