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BRITAIN COLONIES

































































Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -   BRITAIN COLONIES

1901-01-22:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -   BRITAIN COLONIES

1910-05-31:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -   BRITISH DOMINIONS

1912-09-19:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -   BRITISH DOMINIONS

1922-12-06:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -   BRITISH DOMINIONS

1926-11-18:

Autonomous Communities of the BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -   BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

1931-12-31:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -   BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

1973-08-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

1976-03-26:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

2013-10-02:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH
































Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -   BRITAIN COLONIES

1952-02-06:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

1972-01-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

1976-03-26:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

2012-01-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

2013-10-02:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -   THE COMMONWEALTH

































Sovereignty changes:


































Capital Local Name changes:


1900-01-01:

  Westminster

1932-07-21:

  Ottawa

1932-08-19:

  Westminster


































Local Name of Country changes:


1900-01-01:

  BRITAIN COLONIES

1907-04-15:

  BRITISH REALMS

1926-11-18:

  BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

1949-04-27:

  THE COMMONWEALTH


































Status changes:


1900-01-01:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]

1907-05-14:

BRITISH REALMS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]

1910-05-31:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]

1918-07-26:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire

1926-11-18:

Autonomous Communities of the BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations

1931-12-11:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations

1949-04-27:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations

1965-07-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat


































Ruler changes:

1900-01-01:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    Joseph Chamberlain (uk)
         (Joseph Chamberlain (uk))

1903-10-11:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    Alfred Lyttelton (uk)
         (Alfred Lyttelton (uk))

1905-12-05:

BRITAIN COLONIES of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (uk)
         (Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (uk))

1908-04-03:

BRITISH REALMS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    Victor Alexander Bruce (uk)
         (Victor Alexander Bruce Earl of Elgin and Kincardine (uk))

1908-04-08:

BRITISH REALMS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    Herbert Henry Asquith (uk)
         (Herbert Henry Asquith Earl of Oxford and Asquith (uk))

1916-12-06:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire [British Imperial Federation]  (Westminster)   -    David Lloyd George (uk)
         (David Lloyd George Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (uk))

1922-10-20:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    UK
         (UK)

1922-10-23:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    Andrew Bonar Law (uk)
         (Andrew Bonar Law (uk))

1923-05-20:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    Victor Cavendish (ca)
         (Victor Christian William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire (ca))

1923-05-22:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    Stanley Baldwin (uk)
         (Stanley Baldwin Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (uk))

1924-01-22:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    James Ramsay MacDonald (uk)
         (James Ramsay MacDonald (uk))

1924-11-04:

BRITISH DOMINIONS of the British Empire  (Westminster)   -    Stanley Baldwin (uk)
         (Stanley Baldwin Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (uk))

1929-06-05:

Autonomous Communities of the BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    James Ramsay MacDonald (uk)
         (James Ramsay MacDonald (uk))

1932-07-21:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Ottawa)   -    Viscount Richard Bedford Bennett (ca)
         (Viscount Richard Bedford Bennett (ca))

1932-08-19:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    James Ramsay MacDonald (uk)
         (James Ramsay MacDonald (uk))

1935-06-07:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Stanley Baldwin (uk)
         (Stanley Baldwin Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (uk))

1937-05-28:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Arthur Neville Chamberlain (uk)
         (Arthur Neville Chamberlain (uk))

1940-05-10:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (uk)
         (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (uk))

1945-07-26:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Earl Clement Richard Attlee (uk)
         (Earl Clement Richard Attlee (uk))

1951-10-26:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (uk)
         (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (uk))

1955-04-06:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Robert Anthony Eden (uk)
         (Robert Anthony Eden Earl of Avon (uk))

1957-01-10:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Harold Macmillan (uk)
         (Maurice Harold Macmillan Earl of Stockton (uk))

1963-10-19:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Lord Alec Douglas-Home (uk)
         (The Lord Alexander Alec Frederick Douglas-Home Baron Home of the Hirsel (uk))

1963-12-12:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Sir Alec Douglas-Home (uk)
         (Sir Alexander Alec Frederick Douglas-Home Baron Home of the Hirsel (uk))

1964-10-16:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    Harold Wilson (uk)
         (James Harold Wilson Baron Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (uk))

1965-06-30:

THE COMMONWEATH of Nations  (Westminster)   -    SG Arnold Smith (ca)
         (SG Arnold Smith (ca))

1975-07-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -    SG Sir Shridath Ramphal (gy)
         (SG Sir Shridath Ramphal (gy))

1990-07-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -    SG Emeka Anyaoku (ng)
         (SG Emeka Anyaoku (ng))

2000-04-03:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -    SG Don McKinnon (nz)
         (SG Don McKinnon (nz))

2008-04-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -    SG Kamalesh Sharma (in)
         (SG Kamalesh Sharma (in))

2016-04-01:

THE COMMONWEATH Secretariat  (Westminster)   -    SG Patricia Scotland (dm)
         (SG Patricia Janet Scotland Baroness Scotland of Asthal (dm))

































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