The British Governors of Colonial New York

18 Henry Moore 1766-1769
# Name Tenure Details
1 Richard Nicolls 1664-1668 Head of occupying force in 1664
2 Francis Lovelace 1668-1672
3 Edmund Andros 1675-1683
4 Thomas Dongan 1684-1688 an Irish Catholic
5 Francis Nicholson 1689-1690
6 Henry Sloughter 1691-1692
7 Benjamin Fletcher 1692-1697 Secured Ministry Act privileging Anglicans in southern NY
8 Earl of Bellomont 1698-1702 fund
19 James DeLancey 1758-1760
20 Cadwallader Colden 1760-1762 Acting Governor
21 Robert Monckton 1762-1763
22 Cadwallader Colden 1763-1765 Acting Governor
23 Henry Moore 1765-1769 Died in office
24 Cadwallader Colden 1769-1771  

Now in his 80's
25 John Murray 1770-1771
26 William Tryon 1771-1775
Hostile to Trinity Church; threatened takeback of land 9 Viscount Cornbury 1702-1708 Friend of Trinity Church; suspected cross-dresser 10 Robert Hunter 1710-1718 a Scot; 11 William Burnett 1720-1728 a Scot; 12 John Montgomerie 1728-1731 a Scot; "good churchman" 13 William Cosby 1732-1736 Provoked controversy leading to Zenger Trial 14 George Clarke 1736-1743 Acting Governor 15 George Clinton 1743-1753 16 Sir Danvers Osborne 1753 Committed suicide within weeks of arrival 17 James DeLancey 1753-1755 Acting Governor; signed King's College charter 18 Sir Charles Hardy 1755-1758

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