List of colonial governors in 1846

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1846. 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 – Torkild Abraham Hoppe, Governor of Iceland (1841–1847)
North Greenland –
1. Nicolai Zimmer, Inspector of North Greenland (1845–1846)
2. Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland (1846–1866)
South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

France

Algeria – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria (1841–1847)
French Guiana –
1. Jean Baptiste Armand Bertrand Cadéot, Governor of French Guiana (1845–1846)
2. André Aimé Pariset, Governor of French Guiana (1846–1850)
Guadeloupe – Jean-François Layrle, Governor of Guadeloupe (1845–1848)
Martinique – Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu, Governor of Martinique (1844–1848)
Oceania – Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor of the Colony of Oceania (1843–1847)

The Netherlands

Dutch West Indies – Reinier Frederik Baron van Raders, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1845–1852)
- Surinam
- Netherlands Antilles

Portugal

Angola – Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General of Angola (1845–1848)

Spain

Cuba – Leopoldo O'Donnell, Governor of Cuba (1843–1848)
Puerto Rico – Lt. Gen. Rafael De Aristegui y Velez, Governor of Puerto Rico (1844–1847)

United Kingdom

The Bahamas – George Benvenuto Matthew, Governor of the Bahamas (1844–1849)
Bermuda –
1. Lt. Col. William Reid, Governor of Bermuda (1839–1846)
2. William Nelson Hutchinson, Governor of Bermuda (1846)
3. Sir Charles Elliott, Governor of Bermuda (1846–1852)
British Columbia – James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia (1845–1850)
British Guiana – Henry Light, Governor of British Guiana (1838–1848)
Canada – The Earl Charles Cathcart, Governor General of the Province of Canada (1846–1847)
Jamaica (with Belize) –
1. The Earl James Bruce, Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846)
2. George Henry Frederick Berkeley, Acting Governor of Jamaica (1846–1847)
Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1842–1846)
Malta Colony – Patrick Stuart, Governor of Malta (1843–1847)
New Brunswick – Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1841–1848)
New South Wales
1. Major George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales (1838–1846)
2. Lieutenant Colonel Charles FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales (1846–1855)
Newfoundland –
1. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1841–1846)
2. Robert Law, Colonial Administrator (1846–1847)
Nova Scotia –
1. Viscount Lucius Bentinck Cary, Governor of Nova Scotia (1840–1846)
2. Sir Jeremiah Dickson, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846)
3. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846–1852)
Prince Edward Island – Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1841–1847)
Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
- Assiniboia –
  1. Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
  2. John Crofton, Governor of Assiniboia (1846–1847)
South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845–1848)
Trinidad –
1. Henry George Macleod, Governor of Trinidad (1840–1846)
2. Baron George Francis Robert Harris, Governor of Trinidad (1846–1854)
Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
1. Sir Charles Edward Grey, Governor of the Windward Islands (1841–1846)
2. William Reid, Governor of the Windward Islands (1846–1848)
Western Australia
1. John Hutt, Governor of Western Australia (1839–1846)
2. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia (1846–1847)

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