List of New York Province Governors
This is a list of the governors of New York Province under British rule.
Surname | Term of office |
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Richard Nicolls | 1664–1668 military governor |
Francis Lovelace | 1668-1672 |
Anthony Colve | 1673–1674 under Dutch rule |
Edmund Andros | 1674-1681 |
Anthony Brockholls | 1681–1683 acting governor |
Thomas Dongan | 1683-1688 |
Francis Nicholson | 1689-1691 |
Jacob Leisler | 1689–1691 during the rebellion |
Henry Sloughter | 1691-1691 |
Richard Ingoldesby | 1691–1692 acting governor |
Benjamin Fletcher | 1692-1697 |
Richard Coote | 1698-1701 |
John Nanfan | 1701–1702 acting governor |
Edward Hyde | 1702-1708 |
John Lovelace | 1708-1709 |
Pieter Schuyler | 1708–1709 acting governor |
Richard Ingoldesby | 1709–1710 acting governor |
Gerardus Beekman | 1710–1710 acting governor |
Robert Hunter | 1710-1718 |
Pieter Schuyler | 1719–1720 acting governor |
William Burnet | 1720-1728 |
John Montgomerie | 1728-1731 |
Rip Van Dam | 1731–1732 acting governor |
William Cosby | 1732-1736 |
George Clarke | 1736–1743 acting governor |
George Clinton | 1743-1753 |
Danvers Osborn | 1753-1753 |
James De Lancey | 1753–1755 acting governor |
Charles Hardy | 1755-1758 |
James De Lancey | 1758–1760 acting governor |
Cadwallader Colden | 1760–1762 acting governor |
Robert Monckton | 1762-1763 |
Cadwallader Colden | 1763–1765 acting governor |
Henry Moore | 1765-1769 |
Cadwallader Colden | 1769–1770 acting governor |
John Murray | 1770-1771 |
William Tryon | 1771-1774 |
Cadwallader Colden | 1774–1775 acting governor |
William Tryon | 1775-1780 |
James Robertson | 1780–1783 military governor |
Andrew Elliot | 1783–1783 military governor |