Template: British overseas territories

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: <u>Current territory</u>
: Former territory
: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Now a [[Commonwealth realm]]
: ''Now a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]''
Culture:[[Anglosphere]]

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|title = Europe
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* 1542–1800 [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] <small>(integrated into the UK)</small>
* 1708–1757, 1763–1782 and 1798–1802 [[Menorca|Minorca]]
* Since 1713 <u>[[Gibraltar]]</u>
* 1794–1796 [[Anglo-Corsican Kingdom|Corsica]]
* 1800–1813 [[Malta Protectorate|Malta (Protectorate)]]
* 1813–1964 ''[[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta (Colony)]]''
* 1807–1890 [[Heligoland]]
* 1809–1864 [[United States of the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]]
* 1878–1960 ''[[British Cyprus|Cyprus]]''
* 1921–1931 [[Irish Free State]]
* Since 1960 <u>[[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]</u> (before as part of [[Cyprus]])
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|title = Africa
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* Since 1658 <u>[[Saint Helena]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* 1792–1961 ''[[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate|Sierra Leone]]''
* 1795–1803 [[Cape Colony]]

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* Since 1815 <u>[[Ascension Island]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* Since 1816 <u>[[Tristan da Cunha]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* 1806–1910 [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]]
* 1807–1808 [[History of Madeira|Madeira]]
* 1810–1968 ''[[British Mauritius|Mauritius]]''
* 1816–1965 ''[[Gambia Colony and Protectorate|The Gambia]]''
* 1856–1910 [[Colony of Natal|Natal]]
* 1862–1906 [[Lagos Colony|Lagos]]
* 1868–1966 [[Basutoland]]<sup>6</sup>
* 1874–1957 [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]<sup>7</sup>
* 1882–1922 [[Sultanate of Egypt|Egypt]]

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* 1884–1900 [[Niger Coast Protectorate|Niger Coast]]
* 1884–1966 [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]]<sup>8</sup>
* 1884–1960 [[British Somaliland|Somaliland]]
* 1887–1897 [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]]
* 1890–1962 ''[[Uganda Protectorate|Uganda]]''
* 1890–1963 [[Zanzibar]]<sup>9</sup>
* 1891–1964 [[Nyasaland]]<sup>10</sup>
* 1891–1907 [[British Central Africa Protectorate|Central Africa]]
* 1893–1968 ''[[History of Swaziland|Swaziland]]''<sup>11</sup>
* 1895–1920 [[East Africa Protectorate|East Africa]]
* 1899–1956 [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Sudan]]

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* 1900–1914 [[Northern Nigeria Protectorate|Northern Nigeria]]
* 1900–1914 [[Southern Nigeria Protectorate|Southern Nigeria]]
* 1900–1910 [[Orange River Colony|Orange River]]
* 1900–1910 [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]]
* 1903–1976 ''[[History of Seychelles|Seychelles]]''
* 1910–1931 ''[[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]''
* 1914–1960 ''[[Colonial Nigeria|Nigeria]]''
* 1915–1931 [[South-West Africa|South-West Africa]]<sup>12</sup>
* 1919–1961 [[British Cameroons|Cameroons]]<sup>13</sup>
* 1920–1963 ''[[Kenya Colony|Kenya]]''
* 1922–1961 [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]]<sup>13</sup>
* 1923–1965 and 1979–1980 [[Southern Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia]]<sup>14</sup>
* 1924–1964 [[Northern Rhodesia|Northern Rhodesia]]<sup>15</sup>

