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2 unusual facts about self-governing colony


Self-governing colony

The term "self-governing colony" has sometimes been used in relation to the direct rule of a Crown colony by an executive governor, elected under a limited franchise, such as in Massachusetts between 1630 and 1684.

The term Dominion has since largely fallen out of use and been replaced with the term Realm.


Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie

He was appointed Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1957, and served until 1963 when the federation broke up, with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland becoming independent Zambia and Malawi respectively while Southern Rhodesia returned to its status as a self-governing colony.


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