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