List of Governors and Lt.-Governors (1776-1782)

Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 14, January 1776 - May 1782. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938.

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'List of Governors and Lt.-Governors (1776-1782)', in Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 14, January 1776 - May 1782, ed. K H Ledward (London, 1938), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol14/ix-x [accessed 12 February 2025].

'List of Governors and Lt.-Governors (1776-1782)', in Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 14, January 1776 - May 1782. Edited by K H Ledward (London, 1938), British History Online, accessed February 12, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol14/ix-x.

"List of Governors and Lt.-Governors (1776-1782)". Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 14, January 1776 - May 1782. Ed. K H Ledward (London, 1938), British History Online. Web. 12 February 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol14/ix-x.

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LIST OF GOVERNORS AND LT.-GOVERNORS (1776–1782)

Bahamas: Browne, Mountford (1774); Maxwell, John (1779).

Barbados: Hay, Edward (1772); Cuninghame, James (1780).

Bermudas: Bruere, George (1764); Browne, William (1781).

Dominica: Shirley, Thomas (1774).

Florida, East: Tenyn, Patrick (1773).

Florida, West: Chester, Peter (1770).

Georgia: Wright, James (1761); Graham, Lt.-G. (1775).

Grenada: MacArtney, George (1775).

Jamaica: Keith, Basil (1773); Dalling, John (1777); Campbell, Archibald (1782).

Leeward Islands: Payne (1761); Burt, William (1776); Shirley, Thomas (1781).

Newfoundland: Montague, John (1776); Edwards, Richard (1779); Campbell, John (1782).

New York: Tryon, William (1770); Robertson, James (1779).

Nova Scotia: Legge, Francis (1773); Arbuthnot, Lt.-G. (1776); Hughes, Lt.-G. (1778); Hammond, Lt.-G. (1780).

Quebec: Carleton, Guy (1768); Haldimand, Frederick (1777).

St. Vincent: Morris, Valentine (1772).

Tobago: Young, William, Lt.-G. (1770); Campbell, Robert, Lt.-G. (1777); Ferguson, George, Lt.-G. (1779).

Virgin Islands: Nugent, John, Lt.-G.

St. John later Prince Edward Island: Patterson, Walter (1769) Desbrisay, Lt.-G.

Belize (British Honduras): Superintendent. Hodgson.

COLONIES IN REVOLT: REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS APPOINTED

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina.