Statutory British Protected Persons
Today a person is a statutory BPP if he or she:
| Protectorate / trust territory | Independent state | Independence day |
|---|---|---|
| Bechuanaland Protectorate | Botswana | 30 September 1966 |
| British Solomon Islands Protectorate | Solomon Islands | 7 July 1978 |
| Gambia Protectorate | Gambia | 18 February 1965 |
| Kamaran | South Yemen | 30 November 1967 |
| Kenya Protectorate | Kenya | 12 December 1963 |
| Nigeria Protectorate | Nigeria | 1 October 1960 |
| Northern Rhodesia | Zambia | 24 October 1964 |
| Northern Territories of the Gold Coast | Ghana | 6 March 1957 |
| Nyasaland Protectorate | Malawi | 6 July 1964 |
| Protectorate of South Arabia | South Yemen | 30 November 1967 |
| Sierra Leone Protectorate | Sierra Leone | 27 April 1961 |
| Uganda Protectorate | Uganda | 9 October 1962 |
| Tanganyika | Tanganyika | 9 December 1961 |
| British Togoland | Ghana | 6 March 1957 |
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Famous quotes containing the words british, protected and/or persons:
“His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a representative British artist.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Wasn’t marriage, like life, unstimulating and unprofitable and somewhat empty when too well ordered and protected and guarded. Wasn’t it finer, more splendid, more nourishing, when it was, like life itself, a mixture of the sordid and the magnificent; of mud and stars; of earth and flowers; of love and hate and laughter and tears and ugliness and beauty and hurt?”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)
“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 15:7.