<page_title> List of colonial governors of New York </page_title> <section_title> Under British control (1664–1783) </section_title> <table> <cell> 40 <col_header> # </col_header> </cell> <cell> James Robertson (1717–1788) <col_header> Governor </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1783 <col_header> Left office </col_header> </cell> <cell> as military governor <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
James Robertson, born in 1717 and died in 1788, was a British colonial official who served as the 40th Governor of New York until 1783.