List of colonial governors in 1872

List of colonial governors in 1871  · Events of 1872  · List of colonial governors in 1873  · Colonial governors by year

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See also:

• List of state leaders in 1872
• List of religious leaders in 1872

Portugal

• Angola – José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Governor-General of Angola (1870-1873)

United Kingdom

• Ceylon – Sir Hercules Robinson (until January), then William Henry Gregory (from March)
• Hong Kong – Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (until April), then Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
• Jamaica - Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica (1866-1874)
• New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, then Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
• Queensland – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• South Australia – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
• Tasmania – Charles Du Cane
• Victoria – John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury