List of colonial governors in 1809
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Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

  • Abkhazia
    Abkhazia
    Abkhazia 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...

    - Arslan Begi, Prince of Abkhazia (1806–1810)

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

  • 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...

    - António de Saldanha da Gama, Governor of Angola (1807–1810)
  • 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...

    - Lucas Jose de Alvarenga, 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...

     (1808–1810)

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...

    - Antonio José Amar y Borbón Arguedas
    Antonio José Amar y Borbón
    Antonio José Amar y Borbón Arguedas was a Spanish military officer and colonial official. From September 16, 1803 to July 20, 1810 he was viceroy of New Granada . During his mandate he faced the beginning of the independence movement...

    , Viceroy of New Granada (1803–1810)
  • Viceroyalty of New Spain -
    1. Pedro de Garibay
      Pedro de Garibay
      Pedro de Garibay was a Spanish military officer and, from September 16, 1808 to July 19, 1809, viceroy of New Spain.-Military career:...

      , Viceroy of New Spain (1808–1809)
    2. Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont
      Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont
      Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont was bishop of Mexico and, from July 19, 1809 to May 8, 1810, viceroy of New Spain.-Ecclesiastical career:...

      , Viceroy of New Spain (1809–1810)
    • 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...

       - Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de Someruelos, Governor of Cuba (1799–1812)
    • 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...

       - Mariano Fernández de Folgueras, Governor-General of the Philippines
      Governor-General of the Philippines
      The Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain and the United States, and briefly by Great Britain, from 1565 to 1935....

       (1806–1810)
    • 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...

       - Nemesio Salcedo y Salcedo (1802–1813)
  • 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...

    - José Fernando Abascal y Sousa, marqués de la Concordia
    José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa
    José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquis of La Concordia , was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in America...

    , Viceroy of Peru (1806–1816)
    • Captaincy General of Chile - Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz
      Francisco Antonio García Carrasco
      Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz was a Spanish soldier and Royal Governor of Chile. His political relations with Juan Martinez de Rozas and a smuggling scandal involving the frigate Scorpion destroyed what little authority he had, and required that he surrender his post to Mateo de Toro...

      , Governor and Captain-General of Chile (1808–1810)
  • 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. Santiago de Liniers
      Santiago de Liniers
      Jacques de Liniers was a French officer in the Spanish military service, and a viceroy of the Spanish colonies of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He is more widely known by the Spanish form of his name, Santiago de Liniers...

      , Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1807–1809)
    2. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
      Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
      Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros de la Torre was a Spanish naval officer born in Cartagena. He took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar, and in the Spanish resistance against Napoleon's invasion in 1808. He was later appointed Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la...

      , Viceroy of the Río de la Plata (1809–1810)

United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....

  • Cayman Islands
    Cayman Islands
    The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...

    - William Bodden, Chief Magistrate of the Cayman Islands (1776–1823)
  • 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...

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    1. William Bligh
      William Bligh
      Vice Admiral William Bligh FRS RN was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. A notorious mutiny occurred during his command of HMAV Bounty in 1789; Bligh and his loyal men made a remarkable voyage to Timor, after being set adrift in the Bounty's launch by the mutineers...

      , de jure Governor of New South Wales (1806–1808), returned to England after the Rum Rebellion
      Rum Rebellion
      The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20...

    2. John Macarthur
      John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
      John Macarthur was a British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer of settlement in Australia. Macarthur is recognised as the pioneer of the wool industry that was to boom in Australia in the early 19th century and become a trademark of the nation...

       and officers of the New South Wales Corps
      New South Wales Corps
      The New South Wales Corps was formed in England in 1789 as a permanent regiment to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet to Australia. The regiment, led by Major Francis Grose, consisted of three companies...

       de facto rulers of the colony
    3. Lachlan Macquarie
      Lachlan Macquarie
      Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB , was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He served as the last autocratic Governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony...

      , commissioned as Governor but did not arrive into the colony until 1810
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