Civil Commissioner of Malta

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The Civil Commissioner of Malta was the chief British administrative official governing Malta during the early 19th century, before the establishment of a formal colonial governorship.

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Label Occurrences
Civil Commissioner of Malta canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British administrative position
colonial office
appliesToJurisdiction Comino
Gozo
Malta
appointedBy British government
linked to: UK government

British monarch
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1813
endTime 1813
followedBy Governor of Malta
governmentOfficeOrTitle Civil Commissioner
hasAuthorityOver Maltese islands
linked to: Malta
hasDuty civil administration of Malta
implementation of British policy in Malta
maintenance of public order in Malta
oversight of local institutions in Malta
hasLanguage English
Italian
Maltese
inception 1799
jurisdiction Malta
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mediterranean Sea
location Malta
officeCreatedBy British government
officeHeldBy Alexander Ball
Henry Pigot
Hilton Pigot
Thomas Maitland
officeHolder Alexander Ball
Henry Pigot
Hilton Pigot
Thomas Maitland
partOf British Empire
British colonial administration
history of Malta
precededBy French occupation of Malta
replacedBy Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta
linked to: Governor of Malta
replaces French military administration in Malta
Order of Saint John administration in Malta
residence Auberge de Castille
roleIn British rule in Malta
saidToBeTheSameAs British Civil Commissioner in Malta
seat Valletta
startTime 1799
temporalCoverage early 19th century

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Referenced by (2)

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

Alexander Ball positionHeld Civil Commissioner of Malta
Sir Alexander John Ball positionHeld Civil Commissioner of Malta