A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire... 25 KB (1,192 words) - 14:01, 22 April 2024 |
The Crown Colony of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies (commonly known as the Crown Colony of Malta or simply Malta) was the British colony in the... 29 KB (2,895 words) - 16:34, 19 April 2024 |
The Crown Colony of North Borneo was a Crown colony on the island of Borneo established in 1946 shortly after the dissolution of the British Military... 17 KB (1,340 words) - 18:31, 7 March 2024 |
Colonial Nigeria (redirect from Crown Colony of Nigeria) from company hands to the Crown. At the urging of Governor Frederick Lugard, the two territories were amalgamated as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria... 116 KB (15,504 words) - 06:02, 11 April 2024 |
The Crown Colony of Sarawak was a British Crown colony on the island of Borneo, established in 1946, shortly after the dissolution of the British Military... 39 KB (4,591 words) - 18:32, 7 March 2024 |
The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire... 115 KB (14,348 words) - 13:26, 30 March 2024 |
Ashanti was a British Crown Colony in West Africa from 1902 until its independence as part of the dominion named Ghana in 1957. After several prior wars... 5 KB (309 words) - 16:52, 10 March 2024 |
British Hong Kong (redirect from Crown Colony of Hong Kong) of 1842. It was established as a crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British took the opportunity to expand the colony with the addition of the Kowloon... 65 KB (6,684 words) - 16:04, 29 April 2024 |
Malacca was a British Crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after the signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, and had been... 6 KB (392 words) - 14:37, 24 January 2024 |
British Honduras (redirect from Crown Colony of British Honduras) British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in... 47 KB (6,175 words) - 15:40, 28 March 2024 |
British Ceylon (redirect from Crown Colony of Ceylon) Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948, was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948. Initially... 25 KB (2,081 words) - 19:15, 3 April 2024 |
Aden Colony (Arabic: مُسْتْعَمَرَةْ عَدَنْ, Musta'marat 'Adan), also the Colony of Aden, located in the south of contemporary Yemen, was a crown colony of... 35 KB (4,186 words) - 18:25, 7 March 2024 |
Southern Rhodesia (redirect from Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia) Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked self-governing British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company... 35 KB (3,351 words) - 01:22, 5 April 2024 |
The Crown Colony of Penang was a British crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah... 6 KB (439 words) - 06:23, 3 March 2024 |
The Crown Colony of Labuan was a Crown colony off the northwestern shore of the island of Borneo established in 1848 after the acquisition of the island... 29 KB (2,512 words) - 23:59, 12 March 2024 |
British Guiana (redirect from Crown Colony of Guiana) British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has... 26 KB (2,983 words) - 15:20, 20 March 2024 |
History of Seychelles (redirect from Crown Colony of Seychelles) Crown Colony in its own right until 1903 when its first Governor, Sir Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott took office. Befitting its new status, the colony acquired... 41 KB (4,866 words) - 13:16, 30 March 2024 |
Mauritius (redirect from Crown Colony of Mauritius) British Empire's main sugar-producing colony and remained a primarily sugar-dominated plantation-based colony until independence, in 1968. In 1965, the... 159 KB (15,980 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2024 |
British Mauritius (redirect from British Mauritius (crown colony)) 20°12′S 57°30′E / 20.2°S 57.5°E / -20.2; 57.5 Mauritius was a Crown colony off the southeast coast of Africa. Formerly part of the French colonial empire... 10 KB (683 words) - 02:00, 9 March 2024 |
History of the Bahamas (redirect from Crown Colony of the Bahamas) Eleutheria", which was led by William Sayle, sailed to the Bahamas to found a colony. These early settlers were Puritans and republicans. Bermuda was becoming... 38 KB (4,907 words) - 13:21, 24 April 2024 |
Dominica (redirect from Crown Colony of Dominica) Islands. The political power of the elected assembly progressively eroded. Crown colony government was re-established in 1896. In World War I, many Dominicans... 103 KB (10,230 words) - 07:22, 24 April 2024 |
Fiji-class cruiser (redirect from Crown Colony–class) a Crown colony or other constituent territory of the British Commonwealth and Empire. The class was also known as the Colony class, or Crown Colony class... 25 KB (2,680 words) - 02:29, 7 December 2023 |
referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony. This was in contrast to a Crown colony, in which the British Government ruled and legislated... 7 KB (907 words) - 22:07, 3 April 2024 |
British Cyprus (redirect from Cyprus (British Crown Colony)) unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony. Following the London and Zürich Agreements of 19 February 1959, Cyprus... 9 KB (547 words) - 16:28, 7 March 2024 |