High Commissioner for Southern Africa

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The High Commissioner for Southern Africa was a senior British colonial official responsible for overseeing and coordinating imperial administration and policy across territories in the southern African region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial post ⓘ
colonial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Basutoland ⓘ
linked to: Lesotho

Bechuanaland Protectorate ⓘ
Cape Colony ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Zambia

Nyasaland ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Rhodesia

Swaziland ⓘ
linked to: Eswatini

Union of South Africa ⓘ
appointedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

British monarch ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDomain defence coordination in Southern Africa ⓘ
foreign relations of British territories in Southern Africa ⓘ
native policy in Southern Africa ⓘ
hasDuty advise Colonial Office on Southern African affairs ⓘ
coordinate colonial policy in Southern Africa ⓘ
manage relations with African polities ⓘ
oversee imperial administration in Southern Africa ⓘ
supervise British protectorates in Southern Africa ⓘ
hasPower issue ordinances within delegated authority ⓘ
negotiate treaties with African rulers ⓘ
proclaim protectorates ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
locationOfOffice Cape Town ⓘ
Pretoria ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ⓘ
Alfred Milner ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Milner

George Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
Henry Bartle Frere ⓘ
Herbert Gladstone ⓘ
Hercules Robinson ⓘ
The Earl of Selborne ⓘ
The Viscount Buxton ⓘ
officeHolderAlsoHeld Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
relatedTo British colonial rule in Africa ⓘ
Scramble for Africa ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
replacedBy local dominion governments in Southern Africa ⓘ
subordinateTo Colonial Office ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
usedTitle High Commissioner for South Africa ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

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William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Selborne
Lord Milner → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa → usedTitle → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Selborne
William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne → officeEndTime → High Commissioner for Southern Africa, 1910 ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Selborne
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Henry Bartle Frere → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Prince Arthur of Connaught → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Milner
Hercules Robinson → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
The Earl of Selborne → linkedToOffice → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Sir George Pomeroy Colley → hasTitle → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: The Viscount Buxton
Herbert Gladstone → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Selborne Memorandum → issuedBy → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → High Commissioner for South Africa ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
George Pomeroy Colley → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
British Protectorate of Basutoland → colonialAdministrator → British High Commissioner for Basutoland ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
British Resident of the Sovereignty beyond the Orange River → relatedTo → British High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Alfred Milner → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Sir Charles Warren → positionHeld → Special Commissioner to Bechuanaland ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Viscount Wolmer → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
High Commission Territories in Southern Africa → administeredBy → British High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
High Commission Territories in Southern Africa → highCommissionerTitle → High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland ⓘ
linked to: High Commissioner for Southern Africa
Hercules Robinson → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Rosmead
Sydney Charles Buxton → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Matthew Nathan → positionHeld → High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