Colonial Office (United Kingdom)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colonial_Office_(United_Kingdom)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_ministry
gptkbp:buildingType	gptkb:Colonial_Office,_Whitehall
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved	1966
gptkbp:formed	1801
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
gptkbp:heldBy	gptkb:The_National_Archives_(UK)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Colonial Office (United Kingdom)
gptkbp:jurisdiction	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Commonwealth_Office
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Indian_independence gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa gptkb:Kenya_Emergency gptkb:Suez_Crisis gptkb:Cyprus_Emergency gptkb:Wind_of_Change_speech gptkb:Malayan_Emergency gptkb:Partition_of_Africa gptkb:Mau_Mau_Uprising Decolonisation of Africa British Honduras independence Caribbean decolonisation Falkland Islands administration Gibraltar administration Hong Kong administration Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Duncan_Sandys gptkb:Alan_Lennox-Boyd gptkb:Leopold_Amery gptkb:Iain_Macleod gptkb:Winston_Churchill gptkb:Lord_Glenelg gptkb:Henry_Labouchere gptkb:Earl_Grey gptkb:Frederick_Peel gptkb:Lord_Stanley gptkb:Joseph_Chamberlain gptkb:Anthony_Greenwood gptkb:Alfred_Lyttelton gptkb:Malcolm_MacDonald gptkb:Lord_Kimberley gptkb:Edward_Cardwell Victor Bruce
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_the_Colonies
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Commonwealth_Office
gptkbp:responsibleFor	administration of British colonies
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office
gptkbp:type	ministerial department
gptkbp:website	https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/colonial-office-records/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Straits_Settlements_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7