The British Overseas Territories (BOTs),also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs),are fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remnants of the former British Empire and do not form part of the United Kingdom itself. The permanently inhabited territories are internally self-governing,with the United Kingdom retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations. Three of the territories are inhabited,chiefly or only,by a transitory population of military or scientific personnel. All but one of the rest are listed by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization as non-self-governing territories. All fourteen have the British monarch as head of state. These UK government responsibilities are assigned to various departments of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and are subject to change.
The Administrator of Tokelau is an official of the New Zealand Government,responsible for supervising the government of the dependent territory of Tokelau.
A Government House is any residence used by Governors-General,Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the British Empire. Government Houses serve as the venue for Governors’official business,as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by the occupant. Sometimes,the term Government House is used as a metonym for the Governor or his office.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Victoria Marguerite Treadell,is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia,High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa,and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
Sir Harold Smedley was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries.
The British Overseas Territories maintain their own entry requirements different from the visa policy of the United Kingdom. As a general rule,British citizens do not have automatic right of abode in these territories.
Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Laura Mary Clarke is the CEO of ClientEarth a global non-profit environmental law organisation. She is a former British diplomat,who served as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand,and the Governor of Pitcairn.
Governor Ferguson or Fergusson may refer to:
