Colonial Governors By Year
This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in each year. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
| Leaders by year |
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| State Religious International organization Colonial governors |
| Incumbents |
| British Canadian |
| Lists of office-holders |
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Famous quotes containing the words year, colonial and/or governors:
“each year we see
Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new;”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“I do love this people [the French] with all my heart, and think that with a better religion and a better form of government and their present governors their condition and country would be most enviable.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)