title: List of colonial governors in 1848
text: # List of colonial governors in 1848
  
  This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1848. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
  
  ## Denmark
  
  * South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)
  
  ## Portugal
  
  * Angola –
     * Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General of Angola (1845–1848)
     * Adrião da Silveiro Pinto, Governor-General of Angola (1848–1851)
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  * Malta – Richard More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta (1847–1851)
  * New South Wales – Lieutenant Colonel Charles FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales (1846–1855)
  * South Australia
     * Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845–1848)
     * Sir Henry Fox Young, Governor of South Australia (1848–1854)
  * Western Australia
     * Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Irwin, Acting Governor of Western Australia (1847–1848)
     * Captain Charles Fitzgerald, Governor of Western Australia (1848–1855)
  