Governor of Natal

E779152

The Governor of Natal was the British colonial official who served as the monarch’s representative and chief administrator in the Colony of Natal prior to its incorporation into the Union of South Africa.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Governor of Natal canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office
government position
viceregal representative
abolishedWith creation of the Union of South Africa
appliesToJurisdiction Natal NERFINISHED
appliesToPeriod 1843–1910
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom
capitalOfAdministeredTerritory Pietermaritzburg NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsUsed coat of arms of the Colony of Natal
continent Africa
country Colony of Natal NERFINISHED
endTime 1910
flagUsed flag of the Colony of Natal
governmentBranch executive branch of the colonial government of Natal
hasJurisdictionOver British subjects in the Colony of Natal
indigenous populations within the Colony of Natal
hasRole commander-in-chief of colonial forces in Natal
head of colonial government in Natal
historicalRegion KwaZulu-Natal NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration English
legalSystem British colonial law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Pietermaritzburg NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone South African Standard Time (modern equivalent region)
officeCreatedFor Colony of Natal NERFINISHED
officeHolder Benjamin Pine NERFINISHED
John Maclean NERFINISHED
Martin West NERFINISHED
Robert William Keate NERFINISHED
Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell NERFINISHED
Sir Frederick Robert Moor NERFINISHED
Sir Garnet Wolseley NERFINISHED
Sir Henry Edward McCallum NERFINISHED
Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer NERFINISHED
Sir Matthew Nathan NERFINISHED
Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson NERFINISHED
officeHolderOf chief administrator of the Colony of Natal
officeHoldersNumber multiple successive governors
officeScope executive authority in the Colony of Natal
management of relations with local African polities
oversight of colonial legislation in Natal
officeType colonial governorship
partOf British colonial administration in Southern Africa
positionHeldIn British Empire NERFINISHED
replacedBy Governor-General of the Union of South Africa NERFINISHED
represents monarch of the United Kingdom
residence Government House, Pietermaritzburg NERFINISHED
startTime 1843
subordinateTo Colonial Office in London NERFINISHED

Referenced by (4)

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

Hercules Robinson positionHeld Governor of Natal
Sir George Pomeroy Colley positionHeld Governor of Natal
Sir George Pomeroy Colley hasTitle Governor of Natal