British Resident Commissioner

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The British Resident Commissioner was the senior colonial official representing British authority and administering British interests in the New Hebrides condominium.

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Label Occurrences
British Resident Commissioner canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative office
government position
appliesToJurisdiction Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides
New Hebrides
appointedBy British Government
linked to: UK government

Secretary of State for the Colonies
coexistedWith French Resident Commissioner
coOfficialLanguageInContext French
country United Kingdom
endedBecauseOf independence of Vanuatu
endTime 1980
governmentalFunction executive authority
judicial oversight
legislative participation in condominium regulations
governs British-controlled services in the New Hebrides
hasAuthorityOver British courts in the New Hebrides
British education services in the New Hebrides
British health services in the New Hebrides
British police in the New Hebrides
hasDuty administer British interests in the New Hebrides
coordinate with French Resident Commissioner
implement British colonial policy in the New Hebrides
oversee British subjects in the New Hebrides
participate in joint condominium institutions
hasJurisdictionOver British subjects in the New Hebrides
British-protected persons in the New Hebrides
historicalRegion Melanesia
historicalSuccessorState Vanuatu
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Anglo-French agreements on the New Hebrides
locatedIn Port Vila
officeHeldBy British colonial official
operatedWithin New Hebrides Condominium system
linked to: New Hebrides
partOf British colonial service
replacedBy British High Commissioner to Vanuatu
reportsTo British Colonial Office
linked to: Colonial Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
represents British Crown
British Government
linked to: UK government

British authority in the New Hebrides
residence British Residency, Port Vila
roleIn British colonial administration in the New Hebrides
seatOfGovernment British Residency, Port Vila
sharesJurisdictionWith French Resident Commissioner
startTime 1906
worksWith Anglo-French Condominium administration
Joint Court of the New Hebrides

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New Hebrides governingBody British Resident Commissioner