British Western Pacific Territories

British Western Pacific Territories
1877–1976
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Anthem:  God Save the King
Status	Colonial entity
Capital	Suva 1877–1952 Honiara 1952–1976
Common languages	English (official), Fijian, Tongan, Gilbertese and various Austronesian languages regionally
Government	Constitutional monarchy, colony
High Commissioner
• 1877–1880	Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon (1st)
• 1973–1976	Sir Donald Luddington (23rd and final)
Chief Judicial Commissioner
• 1877–1882	Sir John Gorrie (1st)
• 1938–1942	Sir Harry Luke
• 1965–1975	Sir Jocelyn Bodilly (14th and final)
Historical era	19th and 20th centuries
• Western Pacific Order in Council	13 August 1877; 146 years ago (1877-08-13)
• Dissolution	2 January 1976; 48 years ago (1976-01-02)
Currency	British pound sterling

The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown, styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Except for Fiji and the Solomon Islands, most of these colonial possessions were relatively minor.