List of colonial governors in 1840

List of colonial governors in 1839  · Events of 1840  · List of colonial governors in 1841  · Colonial governors by year

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See also:

• List of state leaders in 1840
• List of religious leaders in 1840

Denmark

• South Greenland - Carl Peter Holbøll, Inspector of South Greenland (1828-1856)

Portugal

• Angola - Manuel Eleutério Malheiro, Governor-General of Angola (1839–1842)

United Kingdom

• South Australia - Lieutenant-Colonel George Gawler, Governor of South Australia (1838-1841)
• Bermuda - William Reid, Governor of Bermuda (1839-1846)
• Straits Settlement - George Bonham, Governor of the Staits Settlement (1836-1843)