High Commissioner for Southern Africa

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British imperial post colonial office

The High Commissioner for Southern Africa was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and coordinating imperial administration and policy across territories in the southern African region.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
High Commissioner for Southern Africa, 1910	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial post ⓘ colonial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lesotho ⓘ surface form: Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate ⓘ Cape Colony ⓘ Zambia ⓘ surface form: Northern Rhodesia Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ⓘ surface form: Nyasaland Southern Africa ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Eswatini ⓘ surface form: Swaziland Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
appointedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government British monarch ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDomain	defence coordination in Southern Africa ⓘ foreign relations of British territories in Southern Africa ⓘ native policy in Southern Africa ⓘ
hasDuty	advise Colonial Office on Southern African affairs ⓘ coordinate colonial policy in Southern Africa ⓘ manage relations with African polities ⓘ oversee imperial administration in Southern Africa ⓘ supervise British protectorates in Southern Africa ⓘ
hasPower	issue ordinances within delegated authority ⓘ negotiate treaties with African rulers ⓘ proclaim protectorates ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
locationOfOffice	Cape Town ⓘ Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
notableOfficeHolder	Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ⓘ Viscount Milner ⓘ surface form: Alfred Milner George Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ Herbert Gladstone ⓘ Hercules Robinson ⓘ The Earl of Selborne ⓘ The Viscount Buxton ⓘ
officeHolderAlsoHeld	Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
relatedTo	British colonial rule in Africa ⓘ Scramble for Africa ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ
replacedBy	local dominion governments in Southern Africa ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office ⓘ Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
usedTitle	High Commissioner for South Africa ⓘ High Commissioner for Southern Africa self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

2nd Earl of Selborne → officeEndTime → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

this entity surface form: High Commissioner for Southern Africa, 1910

Henry Bartle Frere → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

Lord Milner → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

Lord Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

2nd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

High Commissioner for Southern Africa → usedTitle → High Commissioner for Southern Africa self-link ⓘ