This is a list of territorial governors in the 17th century (1601–1700) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
A dependent territory is normally a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state yet remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area. The administrators of uninhabited territories are excluded.
Denmark-Norway Danish West India Company, Denmark–Norway Danish colonial empire Monarchs
Danish West Indies Governors of St. Thomas Erik Nielson Smit, Governor (1665–1666) Kjeld Jensen Slagelse, Governor (c.1666) Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, Governor (1672–1680) Nicolai Esmit, Governor (1680–1682) Adolph Esmit, Governor (1682–1684) Governors of St. Thomas and St. John Gabriel Milan, Governor (1684–1686) Mikkel Mikkelsen, Interim Governor (1686) Christopher Heins, Governor (1686–1687) Adolph Esmit, Interim Governor (1687–1688) Christopher Heins, Governor (1688–1689) Johan Lorensen, Governor (1689–1692) Frans de la Vigne, Governor (1692–1693) Johan Lorensen, Governor (1693–1702)
England Kingdom of England English overseas possessions Monarchs
British Isles
Guernsey, Crown dependency British monarchs are the Dukes of Normandy Governors Thomas Leighton, Governor (1570–1609) George Carew, Governor (1610–1621) Henry Danvers, Governor (1621–1644) Robert Rich, Governor (1643–1644) Peter Osborne, Governor (1644–1649) Henry Percy, Governor (1649–1650) Alban Coxe, Governor (1649–1650) John Bingham, Governor (1651–1660) Henry Wanseye, Governor (1660) Hugh Pollard, Governor (1660–1662) Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton, Governor (1662–1665) Jonathan Atkins, Governor (1665–1670) Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, Governor (1670–1706) Colonel Mordaunt, Governor (1697) Bailiffs Amice de Carteret, Bailiff (1601–1631) Jean de Quetteville, Bailiff (1631–1643) Pierre de Beauvoir, Bailiff (1644–1651, 1652–1653, 1656–1660) Amias Andros, Bailiff (1661–1674) Edmund Andros, Bailiff (1674–1713)
Kingdom of Ireland, effectively a client state of England/Scotland English monarchs are the Monarchs of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Mountjoy (Lord Deputy): 21 January 1600 The Lord Mountjoy (Lord Lieutenant): 25 April 1603 Sir Arthur Chichester: 15 October 1604 Sir Oliver St John: 2 July 1616 Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland: 18 September 1622 Lords Justices: 8 August 1629 The Viscount Wentworth later The Earl of Strafford: 3 July 1633 (executed May 1641) The Earl of Leicester (Lord Lieutenant): 14 June 1641 The Marquess of Ormonde: 13 November 1643 (appointed by the king) Viscount Lisle: 9 April 1646 (appointed by parliament, commission expired 15 April 1647) The Marquess of Ormonde: 30 September 1648 (appointed by the King) Oliver Cromwell (Lord Lieutenant): 22 June 1649 Henry Ireton (Lord Deputy): 2 July 1650 (d. 20 November 1651) Charles Fleetwood (Lord Deputy): 9 July 1652 Henry Cromwell (Lord Deputy): 17 November 1657 Henry Cromwell (Lord Lieutenant): 6 October 1658, resigned 15 June 1659 Edmund Ludlow (Commander-in-Chief): 4 July 1659 The Duke of Albemarle: June 1660 The Duke of Ormonde: 21 February 1662 The Earl of Ossory (Lord Deputy): 7 February 1668 The Lord Robartes: 3 May 1669 The Lord Berkeley of Stratton: 4 February 1670 The Earl of Essex: 21 May 1672 The Duke of Ormonde: 24 May 1677 The Earl of Arran: 13 April 1682 The Duke of Ormonde: 19 August 1684 Lords Justices: 24 February 1685 The Earl of Clarendon: 1 October 1685 The Earl of Tyrconnell (Lord Deputy): 8 January 1687 King James II himself in Ireland: 12 March 1689 – 4 July 1690 King William III himself in Ireland: 14 June 1690 Lords Justices: 5 September 1690 The Viscount Sydney: 18 March 1692 Lords Justices: 13 June 1693 The Lord Capell (Lord Deputy): 9 May 1695 Lords Justices: 16 May 1696
Caribbean
