A Deputy governor is a gubernatorial official who is subordinated to a governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

, rather like a Lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...

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British colonial cases

In the British empire, there were such colonial offices in :

• Delaware
  Delaware
  Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
  
  , while it was part of the province of Pennsylvania (Lower counties; till 22 November 1704), the sole incumbent (only 1691 - 1693) being William Markham (b. 1635? - d. 1704)
• Montserrat
  Montserrat
  Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
  
   since the start in 1632, first under the Governor of Antigua, then 1667 - 1816 while the island was part of the Leeward Islands colony (governed till 1696 from Nevis
  Nevis
  Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...
  
  , then from Saint John's on Antigua
  Antigua
  Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...
  
  )
• Province of Pennsylvania
  Province of Pennsylvania
  The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in British America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II...
  
   and Delaware counties, where the position was a deputy to the Proprietors, namely William Penn
  William Penn
  William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...
  
   and his heirs, who were often absent.
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....
  
   in January 1671 - 1816 while the Antillian islands (who had their own Governor before and after) were part of the above Leeward Islands colony.
• Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
  
  , while known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Humphrey served as Deputy governor
• Rhode Island
  Rhode Island
  The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
  
   had a position of deputy governor, dating back to when it was still a colony, until 1799, when it was renamed lieutenant governor
  Lieutenant governor
  A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...
  
  .

Governor's deputy

This variation was used once, in British Kaffraria

British Kaffraria

British Kaffraria was a British colony/subordinate administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as King Williams Town and East London.The term Kaffraria stems from the word "Kaffir"...

 (a separate crown colony since 1860, first under a Lieutenant governor; native inhabitants Xhosa), for its last own gubernatorial official before its final (re)incorporation into the Cape Colony

Cape Colony

The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...

: 24 December 1864 - 17 April 1866 Robert Graham