List of colonial governors in 1897

List of colonial governors in 1896  · Events of 1897  · List of colonial governors in 1898  · Colonial governors by year

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See also:

• List of state leaders in 1897
• List of religious leaders in 1897

France

• French Somaliland - Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
• Guinea - Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1896–1898)

Japan

• Taiwan - Nogi Maresuke, Governor-General of Taiwan (14 October 1896-January 1898)

Portugal

• Angola -
  1. Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1896–1897)
  2. António Duarte Ramada Curto, Governor-General of Angola (1897–1900)

United Kingdom

• Colony of Natal - Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1893–1901)
• North-Eastern Rhodesia
  1. Patrick William Forbes, Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1895–1897)
  2. Henry Lawrence Daly, acting Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1897–1898)
• North-Western Rhodesia
  1. British South Africa Company establishes colony of North-Western Rhodesia, 9 April
  2. Robert Thorne Coryndon, Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia (1897–1907)
• Royal Niger Company - Sir George Taubman Goldie, Governor of the Royal Niger Company (1895–1900)