Category:British Empire

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British Empire

Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg

dominions of the United Kingdom

Instance of

colonial empire,
the empire on which the sun never sets,
empire

Capital

London

Basic form of government

constitutional monarchy

Official language

English

Currency

pound sterling

Inception

1497

Dissolved, abolished or demolished

1997

Population

680,000,000 (1922)

Authority control

Subcategories

This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total.

► People of the British Empire‎ (4 C)

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► Books about the British Empire‎ (6 C)
► Former colonies of the United Kingdom‎ (127 C, 1 F)
► Maps of the British Empire‎ (3 C, 88 F)

A

► British colonial architecture‎ (18 C, 23 F)

B

► Belvedere Estate‎ (1 C, 3 F)
► British colonization in Africa‎ (19 C, 12 F)
► British Empire and dominions in World War II‎ (26 C, 19 F)

C

► United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations‎ (empty)

E

► Empire Day‎ (17 F)
► Empire Marketing Board‎ (10 F)
► Exhibitions of the British Empire‎ (6 C)

F

► Federation of Malaya‎ (10 F)
► Festival of Empire‎ (7 F)

H

► History of the British Empire‎ (7 C, 1 F)

I

► Imperial Conferences‎ (10 F)

K

► Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika‎ (2 C)

L

► Lion of the British Empire‎ (2 C, 17 F)

N

► Nicholson Cemetery‎ (1 C, 36 F)
► North Borneo‎ (9 C, 1 P, 9 F)

S

► Stamps of the British Empire‎ (5 C, 3 F)

U

► United States of the Ionian Islands‎ (9 C, 18 F)

V

► Virginia Company of London‎ (5 F)

Pages in category "British Empire"

This category contains only the following page.

H

Historical flags of the British Empire

Media in category "British Empire"

The following 141 files are in this category, out of 141 total.

