If you mean when a royal governor ruled some colonies, the answer is the governor was appointed by the king.
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Royal colonies were governed by an appointed governor with a lieutenant governor and a chief justice as primary staff members. The Crown also selected a council to serve as the colony's upper house while British leaders promised that an elected lower house would be chosen once the colonies developed a population
Australia's first governor was Captain Arthur Phillip (1738 - 1814), who arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. He was, in fact, the Governor of Sydney, New South Wales.
Carolina was established as a British colony in the early 1690's. By 1691, a governor was appointed for the Carolina colony with a deputy governor to control the northern region of Carolina.