List of colonial governors in 1896
This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1896. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.
Belgium
- Congo Free State
- Théophile Wahis, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1892–1908)
- Émile Wangermée, acting Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1896–1900)
France
- French Somaliland – Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
- Guinea –
- Paul Jean François Cousturier, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1895–1896)
- Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Guinea (1896–1898)
Germany
- Military District of Ujiji
- Hans Von Ramsay (1896-1897)
Japan
- Taiwan
- Kabayama Sukenori, Governor-General of Taiwan (21 May 1895 – June 1896)
- Katsura Tarō, Governor-General of Taiwan (2 June 1896 – October 1896)
- Nogi Maresuke, Governor-General of Taiwan (14 October 1896 – January 1898)
Portugal
- Angola –
- Álvaro Ferreira, Governor-General of Angola (1893–1896)
- Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1896–1897)
United Kingdom
- Malta Colony – Arthur Fremantle, Governor of Malta (1893–1899)
- Colony of Natal – Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1893–1901)
- New South Wales – Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales (1895–1899)
- North-Eastern Rhodesia – Patrick William Forbes, Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia (1895–1897)
- Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, Governor of Queensland (1896 - 31 December 1900 then State Governor on Australia's Federation to 1901)
- Royal Niger Company – Sir George Taubman Goldie, Governor of the Royal Niger Company (1895–1900)
- Tasmania – Jenico Preston, Lord Gormanston, Governor of Tasmania (1893–1900)
- South Australia – Sir Thomas Buxton, Governor of South Australia (1895–1899)
- Victoria – Thomas, Earl Brassey, Governor of Victoria (1895–1900)
- Western Australia – Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Smith, Governor of Western Australia (1895–1900)