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Between 9 and 16 October of the same year, Captain Herbert Gibson of HMS Curacoa declared the Ellice Islands to be a British protectorate. [22] The British government found it administratively convenient to govern the Ellice and Gilberts islands together. [40] At first, the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) were administered by a high ...
A British protectorate was first proclaimed over the Gilberts by Captain Edward Davis of HMS Royalist on 27 May 1892. [16] British official Arthur Mahaffy visited the Islands in 1909. He noted that the "villages are kept in admirable order and the roads are scrupulously clean." A hospital was on each island, as well. [17]
The post was established in 1892 with the title 'Resident Commissioner' by Governor of Fiji John Bates Thurston after the islands were made a British protectorate, having previously been under the supervision of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. [1] [2] [3] The Commissioner initially had jurisdiction over only the Ellice Islands.
In the Pacific Ocean the sixteen islands of the Gilberts (now Kiribati) were declared a British Protectorate by Captain Davis R.N., of HMS Royalist between 27 May and 17 June 1892. The Royalist also visited each of the Ellice Islands, and Captain Davis was requested by islanders to raise the British flag, but he did not have instructions to ...
Following objections to self-government for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from the eight representatives of the Ellice Islands due to concerns about the Gilbert Islands being the dominant part of the territory, an inquiry was held by the British representative Leslie Monson. [3] Following the inquiry, the British government granted the ...
Herbert William Sumner Gibson was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served in the Australia Station.He was the son of Bishop Edgar Gibson.As captain of the corvette HMS Curacoa he was sent to the Ellice Islands to make a formal declaration that the islands were to be a British Protectorate, which occurred between 9 and 16 October 1892.
Former British protectorate and colony. ... Pages in category "Gilbert and Ellice Islands" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are the only British Overseas Territories with recognised National Olympic Committees (NOCs); the British Olympic Association is recognised as the appropriate NOC for athletes from the other territories, and thus athletes who hold a British passport are eligible to represent Great ...