List of colonial governors in 1769

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1769. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

France

• French India – Jean Law de Lauriston, Governor of French India (1767–1777)
• Isle de France (Mauritius)
  1. Jean Guillaume Steinauer, Acting Governor General of Mauritius (1768–1769)
  2. François Julien du Dresnay, chevalier Desroches, Governor-General of Mauritius (1769–1772)

Great Britain

• Bahamas – William Shirley, Governor of the Bahamas (1760–1775)
• Bengal -
  1. Harry Verelst, Governor of Bengal (1767-1769)
  2. John Cartier, Governor of Bengal (1769-1772)
• Bermuda – George James Bruere, Governor of Bermuda (1764–1780)
• Bombay – Thomas Hodges, Governor of Bombay (1767–1771)
• Connecticut Colony –
  1. William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769)
  2. Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776)
• East Florida – James Grant, Governor (1763–1771)
• Province of 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 (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)
• Province of Maryland –
  1. Horatio Sharpe, Governor (1753–1769)
  2. Robert Eden, Governor (1769–1776)
• Province of Massachusetts Bay
  1. Francis Bernard, Governor (1760–1769)
  2. Thomas Hutchinson, Governor (1769–1774)
• Newfoundland Colony – John Byron, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (1769–1771)
• Province of New Hampshire – John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire (1767–1775)
• Province of New Jersey – William Franklin, Governor (1763–1776)
• Province of New York –
  1. Henry Moore, Governor (1765–1769)
  2. Cadwallader Colden, Acting Governor (1769–1770)
• Province of North Carolina – William Tryon, Governor (1765–1771)
• Province of Pennsylvania
  • Chief Proprietor – Thomas Penn, 1746–1771
  • Lieutenant Governor – John Penn 1763–1771
• Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
  1. Josias Lyndon, Governor (1768–1769)
  2. Joseph Wanton, Governor (1769–1775)
• Province of South Carolina –
  • Charles Montagu, Governor (1766–1773)
  • William Bull II, Acting Governor of South Carolina during Montagu's frequent and prolonged absences
• Colony of Virginia – Norborne Berkeley, Governor of Virginia (1768–1770)
• West Florida
  1. Montfort Browne, Governor (1767–1769)
  2. John Eliot, Governor (1769)
  3. Elias Durnford, Governor (1769–1770)

Netherlands

• Ceylon – Iman Willem Falck, Governor (1765–1785)

Ottoman Empire

• Algiers – Muhammad V, Dey of Algiers (1766–1791)

Portugal

• Angola – Francisco Inocéncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor of Angola (1764–1772)
• Macau – Diogo Fernandes Salema e Saldanha, Governor of Macau (1767–1770)

Spain

• Captaincy General of Chile – Juan de Balmaseda, Governor of Chile (1768–1770)
• Louisiana –
  1. Charles Philippe Aubry, Acting Governor of Louisiana (1768–1769)
  2. Alejandro O'Reilly, Captain-General of Louisiana (1769)
• Mexico – Carlos Francisco de Croix, Viceroy of Mexico (1766–1771)