Flag of Montserrat

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The flag of Montserrat is the Montserrat arms placed on the fly of the British Blue Ensign after the colony of the Leeward Islands (which consisted of several British-administered islands in the region) was dissolved in 1958.

Flag features

It is a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the coat of arms of Montserrat in the flie of the country.

Symbolism of arms

The arms feature Erin, the female personification of Ireland, and the golden harp, another symbol of Ireland. This reflects the colony's Irish ancestry.

Flag of the Governor

The Governor of Montserrat maintains a separate flag. The Governor's flag consists of a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. This was introduced after the dissolution of the Leeward Islands in 1958, when Montserrat became a separate colonial entity.

v t e Flags of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies
British Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Ascension Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
Crown Dependencies	Guernsey Alderney Herm Sark Jersey Isle of Man

v t e Flags of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

National, regional and city flags incorporating the Union Jack

Sovereign states

Dependent territories

United Kingdom	Anguilla Ascension Island Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands
New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

States, provinces
and other
administrative divisions

Australian states	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Canadian provinces	British Columbia Manitoba Ontario
US states	Hawaii
US counties	Somerset County, Maryland Westmoreland County

Cities

Chile	Coquimbo
United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mobile, Alabama New Castle, Delaware Taunton, Massachusetts

Miscellaneous

Historical

Dominions and independent states	Canada (1868–1965) Newfoundland (1907–1931) Rhodesia (1964–1968) South Africa (1910–1928) South Africa (1928–1994) United States (1776–1777)
Australian external territories	New Guinea (1921–1971) Papua (1884–1971)
New Zealand mandate and trust territory	Western Samoa (1925–1948)
Anglo-French condominium	New Hebrides (1906–1980)
Other flags	Aden (1937–1963) British Cameroon (1922–1961) British Leeward Islands (1871–1958) British Somaliland (1903–1960) British South Africa Company (1892–1965) British Windward Islands (1886–1958) Burma (1939–1948) Cyprus (1881–1960) East India Company (1600–1858) Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1937–1976) Gilbert Islands (1976–1979) Hong Kong (1871–1997) India (1880–1947) Ionian Islands (1815–1864) Malacca (1951–1957) Malta (1875–1964) Mosquito Coast (1824–1860) North Borneo (1882–1963) Palestine (1927–1948) Penang (1949–1957) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1958–1967) Sarawak (1947–1963) Singapore (1946–1959) Solomon Islands (1906–1977) Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964) Straits Settlements (1874–1946) Tanganyika (1923–1961) United Colonies (1775–1776) Weihaiwei (1898–1930)