Editing Bechuanaland Protectorate (section)

===High commissioners and resident commissioners===
{{Further|High Commissioner for Southern Africa|List of commissioners of Bechuanaland}}
[[File:Flag of the High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1931–1968).svg|thumb|right|Flag of the High Commissioner for Southern Africa]]
The Bechuanaland Protectorate was one of the "[[High Commissioner for Southern Africa|High Commission Territories]]", the others being [[Basutoland]] (now [[Lesotho]]) and [[Swaziland]] (now [[Eswatini]]). The [[High Commissioner]] had some of the functions of a governor, but the major tribes were self-governing, and the protectorate was not a British possession, so was not available for white settlement.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morton|first1=Barry|last2=Ramsay|first2=Jeff|title=Historical dictionary of Botswana|date=13 June 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538111338|page=237}}</ref> The office was first held by the [[Governor of the Cape Colony]], then by the [[Governor-General of South Africa]], then by the [[High Commissioner for Southern Africa]] until independence. In each of the three territories, the administration of Britain's responsibilities was headed by a [[Resident Commissioner]] with some of the functions of a Governor but less authority.<ref>Morton and Ramsay (2018), p. 249</ref>