List of Former British Dominions, Colonies, Protectorates, Protected and Associated States

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When colonial flags were introduced in 1869 few colonies had arms. Most flag badges were based upon the Public Seal which every colony had to have. In 1905 the Colonial Office issued a Circular Despatch (No14 of 1905) encouraging colonies to apply for arms. However since the cost was not a Colonial Office expense, but a charge on the budget of the colony, the decision to apply was the choice of the Colonial Government. Many thought that arms were unnecessary, or not worth the cost. The heralds at the College of Arms were not paid a salary, and the only income they had as heralds were the fees they charged for designing and registering arms. I don't know what was being charged in 1905 but in 1936 the Gilbert and Ellice Islands were charged 25 pounds for their badge. This was considered very reasonable. Aden and Northern Rhodesia had each paid 50 pounds for their badges and St Lucia had also paid 50 pounds for a badge and new seal design.

 

  • Aden
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Basutoland - see Lesotho
  • Bechuanaland - see Botswana
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Central Africa
  • British East Africa
  • British Guiana - see Guyana
  • British Honduras - see Belize
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British New Guinea (Papua)
  • British Somaliland - see Somaliland
  • British South Africa Company
  • Brunei
  • Burma - see Myanmar
  • Canada
  • Cape Colony - South Africa
  • Ceylon - see Sri Lanka
  • Cook Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • East India Company
  • Federated Malay States
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Gilbert and Ellice Islands - see Kiribati and Tuvalu
  • Gold Coast - see also Ghana
  • Ionian Islands
  • Grenada
  • Heligoland
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Labuan
  • Lagos (Nigeria)
  • Leeward Islands
  • Liu Kung Tau - see China
  • Malacca
  • Malaya - see Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mosquito Coast - see Nicaragua
  • Natal
  • Nauru - see Western Pacific High Commission
  • New Hebrides - see Vanuatu
  • Newfoundland
  • New South Wales
  • New Zealand
  • Niger Coast Protectorate - see British Nigeria
  • Nigeria
  • Niue - see Western Pacific High Commission
  • North Borneo - see Sabah
  • Northern Nigeria - see British Nigeria
  • Northern Rhodesia - see Zambia
  • Nyasaland - see Malawi
  • Orange River Colony
  • Palestine
  • Penang
  • Queensland
  • Rhodesia - see Zimbabwe
  • Royal Niger Company
  • Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  • Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sarawak
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • South Australia
  • Southern Nigeria - see British Nigeria
  • Southern Rhodesia - see Zimbabwe
  • Straits Settlements
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Tanganyika
  • Tasmania
  • Tonga
  • Transvaal
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • Unfederated Malay States - see Historical Flags in Malaysia
  • Victoria Colony
  • Weiheiwei - see China
  • West African Settlements
  • West Indies Federation
  • West Pacific High Commissioner
  • Western Australia
  • Western Samoa - see Samoa
  • Windward Islands
  • Witu Protectorate
  • Zanzibar

 

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