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Definition of Crown colony
1. Noun. A British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crown Colony
Literary usage of Crown colony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries Upon Martial Law: With Special Reference to Its Regulation and by William Francis Finlason, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1867)
"In the case of a crown colony, which will have been a conquered or ceded colony,
the question will be, what laws the Crown has declared or established by ..."
2. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1901)
"CHAPTER XIII THE crown colony SYSTEM Wherein it is set down briefly why it is
necessary to enter upon this discussion at all. Now, you will say, ..."
3. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1907)
"NEW JERSEY A crown colony. WE have already seen what were the extent and character
... crown colony ..."
4. Annals of Politics and Culture (1492-1899) by George Peabody Gooch (1905)
"Natal is declared a crown colony, 1844. The Sultan annexes Tripoli and Barca.
1836. Ireland. O'Connell's proposed meeting at Clontarf, near *- Dublin, ..."
5. The Diamond Mines of South Africa by Gardner Fred Williams (1904)
"Four days after this award had been made, Sir Henry Barkly proclaimed the grant
to the native chiefs a part of the British dominions, as the crown colony of ..."
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