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* 6. Now ''[[Lesotho]]''.
* 7. Now ''[[Ghana]]''.
* 8. Now ''[[Botswana]]''.
* 9. Now part of ''[[Tanzania]]''.
* 10. Now ''[[Malawi]]''.
* 11. Now named Eswatini.
* 12. Now ''[[Namibia]]''.
* 13. [[League of Nations mandate]]. British Cameroons is now part of ''[[Cameroon]]'', while Tanganyika is part of ''[[Tanzania]]''.
* 14. [[Responsible government|Self-governing]] Southern Rhodesia [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|unilaterally declared independence]] in 1965 (as [[Rhodesia]]) and continued as an [[diplomatic recognition|unrecognised]] state until the 1979 [[Lancaster House Agreement]]. After recognised independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth until it withdrew in 2003.
* 15. Now ''[[Zambia]]''.
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|title = Asia
|col1header = 17th and 18th centuries
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* 1685–1824 [[British Bencoolen|Bencoolen]]
* 1702–1705 [[Côn Sơn Island|Pulo Condore]]
* 1757–1947 [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]]
* 1762–1764 [[British occupation of Manila|Manila and Cavite]]
* 1781–1784 and 1795–1819 [[Padang|Padang]]
* 1786–1946 [[History of Penang|Penang]]
* 1795–1948 ''[[British Ceylon|Ceylon]]''<sup>16</sup>
* 1796–1965 ''[[Independence of the Maldives|Maldives]]''

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|col2header = 19th century
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* 1811–1816 [[Java]]
* 1812–1824 [[Bangka Island|Banka]] and [[Belitung|Billiton]]
* 1819–1826 [[British Malaya|Malaya]]
* 1824–1948 [[British rule in Burma|Burma]]
* 1826–1946 [[Straits Settlements|Straits Settlements]]
* 1839–1967 [[Aden Colony]]
* 1839–1842 [[First Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
* 1841–1997 [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
* 1841–1946 [[Raj of Sarawak|Sarawak]]<sup>17</sup>
* 1848–1946 [[Crown Colony of Labuan|Labuan]]
* 1858–1947 ''[[British Raj|India]]''<sup>18</sup>
* 1874–1963 [[British Borneo|Borneo]]

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* 1879–1919 [[European influence in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] (protectorate)
* 1882–1963 [[North Borneo|North Borneo]]<sup>17</sup>
* 1885–1946 [[Unfederated Malay States]]
* 1888–1984 ''[[Bruneian Empire|Brunei]]''
* 1891–1971 [[Muscat and Oman]]
* 1892–1971 [[Trucial States]]
* 1895–1946 [[Federated Malay States]]
* 1898–1930 [[Weihaiwei under British rule|Weihai]]
* 1878–1960 ''[[British Cyprus|Cyprus]]''

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* 1907–1949 [[History of Bhutan|Bhutan]] (protectorate)
* 1918–1961 [[Sheikhdom of Kuwait|Kuwait]]
* 1920–1932 [[Mandate for Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]<sup>19</sup>
* 1921–1946 [[Emirate of Transjordan|Transjordan]]{{smallsup|8}}
* 1923–1948 [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]]<sup>19</sup>
* 1945–1946 [[War in Vietnam (1945–46)|South Vietnam]]
* 1946–1963 [[Crown Colony of North Borneo|North Borneo]]
* 1946–1963 [[Crown Colony of Sarawak|Sarawak]]
* 1946–1963 ''[[Colony of Singapore|Singapore]]''
* 1946–1948 [[Malayan Union]]
* 1948–1957 [[Federation of Malaya|Federation of Malaya]]<sup>17</sup>
* Since 1965 <u>[[British Indian Ocean Territory]]</u> (before as part of [[Mauritius]] and [[Seychelles]])<sup>26</sup>

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* 16. Now ''[[Sri Lanka]]''.
* 17. Now part of ''[[Malaysia]]''.
* 18. Now ''[[India]]'', ''[[Pakistan]]'' and ''[[Bangladesh]]''.
* 19. [[League of Nations mandate]]. Iraq's mandate was not enacted and replaced by the [[Anglo-Iraqi Treaty]]
* 26. Legitimacy of territorial establishment [[Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute|disputed]]
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|title = North America
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|col1header = 17th century and before
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* 1579 [[New Albion]]
* 16th c.–1880 [[British Arctic Territories]]
* 1583–1907 [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]
* 1605–1979 *''[[British Saint Lucia|Saint Lucia]]''
* 1607–1776 [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]]
* Since 1619 <u>[[Bermuda]]</u>
* 1620–1691 [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]]
* 1623–1983 [[Saint Kitts]]
* 1624–1966 *''[[History of Barbados|Barbados]]''
* 1625–1650 [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Croix]]
* 1627–1979 *''[[History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]''
* 1628–1983 [[Nevis]]
* 1629–1691 [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|Massachusetts-Bay]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* 1632–1776 [[Province of Maryland|Maryland]]
* since 1632 <u>[[Montserrat]]</u>
* 1632–1860 [[Antigua]]
* 1635–1644 [[Saybrook Colony|Saybrook]]
* 1636–1776 [[Connecticut Colony|Connecticut]]
* 1636–1776 [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
* 1637–1662 [[New Haven Colony|New Haven]]

