who in turn -- depending on the level of local government and representation present in the colony -- would also take soundings or receive suggestions as to the best person to appoint from those in the colony's extant in situ government.

Reclassification (1981)

The term Crown colony continued to be used until 1981, when the British Nationality Act 1981 reclassified the remaining British colonies as "British Dependent Territories". By this time, the term "Crown colony" referred

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