British Commissioner
E310016
The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Commissioner canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
government office ⓘ |
| administered | leased territory of Weihaiwei ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Weihai
ⓘ
surface form:
Weihaiwei
|
| appointedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
Foreign and Commonwealth Office ⓘ
surface form:
Foreign Office of the United Kingdom
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolvedFollowing | termination of British lease of Weihaiwei ⓘ |
| endTime | 1930 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Chinese local authorities in Weihaiwei ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
civil administration in Weihaiwei
ⓘ
judicial administration in Weihaiwei ⓘ policing in Weihaiwei ⓘ public works in Weihaiwei ⓘ |
| inception | transfer of administration from War Office to Foreign Office ⓘ |
| legalBasis | lease of Weihaiwei to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ Weihai ⓘ
surface form:
Weihaiwei
|
| officeHolder |
Arthur Powys-Vaughan
ⓘ
Noel Ernest Money ⓘ Reginald Fleming Johnston ⓘ Sir James Stewart Lockhart ⓘ |
| partOf |
British informal empire in China
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial administration in China
|
| precededBy | military commandant of Weihaiwei ⓘ |
| relinquishedTo |
Nationalist Government of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China government
|
| residence |
Weihai
ⓘ
surface form:
Weihaiwei
|
| role |
chief colonial official
ⓘ
head of administration ⓘ representative of the British government ⓘ |
| startTime | 1902 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: British Commissioner Description of subject: The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.