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* 1643–1860 [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]]
* Since 1650 <u>[[Anguilla]]</u>
* 1655–1860 [[Mosquito Coast]]
* 1655–1962 *''[[Colony of Jamaica|Jamaica]]''
* 1663–1712 [[Province of Carolina|Carolina]]
* 1664–1776 [[Province of New York|New-York]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* 1665–1674 and 1702–1776 [[Province of New Jersey|New-Jersey]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* Since 1666 <u>[[British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]</u>
* Since 1670 <u>[[Cayman Islands]]</u>
* 1670–1973 *''[[History of the Bahamas|Bahamas]]''
* 1670–1870 [[Rupert's Land]]
* 1671–1816 [[British Leeward Islands|Leeward Islands]]
* 1674–1702 [[East Jersey]]
* 1674–1702 [[West Jersey]]
* 1680–1776 [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]
* 1681–1776 [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
* 1686–1689 [[Dominion of New England|New England]]
* 1691–1776 [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts-Bay]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->

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* 1701–1776 [[Delaware Colony|Delaware]]
* 1712–1776 [[Province of North Carolina|North-Carolina]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* 1712–1776 [[Province of South Carolina|South-Carolina]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* 1713–1867 [[History of Nova Scotia|Nova-Scotia]] <!--Hyphenated common name used by contemporary government officials and the press during British colonial rule.-->
* 1733–1776 [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]]
* 1754–1820 [[Cape Breton Island]]
* 1762–1974 *''[[History of Grenada|Grenada]]''
* 1763–1978 ''[[History of Dominica|Dominica]]''
* 1763–1873 [[History of Prince Edward Island|Prince Edward Island]]
* 1763–1791 [[Province of Quebec (1763–91)|Quebec]]
* 1763–1783 [[East Florida]]
* 1763–1783 [[British West Florida|West Florida]]
* 1784–1867 [[History of New Brunswick|New Brunswick]]
* 1791–1841 [[Lower Canada]]
* 1791–1841 [[Upper Canada]]
* Since 1799 <u>[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]</u>

|col4header = 19th and 20th centuries
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* 1818–1846 [[Columbia District]]/[[Oregon Country]]<sup>1</sup>
* 1833–1960 [[British Windward Islands|Windward Islands]]
* 1833–1960 [[British Leeward Islands|Leeward Islands]]
* 1841–1867 [[Province of Canada|Canada]]
* 1843 [[Paulet affair (1843)|Paulet affair]]
* 1849–1866 [[Colony of Vancouver Island|Vancouver Island]]
* 1853–1863 [[Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands|Queen Charlotte Islands]]
* 1858–1866 [[Colony of British Columbia (1858–66)|British Columbia]]
* 1859–1870 [[North-Western Territory]]
* 1860–1981 *''[[History of Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua and Barbuda]]''
* 1862–1863 [[Stickeen Territories|Stickeen]]
* 1866–1871 [[Colony of British Columbia (1866–71)|British Columbia]]
* 1867–1931 *''[[Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914)|Dominion of Canada]]''<sup>2</sup>
* 1871–1981 *''[[British Honduras|Belize]]''
* 1882–1983 *''[[History of Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]''
* 1889–1962 ''[[History of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]''
* 1907–1949 [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]<sup>3</sup>
* 1958–1962 [[West Indies Federation]]
* 1967–1983 [[West Indies Associated States]]

