Crown colony

E44903
form of colonial administration type of British colony

A Crown colony was a type of British colonial administration directly governed by the Crown through an appointed governor, with limited or no local self-government.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Crown colony canonical 3
British Crown colony 2
Crown colony of the United Kingdom 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of colonial administration ⓘ
type of British colony ⓘ
aim exploit economic resources ⓘ
maintain imperial control ⓘ
contrastedWith dominion ⓘ
protectorate ⓘ
self-governing colony ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
example Barbados ⓘ
Bermuda (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Bermuda

British Guiana ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon

Cyprus ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
Gold Coast ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Jamaica ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Straits Settlements ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
governedBy British Crown ⓘ
appointed governor ⓘ
governorAppointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governorReportsTo Colonial Office ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
hasCharacteristic limited local self-government ⓘ
no local self-government ⓘ
hasGovernmentType authoritarian colonial administration ⓘ
centralized administration ⓘ
hasInstitution Executive Council ⓘ
Legislative Council ⓘ
hasSubType penal colony ⓘ
settlement colony ⓘ
strategic colony ⓘ
trading colony ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalAuthority British Parliament ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
replacedBy British Overseas Territories ⓘ
surface form: British Dependent Territory

British Overseas Territories ⓘ
surface form: British Overseas Territory
status historical form of government ⓘ
usedInPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

British Crown → relatedConcept → Crown colony ⓘ
Transvaal → governmentType → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: British crown colony
British colonial period in Jamaica → politicalStatus → Crown colony ⓘ
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → officialStatus → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Crown colony
Governor of British Guiana → governmentTypeOfJurisdiction → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Crown colony
British Empire legal system → appliedInTerritory → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colonies
Colonial government of Trinidad and Tobago → appliedColonialPolicy → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colony system
Legislative Council → usedIn → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Crown colonies
British colonial administration in Cyprus → legalStatusOfTerritory → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Crown Colony
Lagos Colony → governmentType → Crown colony ⓘ
Lagos Colony → legalStatus → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colony of the United Kingdom
British colonial administration in Aden → legalStatus → Crown colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crown colony of the United Kingdom