title: List of colonial governors in 1872
text: # List of colonial governors in 1872
  
  This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1872. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
  
  ## Denmark
  
  * Danish West Indies - Frantz Ernst Bille (until July), then Johan August Stakemann (until September), then Janus August Garde (1872-1881)
  
  ## Portugal
  
  * Angola – José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola (1870–1873)
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  * 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)
  