Basutoland or officially the Territory of Basutoland, was a British crown colony established in 1884 after the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory. It was divided into seven administrative disricts; Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohales Hock, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing.
The colony was contemporary sometimes referred to as "The Switzerland of South Africa", because of its beautiful nature with mountains and waterfalls.[1]
List of British Resident Commissioners
- Marshal James Clarke: 18 Mar 1884 - 18 Sep 1894
- Godfrey Yeatsman Lagden: 18 Sep 1894 - 1895
- Sir Herbert Cecil Sloley: 1895
- Godfrey Yeatsman Lagden: 1895 - 1901
- Sir Herbert Cecil Sloley: 1902 - 1913
- James MacGregor: 1913
- Sir Herbert Cecil Sloley: 1913 - 1916
- Robert Thorne Coryndon: 1916 - 1917
- Edward Charles Frederick Garraway: 1917 - Apr 1926
- John Christian Ramsay Sturrock: Apr 1926 - Mar 1935
- Sir Edmund Charles Smith Richards: Mar 1935 - Aug 1942
- Charles Nobel Arden-Clarke: Aug 1942 - Nov 1946
- Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson: Nov 1946 - 24 Oct 1951
- Edwin Porter Arrowsmith: 24 Oct 1951 - Sep 1956
- Alan Geoffrey Tunstal Chaplin: Sep 1956 - 1961
- Alexander Falconer Giles: 1961 - 30 Apr 1965
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