List of colonial governors in 1846

This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1846. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

Denmark

• Danish West Indies – Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1827–1848)
• Iceland – Torkild Abraham Hoppe, Governor of Iceland (1841–1847)
• North Greenland –
  1. Nicolai Zimmer, Inspector of North Greenland (1845–1846)
  2. Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland (1846–1866)
• South Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828–1856)

France

• Algeria – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria (1841–1847)
• French Guiana –
  1. Jean Baptiste Armand Bertrand Cadéot, Governor of French Guiana (1845–1846)
  2. André Aimé Pariset, Governor of French Guiana (1846–1850)
• Guadaloupe – Jean-François Layrle, Governor of Guadaloupe (1845–1848)
• Martinique – Pierre Louis Aimé Mathieu, Governor of Martinique (1844–1848)
• Oceania – Armand Joseph Bruat, Governor of the Colony of Oceania (1843–1847)

The Netherlands

• Dutch West Indies – Reinier Frederik Baron van Raders, Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies (1845–1852)
  • Surinam
  • Netherlands Antilles

Portugal

• Angola – Pedro Alexandrino da Cunha, Governor-General of Angola (1845–1848)

Spain

• Cuba – Leopoldo O'Donnell, Governor of Cuba (1843–1848)
• Puerto Rico – Lt. Gen. Rafael De Aristegui y Velez, Governor of Puerto Rico (1844–1847)

United Kingdom

• The Bahamas – George Benvenuto Matthew, Governor of the Bahamas (1844–1849)
• Bermuda –
  1. Lt. Col. William Reid, Governor of Bermuda (1839–1846)
  2. William Nelson Hutchinson, Governor of Bermuda (1846)
  3. Sir Charles Elliott, Governor of Bermuda (1846–1852)
• British Columbia – James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia (1845–1850)
• British Guiana – Henry Light, Governor of British Guiana (1838–1848)
• Canada – The Earl Charles Cathcart, Governor General of the Province of Canada (1846–1847)
• Jamaica (with Belize) –
  1. The Earl James Bruce, Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846)
  2. George Henry Frederick Berkeley, Acting Governor of Jamaica (1846–1847)
• Leeward Islands (Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) – Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of the Leeward Islands (1842–1846)
• Malta Colony – Patrick Stuart, Governor of Malta (1843–1847)
• New Brunswick – Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick (1841–1848)
• New South Wales
  1. Major George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales (1838–1846)
  2. Lieutenant Colonel Charles FitzRoy, Governor of New South Wales (1846–1855)
• Newfoundland –
  1. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1841–1846)
  2. Robert Law, Colonial Administrator (1846–1847)
• Nova Scotia –
  1. Viscount Lucius Bentinck Cary, Governor of Nova Scotia (1840–1846)
  2. Sir Jeremiah Dickson, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846)
  3. Sir John Harvey, Governor of Nova Scotia (1846–1852)
• Prince Edward Island – Sir Henry Vere Huntley, Governor of Prince Edward Island (1841–1847)
• Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (1822–1852)
  • Assiniboia –
    1. Alexander Christie, Governor of Assiniboia (1833–1839, 1844–1846)
    2. John Crofton, Governor of Assiniboia (1846–1847)
• South Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Holt Robe, Governor of South Australia (1845–1848)
• Trinidad –
  1. Henry George Macleod, Governor of Trinidad (1840–1846)
  2. Baron George Francis Robert Harris, Governor of Trinidad (1846–1854)
• Windward Islands (Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago) –
  1. Sir Charles Edward Grey, Governor of the Windward Islands (1841–1846)
  2. William Reid, Governor of the Windward Islands (1846–1848)
• Western Australia
  1. John Hutt, Governor of Western Australia (1839–1846)
  2. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Clarke, Governor of Western Australia (1846–1847)