High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan

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British imperial position colonial administrative office

The High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan was the senior British colonial administrator who governed the British Mandate territories of Palestine and Transjordan on behalf of the United Kingdom.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial position → colonial administrative office →
appliesToJurisdiction	Mandatory Palestine → Transjordan →
appointedBy	British government → Secretary of State for the Colonies →
category	British colonial governors and administrators in Asia → History of Jordan → History of Mandatory Palestine →
confersPowerTo	appoint officials → approve legislation → issue ordinances →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolvedFollowing	establishment of the State of Israel → independence of Transjordan as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan → termination of the British Mandate for Palestine →
endTime	1948 →
firstHolder	Herbert Samuel →
hasAuthorityOver	British administration in Transjordan → executive power in Mandatory Palestine →
hasJurisdictionOver	civil administration in Palestine → oversight of Transjordan →
hasRole	oversight of Transjordanian Emirate → representative of the British Crown in Palestine →
historicalPeriod	Second World War → interwar period →
inception	1920 →
legalBasis	League of Nations Mandate for Palestine →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	British Mandate for Palestine →
notableOfficeHolder	Alan Cunningham NERFINISHED → Arthur Grenfell Wauchope → Harold MacMichael → Herbert Plumer NERFINISHED → Herbert Samuel → John Chancellor →
officeHolderTitleInLanguage	High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan →
partOf	British Mandate for Palestine → British administration in the Middle East →
relatedTo	Arab nationalist movement in Palestine → Emirate of Transjordan → Zionist movement in Palestine →
replacedBy	United Nations mediation and successor local authorities →
replaces	British military administration in Palestine →
residence	Government House, Jerusalem →
seat	Jerusalem →
subordinateTo	British Cabinet → Colonial Office →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henry Maitland Wilson → Herbert Samuel ("British High Commissioner for Palestine") → Lord Gort →	positionHeld
High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan →	officeHolderTitleInLanguage
Palestine Police Force ("High Commissioner for Palestine") →	subordinateTo