List of colonial governors of New York

This is a list of colonial governors of the Province of New York

Province of New York

The Province of New York was an English and later British crown territory that originally included all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine, as well as eastern Pennsylvania...

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#	Name	Term
1	Richard Nicolls Richard Nicolls Richard Nicolls was the first English colonial governor of New York province....	1664–1668 as military governor
2	Francis Lovelace Francis Lovelace Francis Lovelace was an English Royalist and the second Governor of New York colony.He was born the third son of Sir William Lovelace and his wife Anne Barne of Lovelace Place, Bethersden and Woolwich, Kent. He was the younger brother of Richard Lovelace, the Cavalier poet...	1668–1672
3	Anthony Colve Anthony Colve Anthony Colve was a Captain and the Governor of New York during a brief restoration of rule by the Netherlands. He then became the third Governor of New Jersey....	1673–1674 under restored Netherlands rule
4	Sir Edmund Andros Edmund Andros Sir Edmund Andros was an English colonial administrator in North America. Andros was known most notably for his governorship of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. He also governed at various times the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and...	1674–1681
5	Anthony Brockholls	1681–1683 as acting governor
6	Thomas Dongan Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick Thomas Donegan, 2nd Earl of Limerick was a member of Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War, and governor of the Province of New York...	1683–1688
7	Francis Nicholson Francis Nicholson Francis Nicholson was a British military officer and colonial administrator. His military service included time in Africa and Europe, after which he was sent as leader of the troops supporting Sir Edmund Andros in the Dominion of New England. There he distinguished himself, and was appointed...	1688–1691 (de facto only until June 1689)
8	Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler was a German-born American colonist. He helped create the Huguenot settlement of New Rochelle in 1688 and later served as the acting Lieutenant Governor of New York...	1689–1691 in rebellion
9	Henry Sloughter Henry Sloughter Henry Sloughter was briefly colonial governor of New York in 1691. Sloughter was the governor who put down Leisler's Rebellion, which had installed Jacob Leisler as de facto governor in 1689. Lieutenant Governor Richard Ingoldesby, who had served against Leisler's rebels, took over after...	1691
10	Richard Ingoldesby Richard Ingoldesby Richard Ingoldesby was a British army officer and lieutenant governor of both New Jersey and New York. He became the acting governor for the two colonies from May 1709 to April 1710.- Overview :...	1691–1692 as acting governor
11	Benjamin Fletcher Benjamin Fletcher Benjamin Fletcher was colonial governor of New York from 1692 to 1697.Fletcher was known for the Ministry Act, which secured the place of Anglicans in New York. He was succeeded as colonial governor of New York by Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont.-References:*...	1692–1697
12	Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont , known as The Lord Coote between 1683 and 1689, was a member of the English Parliament and a colonial governor...	1698–1701
13	John Nanfan John Nanfan John Nanfan was a lieutenant governor of the Province of New York from 1698 to 1702. He served as acting governor for about a year between the death of the Earl of Bellomont and the arrival of Bellomont's successor, Lord Cornbury...	1701–1702 as acting governor
14	Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon , styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was Governor of New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and is perhaps best known for the claims of his cross-dressing while in office.-Career:Born The Hon...	1702–1708
15	John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace	1708–1709
16	Peter Schuyler	1708–1709 as acting governor
17	Richard Ingoldesby Richard Ingoldesby Richard Ingoldesby was a British army officer and lieutenant governor of both New Jersey and New York. He became the acting governor for the two colonies from May 1709 to April 1710.- Overview :...	1709–1710 as acting governor
18	Gerardus Beekman Gerardus Beekman Gerardus Willemse Beekman was a colonial governor of the Province of New York. He was a physician and a wealthy land owner in New York City...	1710 as acting governor
19	General Robert Hunter	1710–1718
20	Peter Schuyler	1719–1720 as acting governor
21	William Burnet	1720–1728
22	John Montgomerie John Montgomerie Colonel John Montgomerie was colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1728 to 1731.Montgomerie was born in the parish of Beith in Scotland and served as Member or Parliament for Ayrshire between 1710 and 1722....	1728–1731
23	Rip Van Dam Rip Van Dam Rip Van Dam was the interim acting governor of the Province of New York from 1731 to 1732. As one of the leaders of the republican liberal party, Van Dam confronted the subsequent royal governor William Cosby.-Early life:...	1731–1732 as acting governor
24	Sir William Cosby	1732–1736
25	George Clarke George Clarke (Governor) George Clarke was also known as George Clarke of Hyde. He became Secretary of the Province of New York in 1703. Along with his wife, Anne, he purchased land in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, and built an estate called Hyde Park...	1736–1743 as acting governor
26	Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Fleet An admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations the rank is reserved for wartime or ceremonial appointments... The Hon. George Clinton	1743–1753
27	Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet Danvers Osborn Sir Danvers Osborne, 3rd Baronet was colonial governor of New York province briefly in 1753...	1753–1753
28	James DeLancey James DeLancey James DeLancey served as chief justice, lieutenant governor, and acting colonial governor of the Province of New York.DeLancey was born in New York City on November 27, 1703, the first son of Etienne DeLancey and Anne-daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt...	1753-1755 as acting governor
29	Admiral Admiral Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"... Sir Charles Hardy Charles Hardy Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hardy was a Royal Navy officer and colonial governor of New York.-Early career:Born at Portsmouth, the son of a vice admiral, Charles Hardy joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1731....	1755–1758
30	James DeLancey James DeLancey James DeLancey served as chief justice, lieutenant governor, and acting colonial governor of the Province of New York.DeLancey was born in New York City on November 27, 1703, the first son of Etienne DeLancey and Anne-daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt...	1758–1760 as acting governor
31	Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden was a physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and a lieutenant governor for the Province of New York.-Biography:...	1760–1762 as acting governor
32	Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton Robert Monckton Robert Monckton was an officer of the British army and a colonial administrator in British North America. He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General Wolfe at the battle of Quebec and subsequently being the Governor of New York State...	1762–1763
33	Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden was a physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and a lieutenant governor for the Province of New York.-Biography:...	1763–1765 as acting governor
34	Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet was a British colonial leader who served as royal Governor of Province of New York from 1765 to 1769.-Early life:...	1765–1769
35	Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden was a physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and a lieutenant governor for the Province of New York.-Biography:...	1769–1770 as acting governor
36	John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine . He is best remembered as the last royal governor of the Colony of Virginia.John was the eldest son of William and Catherine Murray, and nephew...	1770–1771
37	William Tryon William Tryon William Tryon was a British soldier and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Province of North Carolina and the Province of New York .-Early life and career:...	1771–1774
38	Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden Cadwallader Colden was a physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and a lieutenant governor for the Province of New York.-Biography:...	1774–1775 as acting governor
39	William Tryon William Tryon William Tryon was a British soldier and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Province of North Carolina and the Province of New York .-Early life and career:...	1775–1780
40	General General A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given.... James Robertson James Robertson (loyalist) General James Robertson was the civil governor of the Province of New York from 1779 to 1783.-Life:He was born in Newbigging, Fife, Scotland in 1717. He came to the American colonies in 1756 as a Major of the royal American troops...	1780–1783 as military governor
41	Andrew Elliot	April 17 – Nov. 25, 1783 as military governor

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