List of colonial governors in 1700
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England
- New England
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
- - Connecticut ColonyConnecticut ColonyThe Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English...
- Fitz-John WinthropFitz-John WinthropFitz-John Winthrop was the governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707....
(1698 - 1707) - Province of New HampshireProvince of New HampshireThe Province of New Hampshire is a name first given in 1629 to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America. It was formally organized as an English royal colony on October 7, 1691, during the period of English colonization...
- William PartridgeWilliam PartridgeWilliam Partridge was born in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire on 27 June 1858. William moved to Blaina when he was a young boy with his parents. He enlisted into the 24th Regiment of Foot at Newport on 7 June 1877 having previously served in the Royal Monmouthshire Militia.- From Blaina to South Africa...
(1699 - 1702) - Royal Colony of Massachusetts - Richard CooteRichard Coote, 1st Earl of BellomontRichard 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...
(1699 - 1700) / William StoughtonWilliam Stoughton (Massachusetts)William Stoughton was a colonial magistrate and admininstrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was in charge of what have come to be known as the Salem Witch Trials, first as the Chief Justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692, and then as the Chief Justice of the...
(1694 - 1699 / 1700 - 1701)
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Middle Colonies
- Province of New JerseyProvince of New JerseyThe Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776. The province had originally been settled by Europeans as part of New Netherland, but came under English rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, becoming a...
- Andrew HamiltonAndrew Hamilton (New Jersey)Andrew Hamilton was the colonial governor of East and West New Jersey from 1692 to 1697 and again from 1699 to 1703.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Scotland. Originally a merchant in Edinburgh, he was sent to East Jersey to act as an agent to recruit men to settle there. His work brought him a...
(1699 - 1702) - Province of New YorkProvince of New YorkThe 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...
- Richard CooteRichard Coote, 1st Earl of BellomontRichard 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...
(Earl of Bellomont) (1698 - 1701)
- Province of New Jersey
- Southern Colonies
- Province of MarylandProvince of MarylandThe Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S...
- Colonel Nathaniel BlakistonNathaniel BlakistonColonel Nathaniel Blakiston was the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702. He succeeded Francis Nicholson and was succeeded by Thomas Tench. He was related to Nehemiah Blakiston....
, (1698/99 - 1702) - Province of North CarolinaProvince of North CarolinaThe Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina in British America, which was chartered by eight Lords Proprietor. The province later became the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee....
- Henderson Walker (1699 - 1703) - Province of South CarolinaProvince of South CarolinaThe South Carolina Colony, or Province of South Carolina, was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663. The colony later became the U.S. state of South Carolina....
- Joseph Blake (1696 - 1700) / James MooreJames Moore (South Carolina politician)James Moore was the British governor of colonial South Carolina between 1700 and 1703. He is remembered for leading several invasions of Spanish Florida, including attacks in 1704 and 1706 which wiped out most of the Spanish missions in Florida....
(1700 - 1702) - Virginia Colony - Francis Nicholson (1698-1705)
- Province of Maryland
Oman
- MombasaMombasaMombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
- Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali of Mombasa (1698-1728)
Ottoman Empire
- AbkhaziaAbkhaziaAbkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
- Jigetshi, Prince of Abkhazia (1700-1730)
Spain
- Captaincy General of Chile - Tomás Marín de Poveda, 1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa, Royal Governor of ChileRoyal Governor of ChileThe Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known as the Kingdom of Chile. This district was also called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the Royal Governor also held the title of a Captain General...
from January 1692 to December 1700 - Viceroyalty of New Spain - José Sarmiento y Valladares, conde de Moctezuma y de TulaJosé Sarmiento y Valladares, conde de Moctezuma y de TulaJosé Sarmiento de Valladares y Arines, 1st Duke of Atrisco, Grandee of Spain, jure uxoris Count of Moctezuma was viceroy of New Spain from December 18, 1696 to November 3, 1701....
, viceroy of New Spain from December 18, 1696 to November 3, 1701 - Viceroyalty of PeruViceroyalty of PeruCreated in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America, governed from the capital of Lima...
- Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova, viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705