crown colony in English

noun
1
a British colony whose legislature and administration is controlled by the Crown, represented by a governor.
The two islands were administratively joined in 1888; British Crown Colony government lasted until independence in 1962.

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2. Ceylon was not returned to the Dutch and was made a British Crown Colony.

3. Basutoland was annexed to Cape Colony in 1871, and became a British Crown Colony in 1884

4. This was the first occasion on which a British Crown Colony had surrendered to an invading force.

5. ' Basutoland (officially "The Territory of Basutoland "), an inland state and British crown colony of S.E.

6. Basutoland was a British Crown colony established in 1884 due to the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory

7. The Straits Settlements were a Crown colony, ruled by a governor under the supervision of the Colonial Office in London.

8. Basutoland was a British Crown colony in southern Africa, established in 1884 due to the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory

9. The Crown colony government established many departments to oversee the welfare of its residents and to revive the economy of North Borneo after the war.

10. The journalists signed a memorandum calling for gradual socio-political reforms, including abrogation of the crown colony system, regional representation and independence for British West African colonies by 1958 or 1960.

11. In 1842, Sarawak was ceded by the Sultan of Brunei to James Brooke, whose successors ruled as the White Rajahs over an independent kingdom until 1946, when it became a crown colony.

12. On 1 April 1867 the Settlements became a British Crown colony, making the Settlements answerable directly to the Colonial Office in London instead of the government of British India based in Calcutta.