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Dominions, Possessions and other Territories of the British Empire and
The Present British Overseas Territories

Legend: Present British Overseas Territory; Former British Possession (or equivalent); * Now a Commonwealth realm; Now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, formerly called the British Commonwealth

Europe

1708–1757 Minorca
Since 1713 Gibraltar (also formally called the City and Garrison of Gibraltar)
1763–1782 Minorca
1798–1802 Minorca
1813–1964 Malta (also known as Malta, George Cross, 1942-1964)
1807–1890 Heligoland
1809–1864 Ionian Islands
1878-1960 Cyprus
Since 1878 Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (in Cyprus)
1921–1937 Irish Free State, Southern Ireland
1937-1949 Éire (also formally and simply called Ireland)

North America and the West Indies

17th century and before	18th century	19th and 20th century
1583–1907 Newfoundland 1605–1979 *Saint Lucia 1607–1776 Virginia Since 1619 Bermuda 1620–1691 Plymouth Colony 1623–1883 Saint Christopher Island (Saint Kitts) 1624–1966 *Barbados 1625–1650 Saint Croix 1627–1979 *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1628–1883 Nevis 1629–1691 Massachusetts Bay Colony 1632–1776 Maryland since 1632 Montserrat 1632–1860 Antigua (*Antigua & Barbuda) 1636–1776 Connecticut 1636–1776 Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1637–1662 New Haven Colony Since 1650 Anguilla 1655–1850 Mosquito Coast (protectorate) 1655–1962 *Jamaica 1663–1712 Province of Carolina 1664–1776 Province of New York 1665–1674 and 1702–1776 New Jersey Since 1666 Virgin Islands (usually known as the British Virgin Islands) Since 1670 Cayman Islands 1670–1973 *The Bahamas 1670–1870 Rupert's Land (belonging to the Hudson Bay Company) 1671–1816 British Leeward Islands 1674–1702 East Jersey 1674–1702 West Jersey 1680–1776 New Hampshire 1681–1776 Pennsylvania 1686–1689 Dominion of New England 1691–1776 Massachusetts	1701–1776 Delaware 1712–1776 North Carolina 1712–1776 South Carolina 1713–1867 Nova Scotia 1733–1776 Province of Georgia 1762–1974 *Grenada 1763–1978 Dominica 1763–1873 Prince Edward Island 1763–1791 Province of Quebec 1763–1783 East Florida 1763–1783 West Florida 1784–1867 New Brunswick 1791–1841 Lower Canada 1791–1841 Upper Canada Since 1799 Turks and Caicos Islands	1818–1846 Columbia District/Oregon Country¹ 1833–1960 British Windward Islands 1833–1960 British Leeward Islands 1841–1867 Province of Canada 1849–1866 Vancouver Island 1858–1866 British Columbia 1859–1870 North-Western Territory 1860–1981 *Antigua and Barbuda 1866–1871 Vancouver Island and British Columbia Since-1867 *Canada, formerly the Dominion of Canada² 1871–1964 British Honduras (now *Belize) 1882–1983 *Saint Christopher and Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis) 1889–1962 Trinidad and Tobago 1907–1949 Dominion of Newfoundland³ 1958–1962 West Indies Federation

¹ Under the Condominium and joint administration with the Government of the United States of America.
² In 1931, Canada and other British dominions obtained self-government through the Statute of Westminster. See Canada's name.
³ Responsible government withdrawn in 1934, but Dominion status remained until Incorporation into the Dominion of Canada as a Province in 1949.

