List of Colonial Governors in 1759 - Great Britain

Great Britain

  • Bahamas - John Gambier, Acting Governor of the Bahamas (1758–1760)
  • Barbados - Charles Pinfold, Governor of Barbados (1756–1766)
  • Bengal - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, Governor of Bengal (1757–1760)
  • Bermuda - William Popple, Governor of Bermuda (1755–1763)
  • Bombay - Richard Bouchier, Governor of Bombay (1750–1760)
  • British Leeward Islands - George Thomas, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1753–1766)
  • Connecticut - thomas Firtch, Governor of Connecticut (1754–1766)
  • Gibraltar - The Earl of Home, Governor of Gibraltar (1757–1761)
  • Georgia - Henry Ellis, Governor of Georgia (1757–1760)
  • Gold Coast - Nassau Senior, Acting Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1757–1761)
  • Guernsey - John West, 1st Earl De La Warr, Governor of Guernsey (1752–1766)
  • Hudson Bay Company - Sir William Baker, Governor of the Hudson Bay Company (1760–1770)
  • Jamaica -
  1. George Haldane, Governor of Jamaica (1756–1759)
  2. Sir Henry Moore, acting Governor of Jamaica (1759–1762)
  • Madras - George Pigot, President of Madras (1755–1763)
  • Isle of Man - Basil Cochrane, Governor of the Isle of Man (1751–1761)
  • Maryland - Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland (1753–1769)
  • Massachusetts - Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts (1757–1760)
  • Province of New Hampshire - Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire (1741–1766)
  • New Jersey - Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Governor of New Jersey (1758–1760)
  • New York - James DeLancey, acting governor of New York (1758–1760)
  • Newfoundland -
    1. Richard Edwards, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1757–1759)
    2. James Webb, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1759–1761)
  • North Carolina - Arthur Dobbs, Governor of North Carolina (1753–1765)
  • Nova Scotia - Charles Laurence, Governor of Nova Scotia (1756–1760)
  • Pennsylvania
    • Thomas Penn, Chief Proprietor (1746–1771)
      1. William Denney, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1756–1759)
      2. James Hamilton, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania (1759–1763)
  • Rhode Island - Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island (1758–1762)
  • South Carolina - William Henry Lyttleton, Governor of South Carolina (1756–1760)
  • Virginia -
  1. John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, Governor of Virginia (1756–1759
  2. Jeffrey Amherst, Governor of Virginia (1759–1768)

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