List of colonial governors in 1872
Appearance
Colonial governors by year |
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Governors of dependent territories by century |
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This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1872. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
Denmark
[edit]- Danish West Indies - Frantz Ernst Bille (until July), then Johan August Stakemann (until September), then Janus August Garde (1872-1881)[1]
Portugal
[edit]- Angola – José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola (1870–1873)
United Kingdom
[edit]- Ceylon – Sir Hercules Robinson (until January), then William Henry Gregory (from March)
- Hong Kong – Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (until April), then Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
- Jamaica – Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica (1866–1874)
- Malta Colony
- Patrick Grant, Governor of Malta (1867–1872)
- Charles van Straubenzee, Governor of Malta (1872–1878)
- New South Wales
- Somerset Lowry-Corry, Lord Belmore, Governor of New South Wales (1868–1872)
- Hercules Robinson, Lord Rosmead, Governor of New South Wales (1872–1879)
- Queensland – George Phipps, Lord Normanby, Governor of Queensland (1871–1874)
- Tasmania – Sir Charles Du Cane, Governor of Tasmania (1869–1874)
- South Australia – Sir James Fergusson, Bt, Governor of South Australia (1869–1873)
- Victoria – John Manners-Sutton, Lord Canterbury, Governor of Victoria (1866–1873)
- Western Australia – Major Frederick Weld, Governor of Western Australia (1869–1875)
References
[edit]- ^ "Commandants and Governors". The Danish West-Indies. Retrieved 2023-05-04.