Basutoland

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Territory of Basutoland
British colony

1884 – 1966
Anthem
God Save the Queen
Capital Maseru
Language(s) English
Government Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
 - 1884-1901 Victoria
 - 1952-1966 Elizabeth II
Commissioner
 - 1884-1894 Marshal James Clarke
 - 1961-1965 Alexander Falconer Giles
History
 - Established 1884
 - Disestablished 4 October, 1966

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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