List of colonial governors in 1826

Denmark

• Danish West Indies – Johan Frederik Bardenfleth, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies
• Iceland – Peter Fjeldsted Hoppe, Governor of Iceland
• North Greenland – Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of North Greenland
• South Greenland – Christian Alexander Platou, Inspector of South Greenland

  France

• French Guiana –
• #Charles Emmanuel de Muyssard, Governor of French Guiana
• #Joseph Burgues de Missiessy, Governor of French Guiana
• Guadaloupe –
• #Louis Léon Jacob, Governor of Guadaloupe
• #Jean Julien Angot des Rotours, Governor of Guadaloupe
• Martinique –
• #François Xavier, Governor of Martinique
• #François Marie Michel de Bouillé, Governor of Martinique

  The Netherlands

• Aruba –
• #Jacob Thielen, Commander
• #Simon Plats, Commander
• Bonaire
• Curaçao
• Dutch East Indies
• Surinam – Abraham de Veer, Governor-General of Surinam,
• Saba
• Sint Eustatius
• Sint Maarten

  Portugal

• Angola – Nicolau Aberu Castelo Branco, Governor of Angola

  Spanish Empire

• Captaincy General of Cuba – Francisco Dionisio Vives, Governor of Cuba
• Captaincy General of Puerto Rico – Miguel de la Torre y Pando, conde de Torrepando, Governor of Puerto Rico
• Spanish East Indies – Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca, Governor-General of the Philippines
• Viceroyalty of Peru – Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso, nominal

  United Kingdom

• Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat –
• #Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of Antigua
• #Sir Patrick Ross, Governor of Antigua
• The Bahamas – Lewis Grant, Governor of the Bahamas
• Barbados – Sir Henry Warde, Governor of Barbados
• Berbice – Henry Beard, Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice
• Bermuda –
• #William Smith, Acting Governor of Bermuda
• #Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner, Governor of Bermuda
• British Columbia – John McLoughlin, Governor of British Columbia
• British North America – The Earl George Ramsay, Governor General of British North America
• *Lower Canada – Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada
• *New Brunswick – Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
• *Nova Scotia – Sir James Kempt, Governor of Nova Scotia
• *Prince Edward Island – John Ready, Governor of Prince Edward Island
• *Upper Canada – Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada,
• Demerara-Essequibo – Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Lieutenant-Governor of Demerara-Essequibo
• Dominica – William Nicolay, Governor of Dominica
• Grenada –
• #George Paterson, Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada
• #James Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada
• Jamaica – The Duke William Montague, Governor of Jamaica
• Malta Colony
• #Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Governor of Malta
• #Alexander George Woodford, Acting Governor of Malta
• New South Wales – Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling, Governor of New South Wales
• Newfoundland – Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Red River Colony – Donald Mackenzie, Governor of the Red River Colony
• Rupert's Land – Sir John Henry Pelly, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
• St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla-British Virgin Islands – Charles William Maxwell, Governor
• St. Lucia –
• #Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell, Governor of St. Lucia
• #John Montagu Mainwaring, Governor of St. Lucia
• St. Vincent – Charles Brisbane, Governor of St. Vincent
• Tobago – Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, Governor of Tobago
• Trinidad – Sir Ralph James Woodford, Governor of Trinidad