Colonial Office

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British government department former government department

The Colonial Office was the British government department responsible for administering and overseeing the governance of the British Empire’s colonies and territories.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
British colonial administration	8
British Colonial Office	5
British colonial government	5
Secretary of State for the Colonies	3
British Government of India	2
British colonial authorities	2
Board of Trade	1
British Empire administration	1
British Empire colonial service	1
British colonial governments (historical)	1
Colonial Office (United Kingdom)	1
Colonial Office in London	1
Colonial Office in respect of the Dominions	1
Colonial Office records (CO series)	1
Dominions Office	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government department ⓘ former government department ⓘ
archivesHeldAt	The National Archives, Kew ⓘ
category	British colonial administration ⓘ Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
concernedWith	British Overseas Territories ⓘ surface form: Crown colonies mandated territories under British control ⓘ protectorates of the British Empire ⓘ trust territories under British administration ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedInContextOf	decolonisation of the British Empire ⓘ
documentedIn	Colonial Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colonial Office records (CO series)
field	colonial administration ⓘ imperial governance ⓘ public administration ⓘ
hasRole	advising British government on colonial matters ⓘ appointment of colonial governors ⓘ coordination of colonial administration ⓘ implementation of imperial policy ⓘ management of decolonisation policy ⓘ supervision of colonial legislatures ⓘ
headedBy	Colonial Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for the Colonies
influenced	constitutional development of colonies ⓘ economic policy in British colonies ⓘ education policy in British colonies ⓘ legal systems in British colonies ⓘ racial and labour policies in colonies ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Empire ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Whitehall ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
notResponsibleFor	self-governing Dominions (after their autonomy) ⓘ
partOf	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
replacedBy	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Office Commonwealth Relations Office ⓘ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ surface form: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
responsibleFor	administration of British colonies ⓘ oversight of colonial governance ⓘ policy towards British colonies ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedBuilding	Colonial Office building, Whitehall ⓘ
workedWith	Colonial governors ⓘ colonial civil services ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ajmer-Merwara → administeredBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Asia (colonial possessions) → administeredBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Office (United Kingdom)

Hunter Commission → appointedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Government of India

Colonial Office building, Whitehall → associatedWith → Colonial Office ⓘ

Secretary of State for War → combinedWithOffice → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Colonies

Cellular Jail → constructedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

CRO → coordinatesWith → Colonial Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth Relations Office

Mahadev Desai → diedInCustodyOf → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Dominions Office → distinctFrom → Colonial Office ⓘ

Colonial Office → documentedIn → Colonial Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Office records (CO series)

Governor Edward John Eyre → employer → Colonial Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward John Eyre

this entity surface form: British Colonial Office

Frederick Sykes → employer → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Hussein Onyango Obama → employer → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Mark Aitchison Young → employer → Colonial Office ⓘ

Montagu Phippen Porch → employer → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire colonial service

Cubbon Park → establishedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Kathiawar Agency → establishedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial authorities

British West Africa → governedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

British West Indies → governedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

British colonial authorities → governedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Trade

British Iraq Mandate → governingBody → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Colonial Office

Crown colony → governorReportsTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

Colonial Office → headedBy → Colonial Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Colonies

Champaran Satyagraha → mainParticipants → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial authorities

Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province → officeCreatedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Colonial Office

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations → officeMergedWith → Colonial Office ⓘ

Palestine Post → operatedUnderAuthorityOf → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Mandlay prison → operator → Colonial Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Mandalay Prison

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Home Rule movement → opposedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Non-Cooperation Movement → opposedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government

Dominions Office → partOf → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire administration

Minister of State for Colonial Affairs → partOf → Colonial Office ⓘ

partition of Assam → participant → Colonial Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Partition of Assam

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British India → protector → Colonial Office ⓘ

subject surface form: Porbandar State

this entity surface form: British Government of India

British Sind → railwayDevelopedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Commonwealth Relations Office → replaced → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dominions Office

Dominions Office → replaced → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Office in respect of the Dominions

Governor of Ceylon → reportsTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Office in London

Secretary of State for War → separatedFromOffice → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the Colonies

Governor of the Straits Settlements → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

High Commissioner for Southern Africa → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

Legislative Council of Upper Canada → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Colonial Office

Palestine Police Force → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Colonial Office

State Council of Ceylon → subordinateTo → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration

Blue Ensign → usedBy → Colonial Office ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial governments (historical)