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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan canonical	4
British High Commissioner for Palestine	2
High Commissioner for Palestine	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial position ⓘ colonial administrative office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Jordan ⓘ surface form: Transjordan
appointedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: 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	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War interwar period ⓘ
inception	1920 ⓘ
legalBasis	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Alan Cunningham ⓘ Arthur Grenfell Wauchope ⓘ Harold MacMichael ⓘ Herbert Plumer ⓘ Herbert Samuel ⓘ John Chancellor ⓘ
officeHolderTitleInLanguage	High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan self-link ⓘ
partOf	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ British administration in the Middle East ⓘ
relatedTo	Arab nationalist movement in Palestine ⓘ Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ surface form: Emirate of Transjordan Zionism ⓘ surface form: Zionist movement in Palestine
replacedBy	United Nations mediation and successor local authorities ⓘ
replaces	British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: British military administration in Palestine
residence	Government House, Jerusalem ⓘ
seat	Jerusalem ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Cabinet ⓘ Colonial Office ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Lord Gort → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

Herbert Samuel → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: British High Commissioner for Palestine

Henry Maitland Wilson → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

Palestine Police Force → subordinateTo → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Commissioner for Palestine

High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan → officeHolderTitleInLanguage → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan self-link ⓘ

John → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

subject surface form: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort

British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → administeredBy → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: British High Commissioner for Palestine

British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → headOfAdministrationTitle → High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Commissioner for Palestine