List of Colonial Governors in 1769 - Great Britain

Great Britain

  • Bahamas - Thomas Shirley, Governor of the Bahamas (1768–1774)
  • Bermuda - George James Bruere, Governor of Bermuda (1764–1780)
  • Bombay - Thomas Hodges, Governor of Bombay (1767–1771)
  • Connecticut -
    1. William Pitkin, Governor of Connecticut (1766–1769)
    2. Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut (1769–1776)
  • East Florida - James Grant, Governor of East Florida (1763–1771)
  • Georgia - James Wright, Governor of Georgia (1760–1776)
  • Gibraltar - Edward Cornwallis, Governor of Gibraltar (1761–1776)
  • Gold Coast -
    1. Gilbert Petrie, Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1766–1769)
    2. John Crossle, Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1769–1770)
  • Jamaica - William Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica (1767–1772)
  • Madras - Charles Bourchier, President of the East India Company based at Madras (1767–1770)
  • Isle of Man - John Wood, Governor of the Isle of Man (1761–1777)
  • Maryland -
    1. Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland (1753–1769)
    2. Robert Eden. Governor of Maryland (1769–1776)
  • Massachusetts
    1. Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts (1760–1769)
    2. Thomas Hutchinson, Governor of Massachusetts (1769–1774)
  • Newfoundland - John Byron, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1769–1771)
  • New Hampshire - John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire (1767–1775)
  • New Jersey - William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey (1763–1776)
  • New York -
    1. Henry Moore, Governor of New York (1765–1769)
    2. Cadwallader Colden, Acting Governor of New York (1769–1770)
  • North Carolina - William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina (1765–1771)
  • Pennsylvania
    • Chief Proprietor - Thoams Penn, 1746–1771
    • Lieutenant Governor - John Penn 1763-1771
  • Rhode Island
    1. Josias Lyndon, Governor of Rhode Island (1768–1769)
    2. Joseph Wanton, Governor of Rhode Island (1769–1775)
  • South Carolina -
    • Charles Montagu, Governor of South Carolina (1766–1773)
    • William Bull II, Acting Governor of South Carolina during Montagu's frequent and prolonged absences
  • Virginia - Norborne Berkeley, Governor of Virginia (1768–1770)
  • West Florida
    1. Montfort Browne, Governor of West Florida (1767–1769)
    2. John Eliot, Governor of West Florida (1769)
    3. Elias Durnford, Governor of West Florida (1769–1770)

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