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* 1. [[Condominium (international law)|Occupied jointly]] with the United States.
* 2. In 1931, Canada and other British [[dominion]]s obtained self-government through the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]. See [[Name of Canada]].
* 3. Gave up [[responsible government|self-rule]] in 1934, but remained a ''[[de jure]]'' Dominion until it [[Provinces and territories of Canada|joined Canada]] in 1949.
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|title = Oceania
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|col1header = 18th and 19th centuries
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* 1788–1901 [[Colony of New South Wales|New South Wales]]
* 1803–1901 [[Van Diemen's Land]]/[[Colony of Tasmania|Tasmania]]
* 1807–1863 [[Auckland Islands]]<sup>20</sup>
* 1824–1980 [[New Hebrides]]<sup>21</sup>
* 1824–1901 [[Colony of Queensland|Queensland]]
* 1829–1901 [[Swan River Colony|Swan River]]/[[Colony of Western Australia|Western Australia]]
* 1836–1901 [[Colony of South Australia|South Australia]]
* since 1838 <u>[[History of the Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn Islands]]</u>

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* 1841–1907 [[Colony of New Zealand|New Zealand]]
* 1846–1847 [[North Australia]]
* 1851–1901 [[Colony of Victoria|Victoria]]
* 1874–1970 ''[[Colony of Fiji|Fiji]]''
* 1877–1976 [[British Western Pacific Territories|Western Pacific Territories]]
* 1884–1902 [[Territory of Papua|Papua]]
* 1888–1901 [[Kingdom of Rarotonga|Rarotonga]]/[[Cook Islands Federation|Cook Islands]]<sup>20</sup>
* 1889–1948 [[Union Islands]]<sup>20</sup>
* 1892–1979 [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]<sup>22</sup>
* 1893–1978 *''[[British Solomon Islands|Solomon Islands]]''

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* 1900–1970 ''[[History of Tonga|Tonga]]''
* 1900–1974 [[History of Niue|Niue]]<sup>20</sup>
* 1901–1942 *''[[History of Australia (1901–45)|Australia]]''
* 1907–1947 *''[[Dominion of New Zealand|New Zealand]]''
* 1914–1962 ''[[Western Samoa Trust Territory|Samoa]]''
* 1919–1942 and 1945–1968 ''[[History of Nauru|Nauru]]''

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* 20. Now part of the *''[[Realm of New Zealand]]''.
* 21. Now ''[[Vanuatu]]''.
* 22. Now ''[[Kiribati]]'' and *''[[Tuvalu]]''.
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|title = South America
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* 1631–1641 [[Providence Island colony|Providence Island]]
* 1651–1667 [[Willoughbyland]]
* 1670–1688 [[Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina|Saint Andrew and Providence Islands]]<sup>4</sup>
* 1831–1966 ''[[British Guiana|Guiana]]''
* Since 1833 <u>[[Falkland Islands]]</u><sup>5</sup>
* Since 1908 <u>[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]</u><sup>5</sup>

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* 4. Now a [[departments of Colombia|department]] of [[Colombia]].
* 5. Occupied by Argentina during the [[Falklands War]] of April–June 1982.
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* Since 1658 <u>[[Saint Helena]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* Since 1815 <u>[[Ascension Island]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* Since 1816 <u>[[Tristan da Cunha]]</u><sup>23</sup>
* Since 1833 <u>[[Falkland Islands]]</u>
* 1841–1933 ''[[Australian Antarctic Territory]]'' <small>(transferred to the [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]])</small>
* 1841–1947 ''[[Ross Dependency]]'' <small>(transferred to the [[Realm of New Zealand]])</small>
* Since 1908 <u>[[British Antarctic Territory]]</u><sup>24</sup>
* Since 1908 <u>[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]</u><sup>25</sup>

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* 23. Since 2009 part of <u>[[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]]</u>; Ascension Island (1922–) and Tristan da Cunha (1938–) were previously dependencies of Saint Helena.
* 24. Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1962; overlaps portions of Argentine and Chilean claims, borders not enforced but claim not renounced under the [[Antarctic Treaty]].
* 25. Claimed in 1908; territory formed 1985
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