John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, known as Lord Dunmore, was a British nobleman and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia.
The office of lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is held by Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of Governor. The first Lt. Governor was George Brown.
Montfort Browne was a British Army officer and Tory, and a major landowner and developer of British West Florida in the 1760s and 1770s. He commanded the Prince of Wales' American Regiment, a Loyalist regiment, in the American Revolutionary War. He served as lieutenant governor of West Florida from 1766 to 1769, acting as governor from 1767, and then as governor of the Bahamas from 1774 to 1780.
Sir William Young, 1st Baronet (1724/5–1788) was a British politician and sugar plantation and slave owner. He served as President of the Commission for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands, and was appointed the first non-military Governor of Dominica in 1768.