This is a list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1891. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed.

• Congo Free State
  1. Camille Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo Free State (1886–1891)
  2. Henri-Ernest Gondry, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891)
  3. Camille-Aimé Coquilhat, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891–1892)

• French Somaliland – Léonce Lagarde, Governor of French Somaliland (1888–1899)
• Riviéres du Sud –
  1. Jean-Marie Bayol, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1882–1891)
  2. Noël-Eugène Ballay, Lieutenant-Governor of Riviéres du Sud (1891–1892)

• Dutch East Indies -

• Angola – Gilherme Auguste de Brito Capelo, Governor-General of Angola (1886–1892)

• British Virgin Islands – Edward John Cameron, Administrator of the British Virgin Islands (1887–1894)
• India -
• Malta Colony – Henry Augustus Smyth, Governor of Malta (1890–1893)
• New South Wales – Victor Villiers, Lord Jersey, Governor of New South Wales (1891–1893)
• Queensland – Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman, Governor of Queensland (1889–1895)
• Tasmania – Robert Hamilton, Governor of Tasmania (1887–1892)
• South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, Lord Kintore, Governor of South Australia (1889–1895)
• Victoria – John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria (1889–1895)
• Western Australia – Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia (1890–1895)