title: List of colonial governors in 1846
text: # 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 –
     * Nicolai Zimmer, Inspector of North Greenland (1845–1846)
     * 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 –
     * Jean Baptiste Armand Bertrand Cadéot, Governor of French Guiana (1845–1846)
     * 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 –
     * Lt. Col. William Reid, Governor of Bermuda (1839–1846)
     * William Nelson Hutchinson, Governor of Bermuda (1846)
     * 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) –
     * The Earl James Bruce, Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846)
     * 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
     * Major George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales (1838–1846)
     * Lieutenant Colonel Charles FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales (1846–1855)
  * Newfoundland –
     * Sir John Harvey, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1841–1846)
     * Robert Law, Colonial Administrator (1846–1847)
  * Nova Scotia –
     * Viscount Lucius Bentinck Cary, Governor of Nova Scotia (1840–1846)
     * Sir Jeremiah Dickson, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846)
     * 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 –
        * Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
        * John Crofton, Governor of Assiniboia (1846–1847)
  * South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845–1848)
  * Trinidad –
     * Henry George Macleod, Governor of Trinidad (1840–1846)
     * Baron George Francis Robert Harris, Governor of Trinidad (1846–1854)
  * Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
     * Sir Charles Edward Grey, Governor of the Windward Islands (1841–1846)
     * William Reid, Governor of the Windward Islands (1846–1848)
  * Western Australia
     * John Hutt, Governor of Western Australia (1839–1846)
     * Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia (1846–1847)
  