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|conventional_long_name = Basutoland |common_name = Basutoland |empire = UK |status = Sovereign State 1822-1884 Crown Colony under partial local rule 1884-1966 |year_start = 1822 |year_end = 1966 |image_flag = Unofficial Basutoland Ensign.svg |flag_size = 170px |image_coat = |coa_size = |symbol_type_article = Coat of arms |royal_anthem = "God Save the Queen" |image_map = LocationLesotho.svg |capital = Maseru |languages_type = Languages |languages = {{ubl|English (official)|Sesotho}} |government_type = {{nowr|Constitutional monarchy}} |title_leader = Paramount Chief or Monarch |leader1 = Moshoeshoe I (before Basutoland became a British colony) |year_leader1 = 1822-1870 |leader2 = Letsie I |year_leader2 = 1870-1884 (independent period of Letsie I’s reign) |leader3 = Victoria (after Basutoland became a British colony) |year_leader3 = 1884–1901 |leader4 = Elizabeth II |year_leader4 = 1952–1966 |title_representative = {{nowr|Commissioner}} |representative1 = {{nowr|Marshal Clarke}} |year_representative1 = 1884–1894 |representative2 = {{nowr|Alexander Giles}} |year_representative2 = 1961–1965 |title_deputy = Paramount Chief |deputy1 = Letsie I |year_deputy1 = 1884-1891 (non-independent period of reign) |deputy2 = Lerotholi Letsie I |year_deputy2 = 1891-1905 |deputy3 = Letsie II |year_deputy3 = 1905-1913 |deputy4 = Nathaniel Griffith Lerotholi |year_deputy4 = 1913-1939 |deputy5 = Simon Seeiso Griffith |year_deputy5 = 1939-1960 |deputy6 = Moshoeshoe II |year_deputy6 = 1960-1966 (afterwards as King of Lesotho) |established_event1 = British territory |established_date1 = 12 March 1868 |established_event2 = Cape colony |established_date2 = 3 November 1871 |established_event3 = Crown colony |established_date3 = 18 March 1884 |established_event4 = Independence |established_date4 = 4 October 1966 |area_km2 = 30355 |area_sq_mi = 11720 |stat_year1 = 1875 |stat_pop1 = 128,206 |stat_year2 = 1904 |stat_pop2 = 348,848[1] |currency = {{ubl|{{nowr|pound sterling}}|{{nowr|rand (from 1961)}}}} |today = Lesotho }}Basutoland was a British Crown colony established in 1884 due to the Cape Colony's inability to control the territory. It was divided into seven administrative districts: Berea, Leribe, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mafeteng, Qacha's Nek and Quthing.[2] Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon its independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966. HistoryBetween 1856 and 1868 the Basuto engaged in conflict with the Orange Free State.[2] Their King, Moshoeshoe I, sought British protection.[2] On 29 August 1865, he wrote to Sir Philip Wodehouse, the Governor of Cape Colony:[2] {{quote|I am giving myself and my country up to Her Majesty's Government under certain conditions which we may agree on between your Excellency and me.}}In July 1866, after referring to the former letter, the Chief said:[2] {{quote|All those things I have given up into your hands the last year..., they are still yours. I still continue to be the humble servant of Her Majesty.}}Eventually, in January 1868, the Governor received a document dated 9 December 1867, signed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, authorizing the annexation of Basutoland to the Colony of Natal (not to the Cape as Wodehouse had wished).[2] On 12 March 1868, a proclamation declared the Basotho to be British subjects and Basutoland to be British territory.[3] It was not in fact annexed to Natal but rather placed under the direct authority of the High Commissioner for South Africa. Three years later, it was annexed to the Cape Colony by Act No. 12 of 1871 of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, confirmed by Order in Council of 3 November 1871.[2] Cape Colony rule proved unpopular with the people, and by an Order in Council dated 2 February 1884, and brought into force on 18 March 1884,[4] royal assent was given to a Cape bill repealing the Act of 1871. Basutoland was thus brought under the direct authority of the Queen, with legislative and executive powers vested in the High Commissioner.[2] Executive branchBasutoland's Executive Council members were the resident commissioner, who presided, three ex-officio members and four council members from the Basutoland National Council, appointed by the resident commissioner, one by the Paramount Chief and three nominated by the Council itself, selected by secret ballot. Legislative branchThe legislative council, known as the Basutoland National Council, consisted of a non-voting President appointed by the Resident Commissioner, four official members (ex officio), twenty-two Chiefs, forty elected members elected by District Councils, and fourteen nominated members appointed by the Resident Commissioner on the nomination of the Paramount Chief. The Resident Commissioner had the right to address the Council. The Commissioner had authority to make laws by Proclamation on certain subjects, such as external affairs, defence and the public service. These matters were excluded from the powers of the National Council, but the Commissioner was required to lay a draft of any Proclamation before the Council and to consider their observations. The Constitution made special provision regarding particular objections made by the Council. Paramount ChiefThere was a College of Chiefs of Basutoland whose function related to matters pertaining to the offices of the Paramount Chief, Chief and Headman. Their decisions and recommendations were submitted for acceptance to the Paramount Chief. They were subject to review by the High Court. The Constitution vested a number of functions in the Paramount Chief. In exercising these, he was required in most cases to consult either with the Executive Council or with the Resident Commissioner, a Council member of the Executive and a member of the Basuto Nation appointed by himself. Land in Basutoland was vested by the Constitution in the Paramount Chief in trust for the Basuto Nation, subject to lawfully acquired rights. Population{{Unsourced-section|date=June 2018}}Considering the extensive area of uninhabitable mountain land it contained, the territory supported a large population. The inhabitants increased from 128,206 in 1875, to 348,848 in 1904. Women outnumbered men by about 20,000, which was, however, about the number of adult men away from the country at any given period. The majority lived in the district between the Maloti mountains and the Caledon river. The great bulk of the people were Basuto, but there were some thousands of Barolong. The White inhabitants in 1904 numbered 895. The seat of government was Maseru, on the left bank of the Caledon, with a population of about 1,000 including some 100 Europeans. There were numerous mission stations throughout Basutoland, to several of which Biblical names have been given, such as Shiloh, Hermon, Cana, Bethesda, and Berea. Districts
British Resident Commissioners
Chief JusticesThe Chief Justice was the Chief Justice of the High Commission Territories (Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland).[5] From 1951 the Chief Justices were:
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Census of the British empire. 1901|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n227/mode/2up|publisher=Openlibrary.org|accessdate=26 December 2013|page=160|year=1906}} {{EB1911|wstitle=Basutoland}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Commonwealth and Colonial Law by Kenneth Roberts-Wray, London, Stevens, 1966. p. 830 3. ^Tylden, The Rise of the Basuto, p 107 4. ^S.R.O. & S.I. Rev. III, 79 5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/colad/coloff.htm| title=Bechuanaland Colonial Administrators c.1884-c.1965|accessdate= 27 February 2016}} External links{{Portal|Lesotho|British Empire}}
13 : Basutoland|History of Lesotho|Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa|Former colonies in Africa|Lesotho and the Commonwealth of Nations|States and territories established in 1884|States and territories disestablished in 1966|1884 establishments in Africa|1966 disestablishments in Africa|1884 establishments in the British Empire|1966 disestablishments in the British Empire|1966 in Lesotho|20th century in Lesotho |
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