List of colonial governors in 1878

List of colonial governors in 1877  · Events of 1878  · List of colonial governors in 1879  · Colonial governors by year

British Empire

• Jamaica - Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Jamaica (1877-1883)

Portugal

• Angola -
  1. Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque, Governor-General of Angola (1876-1878)
  2. Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor-General of Angola (1878-1880)