List of colonial governors in 1797
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  • Angola
    Angola
    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

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    1. Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790-1797)
    2. Miguel António de Melo
      Miguel António de Melo
      D. Miguel António de Melo de Abreu Soares de Brito Barbosa Palha Vasconcelos Guedes served as the fifth captain general of the Azores and the first count of Murça.He was nominated on March 24, 1806 and left for Angra on May 4 of that year....

      , Governor of Angola (1797-1802)
  • Macau
    Macau
    Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

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    1. Jose Manuel Pinto
      José Manuel Pinto
      José Manuel Pinto Colorado is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as a goalkeeper.-Betis / Celta:Born in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalusia, Pinto, a product of Real Betis' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his La Liga debut for the club during the 1997–98...

      , Governor of Macau
      Governor of Macau
      The Governor of Macau was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major . The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special...

       (1793-1797)
    2. D. Cristovao Pereira de Castro, Governor of Macau (1797-1800)

Spanish Empire
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

  • Viceroyalty of New Granada
    Viceroyalty of New Granada
    The Viceroyalty of New Granada was the name given on 27 May 1717, to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739...

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    1. José Manuel de Ezpeleta
      José Manuel de Ezpeleta
      José Manuel de Ezpeleta y Galdeano, 1st Count of Ezpeleta de Beire was a Spanish military officer and politician, governor of Cuba from 1785 to 1789, and viceroy of New Granada from 1789 to 1797.A knight of the Order of Charles III and of the Royal and...

      , Viceroy of New Granada (1789–1797)
    2. Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz
      Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz
      Pedro Mendinueta y Múzquiz was a Spanish lieutenant general and colonial official. From January 2, 1797 to 1803 he was viceroy of New Granada. He was a knight of the Order of Santiago, and he was awarded the Gran Cruz of Carlos III.-Background:Mendinueta began his military career as an infantry...

      , Viceroy of New Granada (1797–1803)
  • Viceroyalty of New Spain -Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca, 1st Marquis of Branciforte, Viceroy of New Spain (1794–1798)
    • Captaincy General of Cuba
      Captaincy General of Cuba
      The Captaincy General of Cuba was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire created in 1607 as part of Habsburg Spain's attempt better to defend the Caribbean against foreign powers, which also involved creating captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán. The restructuring of...

       - Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas
      Juan Procopio Bassecourt y Bryas
      Juan Procopio de Bassecourt y Bryas, , Count of Santa Clara, Baron of Maials, Governor of Louisiana, both before the Spanish Cession, Adams-Onís Treaty, of 1821, Captain General of the Caribbean Island of Cuba, , Captain General of Cataluña, .He was the son of...

      , Governor of Cuba (1796–1799)
    • Spanish East Indies
      Spanish East Indies
      Spanish East Indies was a term used to describe Spanish territories in Asia-Pacific which lasted for three centuries . With the seat of government in Manila, the territory encompassed the Philippine Islands, Guam and the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and for a period of time, parts of...

       - Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Governor-General of the Philippines (1793–1806)
    • Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas
      Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas
      The Provincias Internas or Commandancy General of the Internal Provinces of the North was a colonial, administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1776 to provide more autonomy for the frontier provinces in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, present day northern Mexico and southwestern...

       - Pedro da Nava, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces (1793–1802)
  • Viceroyalty of Peru
    Viceroyalty of Peru
    Created 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...

    - Ambrosio O'Higgins, Viceroy of Perú (1796–1801)
    • Captaincy General of Chile - Gabriel de Avilés, Captain General of Chile
      Royal Governor of Chile
      The 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...

       (1796–1799)
  • Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
    Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
    The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, , was the last and most short-lived Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in America.The Viceroyalty was established in 1776 out of several former Viceroyalty of Perú dependencies that mainly extended over the Río de la Plata basin, roughly the present day...

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    1. Pedro de Melo
      Pedro de Melo
      Pedro de Melo de Portugal y Vilhena was a Spanish soldier and politician, who sered as viceroy in the Rio de la Plata-Biography:...

      , Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1795–1797)
    2. Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú
      Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú
      Antonio de Olaguer y Feliú was a Spanish soldier and politician who spent most of his career in South America.Born in Villafranca del Bierzo, León, Olaguer was sent to Buenos Aires as a military specialist during the governorship of Pedro de Cevallos. He took part in the siege of Colonia del...

      , Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1797–1799)

Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...

  • Jamaica
    Jamaica
    Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

    - Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, Governor of Jamaica (1795-1801)
  • New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    - John Hunter
    John Hunter (New South Wales)
    Vice-Admiral John Hunter, RN was a British naval officer, explorer, naturalist and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1795 to 1800.-Overview:...

    , Governor of New South Wales (1795-1800).
  • India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    - Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
    Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
    Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....

    (1797-1805).
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