Straits Settlements

E24639

British overseas territory Crown colony colonial administrative unit former British colony

The Straits Settlements were a group of British colonial territories in Southeast Asia, including key trading ports such as Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Straits Settlements canonical	70
British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements	3
Malaya	2
Straits Settlements colony	2
British Crown colony of the Straits Settlements	1
British colonial government in the Straits Settlements	1
Colony of Penang and Malacca within Malayan Union	1
Government of the Straits Settlements	1
Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca)	1
Straits Settlements (at certain periods)	1
Straits Settlements administration	1
Straits Settlements colonial administration	1
Straits Settlements of Malacca	1
Straits Settlements of Penang	1
Straits Settlements of Singapore	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British overseas territory ⓘ Crown colony ⓘ colonial administrative unit ⓘ former British colony ⓘ
administrativeChange	transferred from East India Company to British Crown in 1867 ⓘ
borderedBy	Federated Malay States ⓘ surface form: Federated Malay States (later period) Johor Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Sultanate of Johor (historically)
capital	Singapore ⓘ
commonLanguage	Hokkien ⓘ Malay ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
contains	Christmas Island ⓘ Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ Dinding Islands ⓘ Labuan ⓘ Malacca ⓘ Penang ⓘ Prince of Wales Island ⓘ Province Wellesley ⓘ Singapore ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Straits dollar ⓘ
dissolutionDate	1 April 1946 ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
endTimeAsCrownColony	1 April 1946 ⓘ
executiveBody	Executive Council of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
followedBy	Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Colony of Penang and Malacca within Federation of Malaya Straits Settlements self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colony of Penang and Malacca within Malayan Union Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) ⓘ Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of North Borneo (for Labuan) Crown Colony of Singapore ⓘ Malayan Union ⓘ
follows	East India Company rule in the Straits ⓘ
formedBy	British East India Company ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
historicalRegion	Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya
inception	1826 ⓘ
legislature	Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
locatedIn	Malay Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Malay Peninsula region Southeast Asia ⓘ
namedAfter	Strait of Malacca ⓘ surface form: Straits of Malacca
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British Malaya ⓘ surface form: British Malaya (in a broad sense)
significantEvent	Japanese occupation during World War II ⓘ
startTimeAsCrownColony	1 April 1867 ⓘ
strategicImportance	key British naval and commercial base in Asia ⓘ major entrepôt for regional trade ⓘ

Referenced by (88)

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

British Empire → hasPart → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Borneo territories of the British Empire → neighboringColonialRegion → Straits Settlements ⓘ

British Malaya → hasPart → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements of Penang

British Malaya → hasPart → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements of Malacca

British Malaya → hasPart → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements of Singapore

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force → partOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Straits Settlements Volunteer Force → regionServed → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Bengal Presidency → appliesToJurisdiction → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements (at certain periods)

Japanese occupation of Malaya → appliesToJurisdiction → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Straits Settlements → followedBy → Straits Settlements self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Penang and Malacca within Malayan Union

Federation of Malaya → createdFrom → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca)

Straits dollar → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Straits dollar → usedIn → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Straits dollar → currencyOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Crown colony → example → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Unfederated Malay States → distinctFrom → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps → operatedIn → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps → associatedWith → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Singapore Volunteer Corps → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Singapore Volunteer Corps → associatedWith → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps → commandStructure → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements colonial administration

Malacca Volunteer Corps → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Malacca Volunteer Corps → allegiance → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial government in the Straits Settlements

Governor of the Straits Settlements → appliesToJurisdiction → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Governor of the Straits Settlements → officeHolderOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Governor of the Straits Settlements → headOfGovernmentFor → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Governor of the Straits Settlements → governs → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown colony of the Straits Settlements

Sook Ching massacre → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

British Military Administration in Malaya → administeredTerritory → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Crown Colony of Singapore → separatedFrom → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Crown Colony of Singapore → precededBy → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Malayan Union → precededBy → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → appliesToJurisdiction → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → locatedIn → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → partOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Straits Settlements

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → hasJurisdictionOver → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements → seeAlso → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor → relatedTo → Straits Settlements ⓘ

General Officer Commanding Malaya Command → regionServed → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Province Wellesley → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Province Wellesley → partOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

Province Wellesley → locatedIn → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malaya

Province Wellesley → partOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits Settlements colony

Province Wellesley → partOf → Straits Settlements ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements

Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) → administeredSeparatelyFrom → Straits Settlements ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown Colony of Labuan

Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements → country → Straits Settlements ⓘ