South America
1651–1667 Willoughbyland 1831–1966 British Guiana (now Guyana) ⁵

Africa and the Indian Ocean

17th century	18th century	19th century	20th century
Since 1658 Saint Helena¹⁴	1792–1961 Sierra Leone Protectorate (now Sierra Leone) 1795–1803 Cape Colony	Since 1815 Ascension Island¹⁴ Since 1816 Tristan da Cunha¹⁴ 1806–1910 Cape Colony 1810–1968 Mauritius Since 1815 Ascension Island¹⁴ Since 1816 Tristan da Cunha¹⁴ 1816–1965 Gambia Protectorate (now The Gambia 1856–1910 Natal 1868–1966 Basutoland (now Lesotho) 1874–1957 British Gold Coast (now Ghana) 1914–1922 Sultanate of Egypt 1884–1966 Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) 1884–1960 British Somaliland 1887–1897 Zululand 1890–1962 Uganda Protectorate 1890–1963 Zanzibar (now an autonomous part of Tanzania) 1891–1964 Nyasaland (now Malawi) 1891–1907 British Central Africa Protectorate 1893–1968 Swaziland 1895–1920 East Africa Protectorate 1899–1956 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	1900–1914 Northern Nigeria Protectorate 1900–1914 Southern Nigeria Protectorate 1900–1910 Orange River Colony 1900–1910 Transvaal Colony 1906–1954 Nigeria Colony 1910–1931 Union of South Africa 1914–1954 Nigeria Colony and Protectorate 1919–1960 Cameroons (Cameroon) (Mandate) 1920–1963 Kenya Protectorate (now Kenya) (Mandate) 1922–1961 Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) 1923–1980 Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia) (now Zimbabwe) 1924–1964 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) (Protectorate) 1954–1960 Nigeria ⁷

⁶ League of Nations mandate.

Asia

17th and 18th century	19th century	20th century
1685–1824 Bencoolen (in Sumatra) 1786-1946 Penang 1795–1948 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1796–1965 Maldives	1812–1824 Banka Island (in Sumatra) 1812–1824 Billiton (now spelled Belitung) 1819–1826 Malaya States 1824–1946 Malacca (Straits Settlements, 1824-1946) 1839–1967 Colony of Aden (Aden Colony) 1841–1997 Hong Kong 1841–1946 Sarawak (protected state) 1848–1946 Labuan 1858–1947 British India (now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Burma) 1869-1963 Protectorate of Aden (Aden Protectorate) 1879–1919 Afghanistan 1882–1963 British North Borneo 1885–1946 Unfederated Malay States (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis) 1888–1984 Sultanate of Brunei 1892–1971 Trucial States of Oman (Trucial Sheikhdoms of Oman) 1895–1946 Federated Malay States (Selangor, Perak, Pahang, and Negri Sembilan) 1898–1930 Wei-hai-wai (or Weihaiwei) Garrison (now Weihai)	1918–1961 Kuwait 1920–1932 Kingdom of Iraq (Mandate of Mesopotamia) (Mandatory Iraq)⁸ 1921–1946 Transjordan⁸ 1923–1948 Mandatory Palestine⁸ 1946–1963 Sarawak (now a State of Malaysia) 1946–1963 Singapore 1946–1948 Malayan Union 1948–1957 Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) Since 1965 British Indian Ocean Territory (detached from Mauritius and the Seychelles)

⁸ British Mandates of the League of Nations.

Oceania (South Pacific)

18 and 19th centuries

20th century

1788–1901 New South Wales
1803–1901 Van Diemen's Land, later Tasmania
1807–1863 Auckland Islands⁹
1824–1980 New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
1824–1901 Queensland
1829–1901 Western Australia, including the Swan River Colony
1836–1901 South Australia
since 1838 Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands
1841–1907 Colony of New Zealand
1851–1901 Colony of Victoria
1874–1970 Fiji¹⁰
1877–1976 British Western Pacific Territories
1884–1949 Territory of Papua
1888–1965 Cook Islands⁹
1889–1948 Union Islands (Tokelau)⁹
1892–1979 Gilbert and Ellice Islands¹¹
1893–1978 British Solomon Islands Protectorate
(now *the Solomon Islands)

1900–1970 Tonga (protected state)
1900–1974 Niue⁹
1919–1968 Nauru
1919–1949 Territory of New Guinea
1949–1975 Territory of Papua and New Guinea

⁹ Now part of the *Realm of New Zealand.
¹⁰ Membership of the Commonwealth of Nations suspended.
¹¹ Now Kiribati and *Tuvalu.

South Atlantic and Antarctica
Since 1833 Falkland Islands⁵ Since 1908 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Since 1908 British Antarctic Territory 1841-1933 Australian Antarctic Territory (jurisdiction transferred to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Australia) 1841-1947 Ross Dependency (jurisdiction transferred to the Government of New Zealand)
¹⁴ Since 2009 full constituent parts of the single territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Ascension Island (1922—) and Tristan da Cunha (1938—) were previously dependencies of Saint Helena.

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