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British Provincial Governors of New York During Colonial Rule (1664 - 1780)
The following men were colonial governors during British rule.
Note: The following links will take you to the biographical information found for each individual at Wikipedia.org.
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| Name | Term |
| Richard Nicolls
(1624-1627) Military Governor |
(1664-1668) |
|
Francis Lovelace (1621-1675) |
(1668-1673) |
| Cornelis Eversten | (1673) |
| Anthony Colve,
Under restored Netherlands rule. |
(1673-1674) |
| Edmund Andros (1637-1714) | (1674-1681) & (1688) |
| Anthony Brockholls Acting Governor |
(1681-1683) |
| Thomas Dongan (1634-1715) | (1683-1688) |
| Francis Nicholson | (1688 - 1691) |
| Jacob
Leisler A German-born American colonist who seized control of New York during Nicholson's rule. for treason against James II of England. |
(1689-1691) |
| Henry Sloughter
(d. 1691)
Died in office. Richard Ingoldsby Acting Governor took until the arrival of Fletcher. |
(1691) (1691-1692) & (1709-1710) |
| Benjamin Fletcher (1640-1703) | (1692-1698) |
| Richard Coote (1636-1701) | (1698-1701) |
| John Nanfan | (1701-1702) |
| Edward Hyde | (1702-1708) |
| John Lovelace (1672-1709) | (1708-1709) |
| Peter Schuyler (1657-1724) | (1709) & (1719-1720) |
| Gerardus Beekman Acting Governor |
(1710) |
| Robert Hunter (1664-1734) | (1710-1719) |
| William Burnet (1688-1729) | (1720-1728) |
| John Montgomerie (d. 1731) | (1728-1731) |
| Rip Van Dam
(1660-1749) Acting Governor |
(1731-1732) |
| William Cosby (1690-1736) | (1732-1736) |
| George Clarke | (1736-1743) |
| George Clinton (1668-1761) | (1743-1753) |
| Danvers Osborn
(1715-1753) Acting Governor |
(1753) |
| James DeLancey | (1753-1755) |
| Charles Hardy (1714-1780) | (1755-1757) |
| James DeLancey | (1757-1760) |
| Cadwallader Colden
(1688-1776) Acting Governor |
(1760-1761) |
| Robert Monckton (1726-1782) | (1761-1763) |
| Cadwallader Colden
(1688-1776) Acting Governor |
(1763-1764) |
| Henry Moore (1765-1769) | (1764-1769) |
| Cadwallader Colden
(1688-1776) Acting Governor |
(1769-1770) |
| John Murray (1730-1809) | (1770-1771) |
| William Tryon (1729-1788) | (1771-1780) though he did not retain much power in the colony beyond 1777 |
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