Colony of the Bahamas Governors William Sayle, Governor of Eleuthera (1648–1657) Hugh Wentworth, Governor (1671) John Wentworth, Governor (1671–1676) Charles Chillingworth, Governor (1676–1677) Roger Clarke, Governor (1680–1682) Richard Lilburne, Governor (1684) Thomas Bridges, Governor (1686–1690) Cadwallader Jones, Governor (1690–1693) Nicholas Trott, Governor (1694–1696) Nicholas Webb, Governor (1697–1699) Read Elding, Acting Governor (1699–1700) Elias Haskett, Governor (1700–1701)
Colony of Barbados Governors Henry Powell, Governor (1627–1628) William Deane, Governor (1628) Charles Wolferston, Governor (1628–1629) John Powell, Governor (1629) Robert Wheatley, Governor Acting (1629) William Tufton, Governor (1629–1630) Henry Hawley, Governor (1630–1640) Richard Peers, Acting Governor (1633–1634) William Hawley, Acting Governor (1638–1639) Henry Huncks, Governor (1640–1641) Philip Bell, Governor (1641–1650) Francis Willoughby, Governor (1650–1651), Governor in dissidence (1651–1652) George Ayscue, Governor (1651–1652) Daniel Searle, Acting Governor (1652–1660) Thomas Modyford, Acting Governor (1660–1660) Humphrey Walrond, Acting Governor (1660–1663) Francis Willoughby, Governor (1663–1666) Henry Willoughby, Acting for Willoughby (1664), Acting Governor (1666–1667) William Willoughby, Acting Governor (1667) Samuel Barwick, Acting Governor (1667) Henry Hawley, Acting Governor (1667) William Willoughby, Governor (1667–1673) Christopher Codrington, Acting for Willoughby (1668–1669) Peter Colleton, Acting Governor (1673–1674) Jonathan Atkins, Governor (1674–1679) John Witham, Acting Governor (1680–1683) Richard Dutton, Governor (1683–1685) Edwyn Stede, Acting Governor (1685–1690) James Kendall, Governor (1690–1694) Francis Russell, Governor (1694–1696) Francis Bond, Acting Governor (1696–1697) Ralph Grey, Governor (1697–1701)
Colony of Jamaica Commanders, Governors William Penn, Commander (1655) Robert Venables, Commander (1655) Edward D'Oyley, Commander (1655–1656) William Brayne, Commander (1656–1657) Edward D'Oyley, Commander (1657–1661), Governor (1661–1662) Thomas Hickman-Windsor, Governor (1662) Charles Lyttelton, Acting Deputy governor (1662–1663) Thomas Lynch, Acting Deputy governor (1663–1664) Edward Morgan, Deputy governor (1664) Thomas Modyford, Deputy governor (1664–1671) Thomas Lynch, Lieutenant governor (1671–1674) Henry Morgan, Acting Lieutenant governor (1674–1675) John Vaughan, Lieutenant governor (1675–1678) Henry Morgan, Acting Lieutenant governor (1678) Charles Howard, Lieutenant governor (1678–1680) Henry Morgan, Acting Lieutenant governor (1680–1682) Thomas Lynch, Lieutenant governor (1682–1684) Hender Molesworth, Acting Lieutenant governor (1684–1687) Christopher Monck, Lieutenant governor (1687–1688) Hender Molesworth, Acting Lieutenant governor (1688–1689) Francis Watson, Acting Lieutenant governor (1689–1690) William O'Brien,William James Gardner, The History of Jamaica : From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872, p. 72 Governor (1690–1692) John White,William James Gardner, The History of Jamaica : From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872, p. 72 Acting Governor (1691–1692) John Bourden, Acting Governor (1692–1693) William Beeston, Acting Governor (1693–1699), Governor (1699–1702)
Mediterranean
English Tangier Governors Henry Mordaunt, Governor (1662–1663) Andrew Rutherford, Governor (1663–1664) Tobias Bridge, Acting Governor (1664) John Fitzgerald, Governor (1664–1665) John, Governor (1665–1666) Henry Norwood, Governor (1666–1669) John Middleton, Governor (1669–1670) Hugh Chomondeley, Acting Governor (1670–1672) John Middleton, Governor (1672–1674) unspecified Acting Governor (1674–1675) William O'Brien, Governor (1675–1680) Palmes Fairbourne, Governor (1680) Thomas Butler, Governor (1680) Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Governor (1680) Edward Sackville, Governor (1680–1681) Percy Kirke, Governor (1681–1683) George Legge, Governor (1683–1684)
North America
Albemarle Settlements Governors William Drummond, Governor (1664–1667) Samuel Stephens, Governor (1667–1669) Peter Carteret, Governor (1670–1672) John Jenkins, Governor (1672–1675) Thomas Eastchurch, Governor (1675–1676) John Jenkins, Governor (1676–1677) Thomas Miller, Governor (1677–1677) John Harvey, Governor (1679–1679) John Jenkins, Governor (1680–1681) Seth Sothel, Governor (1682–1689)
Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Governors John Guy, Proprietary governor of Cuper's Cove (1610–1614) John Mason, Proprietary governor of Cuper's Cove (1615–1621) Robert Hayman, Proprietary governor of Bristol's Hope (1618–1628) Richard Whitbourne, Proprietary governor of Renews (1618–1620) Francis Tanfield, Proprietary governor of South Falkland (1623–1626) Edward Wynne, Proprietary governor of Ferryland (1621–1625) Arthur Aston, Proprietary governor of Avalon (1625–1627) George Calvert, Proprietary governor of Avalon (1627–1629) Cecilius Calvert, de facto Proprietary governor (1629–1632) William Hill, Proprietary governor of Avalon (1634–1638) David Kirke, Proprietary governor of Newfoundland (1638–1651) John Treworgie, Proprietary governor of Newfoundland (1653–1660)
Province of Carolina Governors Philip Ludwell, Governor (1689–1693) Thomas Smith, Governor (1693–1694) Joseph Blake, Governor (1694) John Archdale, Governor (1695–1696) Joseph Blake, Governor (1696–1700) James Moore, Governor (1700–1703) Deputy governors, for the northern Carolina John Gibbs, Deputy governor (1689–1690) Thomas Jarvis, Deputy governor (1690–1694) Thomas Harvey, Deputy governor (1694–1699) Henderson Walker, Deputy governor (1699–1703)
Charles Town Governors William Sayle, Governor (1670–1671) Joseph West, Governor (1671–1672) John Yeamans, Governor (1672–1674) Joseph West, Governor (1674–1682) Joseph Morton, Governor (1682–1684) Richard Kyrle, Governor (1684) Joseph West, Governor (1684–1685) Robert Quary, Governor (1685) Joseph Morton, Governor (1685–1686) James Colleton, Governor (1686–1690) Seth Sothell, Governor (1690–1692)
Connecticut Colony Governors John Haynes, Governor (1639–1640) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1640–1641) John Haynes, Governor (1641–1642) George Wyllys, Governor (1642–1643) John Haynes, Governor (1643–1644) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1644–1645) John Haynes, Governor (1645–1646) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1646–1647) John Haynes, Governor (1647–1648) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1649–1650) John Haynes, Governor (1650–1651) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1651–1652) John Haynes, Governor (1652–1653) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1653–1654) John Haynes, Governor (1654–1655) Edward Hopkins, Governor (1655–1656) Thomas Welles, Governor (1655–1656) John Webster, Governor (1656–1657) John Winthrop the Younger, Governor (1657–1658) Thomas Welles, Governor (1658–1659) John Winthrop the Younger, Governor (1659–1676) William Leete, Governor (1676–1683) Robert Treat, Governor (1683–1687) Edmund Andros, Governor (1687–1689 Robert Treat, Governor (1689–1698) Fitz-John Winthrop, Governor (1698–1707)
Province of Maryland Governors William Stone, Governor (1634–1647) Benjamin Tasker, Sr., Governor (1647–1649) Leonard Calvert, Governor (1649–1656) Josias Fendall, Governor (1657–1660) Thomas Lawrence, Governor (1660) Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor (1661–1676) John Coode, Governor (1676) Thomas Notley, Governor (1676–1679) Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor (1679–1684) Benedict Calvert,While Benedict Leonard Calvert, son of the proprietor, was technically Governor from 1684–88, though he was only an infant at this time. The actual governance was done by the Governor's council. Governor (1684–1688) Benedict Leonard Calvert, Governor (1688–1689) John Hart, Governor (1689–1690) Nehemiah Blakiston, Governor (1691–1692) Thomas Greene, Governor (1692–1693) Lionel Copley, Governor (1693–1694) Edward Lloyd, Governor (1693) Nicholas Greenberry, Governor (1693–1694) Edmund Andros, Governor (1694) Edmund Andros, Governor (1694) Francis Nicholson, Governor (1694–1699) Nathaniel Blakiston, Governor (1699–1702)