Malta Protectorate

British Protectorate of Malta Protettorato di Malta (Italian) Protettorat ta' Malta (Maltese)
1800–1813
Flag
Anthem:
Map of Malta and Sicily, 1808
Status	Part of the Kingdom of Sicily under British protection
Capital	Valletta
Common languages	Italian Maltese English
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Protectorate
Monarch
• 1800–02	Ferdinand III
• 1802–13	George III
Civil Commissioner
• 1799–1801	Alexander Ball
• 1801	Henry Pigot
• 1801–02	Charles Cameron
• 1802–09	Alexander Ball
• 1810–13	Hildebrand Oakes
Historical era	Napoleonic Wars
• British presence	9 February 1799
• Established	4 September 1800
• Declaration of Rights	June 1802
• Disestablished	23 July 1813
Population
• 1807[1]	93,054
Currency	Maltese scudo
Preceded by Succeeded by French occupation of Malta Gozitan Nation Crown Colony of Malta

Malta Protectorate (Italian: Protettorato di Malta, Maltese: Protettorat ta' Malta) was the political term for Malta when it was de jure part of the Kingdom of Sicily but under British protection. This protectorate existed between the capitulation of the French forces in Malta in 1800 and the transformation of the islands to the Crown Colony of Malta in 1813.