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 | Edmund Andros | 1674-1681 |
| 5 | Anthony Brockholls | 1681-1683 as acting governor |
| 6 | Thomas Dongan | 1683-1688 |
| 7 | Francis Nicholson | 1689-1691 |
| 8 | Jacob Leisler | 1689-1691 in rebellion |
| 9 | Henry Sloughter | 1691-1691 |
| 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, 3rd Earl of Clarendon | 1702-1708 |
| 15 | John Lovelace | 1708-1709 |
| 16 | Peter Schuyler | 1708-1709 as acting governor |
| 17 | Richard Ingoldesby | 1709-1710 as acting governor |
| 18 | Gerardus Beekman | 1710-1710 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 | William Cosby | 1732-1736 |
| 25 | George Clarke | 1736-1743 as acting governor |
| 26 | George Clinton | 1743-1753 |
| 27 | Sir Danvers Osborn | 1753-1753 |
| 28 | James DeLancey | 1753-1755 as acting governor |
| 29 | Sir Charles Hardy | 1755-1758 |
| 30 | James DeLancey | 1758-1760 as acting governor |
| 31 | Cadwallader Colden | 1760-1762 as acting governor |
| 32 | Robert Monckton | 1762-1763 |
| 33 | Cadwallader Colden | 1763-1765 as acting governor |
| 34 | Henry Moore | 1765-1769 |
| 35 | Cadwallader Colden | 1769-1770 as acting governor |
| 36 | John Murray | 1770-1771 |
| 37 | William Tryon | 1771-1774 |
| 38 | Cadwallader Colden | 1774-1775 as acting governor |
| 39 | William Tryon | 1775-1780 |
| 40 | 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
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