- List of colonial governors of New York
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This is a list of colonial governors of the Province of New York during British rule:
# Name Term 1 Richard Nicolls 1664–1668 as military governor 2 Francis Lovelace 1668–1672 3 Anthony Colve 1673–1674 under restored Netherlands rule 4 Sir Edmund Andros 1674–1681 5 Anthony Brockholls 1681–1683 as acting governor 6 Thomas Dongan 1683–1688 7 Francis Nicholson 1688–1691 (de facto only until June 1689) 8 Jacob Leisler 1689–1691 in rebellion 9 Henry Sloughter 1691 10 Richard Ingoldesby 1691–1692 as acting governor 11 Benjamin Fletcher 1692–1697 12 Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont 1698–1701 13 John Nanfan 1701–1702 as acting governor 14 Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury 1702–1708 15 John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace 1708–1709 16 Peter Schuyler 1708–1709 as acting governor 17 Richard Ingoldesby 1709–1710 as acting governor 18 Gerardus Beekman 1710 as acting governor 19 General Robert Hunter 1710–1718 20 Peter Schuyler 1719–1720 as acting governor 21 William Burnet 1720–1728 22 John Montgomerie 1728–1731 23 Rip Van Dam 1731–1732 as acting governor 24 Sir William Cosby 1732–1736 25 George Clarke 1736–1743 as acting governor 26 Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. George Clinton 1743–1753 27 Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet 1753–1753 28 James DeLancey 1753-1755 as acting governor 29 Admiral Sir Charles Hardy 1755–1758 30 James DeLancey 1758–1760 as acting governor 31 Cadwallader Colden 1760–1762 as acting governor 32 Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton 1762–1763 33 Cadwallader Colden 1763–1765 as acting governor 34 Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet 1765–1769 35 Cadwallader Colden 1769–1770 as acting governor 36 John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore 1770–1771 37 William Tryon 1771–1774 38 Cadwallader Colden 1774–1775 as acting governor 39 William Tryon 1775–1780 40 General James Robertson 1780–1783 as military governor 41 Andrew Elliot April 17 – Nov. 25, 1783 as military governor See also
- Director-General of New Netherland, for a list of the Governors of New Netherland from 1624 to 1664.
- List of Governors of New York, for a list of the Governors of the State of New York since 1777.
References
Categories:- Governors of New York
- Colonial governors of New York
- Lists of American colonial governors
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