2005-12-22 - US - New York - City of New York - Rockefeller Center - Art Deco (4887942389).jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 4.34 MB
A map of the British empire in America with the French, Spanish and the Dutch settlements adjacent thereto - by Henry Popple I. Condet s.; I.K. s. NYPL2002779.tiff 4,632 × 5,187; 67.05 MB
Aden Centennial 1939.jpg 597 × 431; 65 KB
Aden Protectorate (British).jpg 740 × 537; 86 KB
Advertising billboard at Wynyard Railway Station promoting trade between Australia and Canada, 1930 - 1939.jpg 1,024 × 804; 324 KB
Allan wilson.jpg 144 × 202; 33 KB
Archdale Wilson.jpg 1,628 × 2,095; 563 KB
Are we Afraid? NO! (cartoon) (HS85-10-29954) original.tif 1,791 × 1,206; 6.82 MB
Are we Afraid? NO! (cartoon) (HS85-10-29954).jpg 1,530 × 960; 1.82 MB
Arrival of Englishmen in North Carolina - 1585.jpg 571 × 388; 102 KB
Arthur Mees Flags of A Free Empire 1910 Cornell CUL PJM 1167 01.jpg 1,815 × 1,432; 2.92 MB
As Japanese View It.jpg 1,028 × 878; 165 KB
Asia (late 19th century- early 20th century).jpg 2,000 × 1,523; 645 KB
Barnstable county 1890.PNG 403 × 374; 140 KB
Bernard Rawdon Reilly.jpg 54 × 158; 4 KB
Billboard at Circular Quay Wharf promoting trade between Australia and Canada (2).jpg 1,024 × 786; 341 KB
Billboard at Circular Quay Wharf promoting trade between Australia and Canada.jpg 1,024 × 780; 351 KB
Bluefields Mosquito Coast 1845.jpg 862 × 527; 196 KB
Bristol Museum Benin Bronzes interactive display.jpg 2,500 × 1,674; 386 KB
Britisches Nord-America (12796647275).jpg 2,470 × 2,000; 1.85 MB
British America (13973926836).jpg 2,500 × 1,992; 2.86 MB
British Cameroon Flag.svg 518 × 259; 34 KB
British Cameroons Flag.svg 1,000 × 500; 17 KB
British Cameroons Seal.svg 600 × 600; 15 KB
British colonies 1763-76 shepherd1923.jpg 1,651 × 1,010; 625 KB
British colonies 1763-76 shepherd1923.PNG 1,651 × 1,010; 3.57 MB
British colonies in North America (13997468724).jpg 1,553 × 2,000; 1.32 MB
British Colonies in North America c1750 v2.png 303 × 215; 7 KB
British colonies, in North America from the best authorities (14017028493).jpg 2,445 × 2,000; 2.18 MB
British Decolonisation in Africa.png 2,000 × 2,000; 396 KB
British dominions, in North America (13149900243).jpg 2,500 × 1,977; 2.15 MB
British Empire and Commonwealth 1939.xcf 1,425 × 625; 142 KB
British Empire and Commonwealth 1945.xcf 1,425 × 625; 148 KB
British Empire evolution3.gif 1,425 × 625; 50 KB
British Empire in the East, 1919.png 580 × 301; 21 KB
British Empire WW1 Memorial Brussels Cathedral.jpg 800 × 1,205; 159 KB
British Imperial Map.png 1,260 × 646; 262 KB
British North America (12973239563).jpg 2,426 × 2,000; 2.12 MB
British North America (13149900843).jpg 2,500 × 1,985; 2.23 MB
British North America (13407301623).jpg 2,500 × 1,974; 2 MB
British North America (14017027783).jpg 2,449 × 2,000; 2.07 MB
British North America (14168300682).jpg 2,500 × 1,983; 2.35 MB
British Possessions in 1842 in and Near Present-day India.jpg 1,051 × 878; 141 KB
British possessions in America (13407180395).jpg 2,500 × 1,971; 1.67 MB
British possessions in North America (12797057864).jpg 2,500 × 1,831; 1.68 MB
British possessions in North America (14166789160).jpg 2,500 × 1,668; 1.98 MB
British possessions in North America (14236338202).jpg 2,500 × 1,579; 1.89 MB
BritishEmpire1776.png 1,425 × 625; 45 KB
BritishEmpire1815.png 1,357 × 628; 46 KB
BritishEmpireExhibition.jpg 2,739 × 4,004; 11.9 MB
BritishEmpireWW1MemorialBrussel cropped.jpg 495 × 1,085; 687 KB
BSAC lion.svg 339 × 308; 53 KB
Calvertcecil.jpg 297 × 450; 16 KB
Canada 13 cents Allégorie impériale 1932.jpg 640 × 457; 110 KB
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman.jpg 266 × 205; 14 KB
Colonization of the Americas 1750 id.PNG 470 × 623; 17 KB
Commonwealth realms republics and monarchies.svg 940 × 477; 1.34 MB
Commonwealth republics.PNG 1,357 × 628; 46 KB
Commonwealth republics.svg 863 × 443; 1.59 MB
Davies, Laurier, Gladstone, Reid and Seddon at Hawarden Castle, Wales.jpg 738 × 542; 246 KB
Deim Zubeir Sheet 77-B Jun 1917.jpg 2,923 × 2,271; 558 KB
East India Company coin for 'one quarter anna' 1835 head 01.jpg 1,920 × 2,560; 1.41 MB
East India Company coin for 'one quarter anna' 1835 tail 02.jpg 1,920 × 2,560; 1.53 MB
Eastern Frontier, Cape of Good Hope, ca 1835.png 836 × 733; 253 KB
Empires - Then and Now.png 900 × 2,438; 390 KB
England-a Destroyer of Nations.pdf 770 × 1,231, 34 pages; 1.57 MB
English overseas possessions in 1700.png 1,425 × 625; 22 KB
FrontiersmenRecruitingPoster.jpg 288 × 355; 120 KB
Gambia gob1965-1970.png 432 × 216; 9 KB
General Neill.jpg 1,742 × 2,041; 550 KB
