List of colonial governors in 1836

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1836. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

Denmark

• Danish West Indies – Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1827–1848)
• Iceland – Lorentz Angel Krieger, Governor of Iceland (1829–1836)
• North Greenland – Ludvig Fasting, Inspector of North Greenland (1828–1843)
• South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

France

• French Guiana –
  1. Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor of French Guiana (1829–1836)
  2. François Dominique Laurens de Choisy, Governor of French Guiana (1836–1837)
• Guadaloupe – René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor of Guadaloupe (1831–1837)
• Martinique –
  1. Emmanuel Halgan, Governor of Martinique (1834–1836)
  2. Ange René Armand, Governor of Martinique (1836–1838)

Netherlands

• Dutch West Indies – Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1831–1838)
  • Surinam
  • Netherlands Antilles

Portugal

• Angola –
  1. Military junta (1834–1836)
  2. Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor of Angola (1836)
  3. Temporarily vacant (1836–1837)

Spain

• Cuba – Miguel Tacón, Governor of Cuba (1834–1838)
• Puerto Rico – Miguel de la Torre, Governor of Puerto Rico (1823–1837)

United Kingdom

• Assiniboia – Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
  • Reincorporated into Rupert's Land 4 May 1836
• The Bahamas – William MacBean George Colebrooke, Governor of the Bahamas (1835–1837)
• Bermuda – Sir Stephen Remnant Chapman, Governor of Bermuda (1832–1839)
• British Columbia – John McLoughlin, Governor of British Columbia (1825–1838, 1839–1845)
• British Guiana – Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Governor of British Guiana (1833–1838)
• British North America – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Governor General of British North America (1835–1837)
  • Lower Canada – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada (1835–1838)
  • New Brunswick – Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1831–1837)
  • Nova Scotia – Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia (1834–1840)
  • Prince Edward Island –
    1. George Wright, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1835–1836)
    2. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836–1837)
  • Upper Canada –
  1. Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1828–1836)
  2. Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1836–1838)
• Jamaica (with Belize) –
  1. Sir Howe Peter Browne, Governor of Jamaica (1834–1836)
  2. Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica (1836–1839)
• Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1832–1836)
• Malta Colony
  1. George Cardew, Acting Governor of Malta (1835–1836)
  2. Thomas Evans, Acting Governor of Malta (1836)
  3. Henry Bouverie, Governor of Malta (1836–1843)
• Colony of Newfoundland – Henry Prescott, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1834–1841)
• New South Wales – Major-General Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales (1831–1837)
• Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
• South Australia
  • Captain John Hindmarsh, Governor of South Australia (1836–1838)
  • note: Colony was established 28 December 1836 by Captain Hindmarsh
• Trinidad – Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Governor of Trinidad (1833–1839)
• Western Australia – Captain James Stirling, Governor of Western Australia (1828–1839)
• Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
  1. Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the Windward Islands (1833–1836)
  2. Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Windward Islands (1836–1841)