title: List of colonial governors in 1836
text: # List of colonial governors in 1836
  
  This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1836. 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 – Lorentz Angel Krieger, Governor of Iceland (1829–1836)
  * North Greenland – Ludvig Fasting, Inspector of North Greenland (1828–1843)
  * South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)
  
  ## France
  
  * French Guiana –
     * Jean-Guillaume Jubelin, Governor of French Guiana (1829–1836)
     * François Dominique Laurens de Choisy, Governor of French Guiana (1836–1837)
  * Guadeloupe – René Arnous des Saulsays, Governor of Guadeloupe (1831–1837)
  * Martinique –
     * Emmanuel Halgan, Governor of Martinique (1834–1836)
     * Ange René Armand, Governor of Martinique (1836–1838)
  
  ## Netherlands
  
  * Dutch West Indies – Evert Ludolph baron van Heeckeren, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1831–1838)
     * Surinam
     * Netherlands Antilles
  
  ## Portugal
  
  * Angola –
     * Military junta (1834–1836)
     * Domingos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, Governor of Angola (1836)
     * Temporarily vacant (1836–1837)
  
  ## Spain
  
  * Cuba – [Miguel Tacón y Rosique]], Governor of Cuba (1834–1838)
  * Puerto Rico – Miguel de la Torre, Governor of Puerto Rico (1823–1837)
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  * Assiniboia – Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
     * Reincorporated into Rupert's Land 4 May 1836
  * The Bahamas – William MacBean George Colebrooke, Governor of the Bahamas (1835–1837)
  * Bermuda – Sir Stephen Remnant Chapman, Governor of Bermuda (1832–1839)
  * British Columbia – John McLoughlin, Governor of British Columbia (1825–1838, 1839–1845)
  * British Guiana – Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Governor of British Guiana (1833–1838)
  * British North America – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Governor General of British North America (1835–1837)
     * Lower Canada – The Earl Archibald Acheson, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada (1835–1838)
     * New Brunswick – Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1831–1837)
     * Nova Scotia – Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia (1834–1840)
     * Prince Edward Island –
        * George Wright, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1835–1836)
        * Sir John Harvey, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836–1837)
     * Upper Canada –
     * Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1828–1836)
     * Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, (1836–1838)
  * Jamaica (with Belize) –
     * Sir Howe Peter Browne, Governor of Jamaica (1834–1836)
     * Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica (1836–1839)
  * Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1832–1836)
  * Malta Colony
     * George Cardew, Acting Governor of Malta (1835–1836)
     * Thomas Evans, Acting Governor of Malta (1836)
     * Henry Bouverie, Governor of Malta (1836–1843)
  * Colony of Newfoundland – Henry Prescott, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1834–1841)
  * New South Wales – Major-General Richard Bourke, Governor of New South Wales (1831–1837)
  * Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
  * South Australia
     * Captain John Hindmarsh, Governor of South Australia (1836–1838)
     * note: Colony was established 28 December 1836 by Captain Hindmarsh
  * Trinidad – Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Governor of Trinidad (1833–1839)
  * Western Australia – Captain James Stirling, Governor of Western Australia (1828–1839)
  * Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
     * Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of the Windward Islands (1833–1836)
     * Evan John Murray MacGregor, Governor of the Windward Islands (1836–1841)
  