British Commissioner

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The British Commissioner was the chief colonial official responsible for administering the leased territory of Weihaiwei on behalf of the United Kingdom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
British Commissioner canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrator ⓘ
government office ⓘ
administered leased territory of Weihaiwei ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Weihaiwei ⓘ
linked to: Weihai
appointedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Foreign Office of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing termination of British lease of Weihaiwei ⓘ
endTime 1930 ⓘ
followedBy Chinese local authorities in Weihaiwei ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil administration in Weihaiwei ⓘ
judicial administration in Weihaiwei ⓘ
policing in Weihaiwei ⓘ
public works in Weihaiwei ⓘ
inception transfer of administration from War Office to Foreign Office ⓘ
legalBasis lease of Weihaiwei to the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
Weihaiwei ⓘ
linked to: Weihai
officeHolder Arthur Powys-Vaughan ⓘ
Noel Ernest Money ⓘ
Reginald Fleming Johnston ⓘ
Sir James Stewart Lockhart ⓘ
partOf British colonial administration in China ⓘ
precededBy military commandant of Weihaiwei ⓘ
relinquishedTo Republic of China government ⓘ
residence Weihaiwei ⓘ
linked to: Weihai
role chief colonial official ⓘ
head of administration ⓘ
representative of the British government ⓘ
startTime 1902 ⓘ
subordinateTo Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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

Wei Hai Wei → governedBy → British Commissioner ⓘ