GROWTH1850.JPG 1,056 × 768; 80 KB
GUN SIGNAL STATION LION - BARBADOS.jpg 664 × 440; 70 KB
Hastenbeck-Grabado.jpg 305 × 218; 29 KB
He Viceroy of India, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822–1872), receives Sher Ali Khan (1825–1879), Amir of Afghanistan, at Ambala, India,.jpg 5,992 × 4,084; 4.45 MB
Honorary Captain Subedar Major, Sardar Bahadur, Sardar Lehna Singh, O.B.I. 1st Class, 45th Rattray's Sikhs.jpg 346 × 480; 19 KB
Hubbard map 1677.JPG 1,518 × 1,172; 535 KB
Hugh Low.png 277 × 341; 130 KB
Imperial Federation, map of the world showing the extent of the British Empire in 1886 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL.jpg 1,200 × 898; 409 KB
Imperial Service Order 1912.jpg 645 × 1,225; 156 KB
Imperial Service Order 1953 en 1912.jpg 617 × 1,877; 215 KB
James Edward Corea and Family.jpg 480 × 304; 34 KB
James George Smith Neill statue, Wellington Square, Ayr - inscription.jpg 1,198 × 683; 359 KB
James George Smith Neill statue, Wellington Square, Ayr.jpg 1,233 × 1,080; 402 KB
James O'Hara, Baron Tyrawley.png 311 × 470; 303 KB
JamesThomasMorisset.jpg 496 × 648; 81 KB
JanSmutsFM.png 295 × 350; 82 KB
Kemmendine attack 1824.jpg 680 × 444; 101 KB
Kenya sm02.png 326 × 351; 9 KB
Kissen1910.jpg 923 × 1,276; 203 KB
Lady Anne Andrew Barnard.jpg 928 × 655; 290 KB
Lady Anne Barnard 01.jpg 421 × 522; 138 KB
Lahej market circa 1910.jpg 850 × 515; 174 KB
Large group of Indian men and women, including soldiers in uniform, Chamba, India (4951162189).jpg 768 × 522; 169 KB
Lieutenant panter-downes.png 2,564 × 3,094; 4.31 MB
LocationNorthBorneoFederation.PNG 250 × 115; 5 KB
Malaya 1941.svg 320 × 400; 754 KB
Map of countries that gained independence from the UK Catalan version.svg 2,389 × 1,189; 222 KB
Map of the British Empire.png 1,292 × 646; 295 KB
Maratha British Treaty.JPG 1,600 × 1,200; 636 KB
Marquis of Dalhousie.jpg 1,303 × 2,024; 545 KB
Mat Salleh.jpg 258 × 298; 22 KB
Mesoptamiacamp.jpg 617 × 518; 117 KB
Moghol (zh).jpg 394 × 406; 39 KB
MontaguTyrawleyUnknown.jpg 800 × 653; 116 KB
JonathanDickinson.jpg 1,647 × 2,000; 1.5 MB
Musical festival of the Empire Civic Reception of the Sheffield Choir, City Hall, Toronto, Canada, April 5th, 1911 (HS85-10-23814) original.tif 4,375 × 3,445; 43.76 MB
Musical festival of the Empire Civic Reception of the Sheffield Choir, City Hall, Toronto, Canada, April 5th, 1911 (HS85-10-23814).jpg 4,034 × 3,174; 9.74 MB
Ng westafricasettlements-gov.png 431 × 216; 13 KB
Our country and its resources; (1917) (14803101213).jpg 1,680 × 2,600; 313 KB
Overlay NB&Nova Albion.jpg 1,424 × 1,808; 522 KB
Protectorat Nigeria 1909.png 870 × 777; 247 KB
Recipe for the Empire Christmas Pudding.jpg 800 × 1,277; 1.09 MB
Rhodes and Africa from Cairo to Cape Town.jpg 317 × 449; 56 KB
Rhodesialand Arabic.png 699 × 747; 200 KB
Robertcodrington.jpg 515 × 849; 60 KB
Royal Irish Regimental Shield Image.png 17,366 × 12,430; 83.39 MB
Scottish geographical magazine (1885) (14777710572).jpg 3,094 × 2,530; 1.16 MB
Sir John Worrell Carrington, Jurist, 1897.jpg 7,966 × 12,548; 18.14 MB
South Africa Alt History.jpg 1,403 × 1,117; 63 KB
Spitfire Fund stamp booklet.jpg 1,060 × 930; 615 KB
Sudan politisch 1956.png 539 × 652; 219 KB
Tangier under English rule, 1680.jpg 996 × 711; 227 KB
The Assumption of Queen Victoria, Arthur Drummond, 1901 (17415981441).jpg 6,360 × 10,048; 8.23 MB
The autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej - Edited, with the addition of some supplementary chapters (1903) (14761876926).jpg 3,316 × 2,856; 2.06 MB
The British Empire in the nineteenth century Volume VI.djvu 2,580 × 3,836, 416 pages; 10.47 MB
The British Empire- A survey.JPG 2,516 × 1,181; 738 KB
The Great Seal of Colony of the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies.jpg 1,279 × 1,288; 909 KB
The Jubilee Atlas of the British Empire by J. Francon Williams.jpg 827 × 984; 493 KB
The National Archives UK - CO 1069-160-62.jpg 889 × 719; 148 KB
The-queens-dominions.jpg 447 × 351; 73 KB
Tobacco cultivation (Virginia, ca. 1670).jpg 794 × 411; 122 KB
Typical road scene in the latest territory to be added to the British empire LOC 3607642551.jpg 2,048 × 2,995; 1,020 KB
Union Jack from Mafficking Nights.jpg 1,908 × 1,181; 1.3 MB
Veterans Day (4100203203).jpg 2,592 × 3,872; 1.41 MB
VI Flag flying.jpg 500 × 332; 74 KB
Weihaiwe 1912.jpg 1,522 × 512; 241 KB
Weihaiwei Admiral Duff 1920.jpg 734 × 420; 109 KB
Weihaiwei Seymour Street.jpg 655 × 409; 70 KB
Weihaiwei. Club house.jpg 975 × 630; 258 KB
Younghusband PekingToYarkand Map.jpg 2,346 × 899; 660 KB
대영제국의 동부지역.png 580 × 301; 15 KB

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