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{{Short description|British colony from 1884 to 1966}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use South African English|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Colony of Basutoland | common_name = Basutoland | empire = [[British Empire]] | status = [[Crown colony|Crown Colony under partial local rule]] | year_start = 18 March 1884 | year_end = 4 October 1966 | p1 = Cape Colony | flag_p1 = Flag of the Cape Colony (1876β1910).svg | s1 = Lesotho | flag_s1 = Flag of Lesotho (1966β1987).svg | image_flag = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | flag_type = [[Flag of Lesotho#Historical flags|Flag]] | flag_size = | image_flag2 = | alt_flag2 = | image_coat = Coat of arms of Basutoland.svg | coa_size = | symbol_type_article = Coat of arms of Lesotho | royal_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]] (1884β1901; 1952β1966) <br> [[God Save the King]] (1901β1952) <br />{{center|[[File:United States Navy Band - God Save the Queen.ogg]]}} | image_map = LocationLesotho.svg | capital = [[Maseru]] | languages_type = Languages | languages = {{ubl|[[English Language|English]] (official)|[[Sotho language|Sesotho]]}} | government_type = {{nowrap|[[Constitutional monarchy]]}} | title_representative = [[#British Resident Commissioner|Resident Commissioner]] | representative1 = {{nowrap|[[Marshal Clarke]]}} | year_representative1 = 1884β1894 | representative2 = {{nowrap|[[Alexander Giles]]}} | year_representative2 = 1961β1966 | title_deputy = [[List of Kings of Lesotho|Paramount Chief]] | deputy1 = [[Letsie I Moshoeshoe of Lesotho|Letsie I]] | year_deputy1 = 1884β1891 | deputy6 = [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho|Moshoeshoe II]] | year_deputy6 = 1960β1966 | area_km2 = 30355 | area_sq_mi = 11720 | stat_year1 = 1875 | stat_pop1 = 128,206 | stat_year2 = 1904 | stat_pop2 = 348,848<ref name=britcensus>{{cite book|title=Census of the British empire. 1901|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030396067#page/n227/mode/2up|publisher=[[HMSO]]|location=London|page=160|year=1906}}</ref> | currency = {{ubl|{{nowrap|[[pound sterling]]}}|{{nowrap|[[South African rand|rand]] (from 1961)}}}} | today = [[Lesotho]] | demonym = | area_rank = | GDP_PPP = | GDP_PPP_year = | HDI = | HDI_year = | life_span = 1884β1966 | symbol_type = }} '''Basutoland''' was a [[British Crown colony]] that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day [[Lesotho]], bordered with the [[Cape Colony]], [[Natal Colony]] and [[Orange River Colony]] until 1910 and completely surrounded by [[South Africa]] from 1910. Though the [[Basotho]] (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled by [[Cape Colony]] from 1871), the rule by Cape Colony was unpopular and unable to control the territory. As a result, Basutoland was brought under direct authority of [[Queen Victoria]], via the High Commissioner, and run by an Executive Council presided over by a series of British [[Resident Commissioner]]s. It was divided into seven administrative districts: [[Berea District|Berea]], [[Leribe District|Leribe]], [[Maseru]], [[Mohale's Hoek District|Mohale's Hoek]], [[Mafeteng]], [[Qacha's Nek]] and [[Quthing]]. Basutoland gained its independence from the [[United Kingdom]] on 4 October 1966 and was renamed the [[Kingdom of Lesotho]]. ==History== ===Background=== Between 1856 and 1868 the Basotho engaged in conflict with the [[Orange Free State]].<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> Their king, [[Moshoeshoe I]], sought British protection.<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> On 29 August 1865, he wrote to [[Philip Wodehouse (colonial administrator)|Sir Philip Wodehouse]], the [[Governor of Cape Colony]]:<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966">{{cite book|last=Roberts-Wray|first=Sir Kenneth|title=Commonwealth and Colonial Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WOuAAAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=F.A. Praeger|location=London|page=830}}</ref> {{blockquote|I am giving myself and my country up to Her Majesty's Government under certain conditions which we may agree on between your Excellency and me.}} In July 1866, after referring to the former letter, the Chief said:<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> {{blockquote|All those things I have given up into your hands the last year..., they are still yours. I still continue to be the humble servant of Her Majesty.}} Eventually, in January 1868, the Governor received a document dated 9 December 1867, signed by the [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]], authorizing the annexation of Basutoland to the [[Colony of Natal]] (not to the Cape as Wodehouse had wished).<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> On 12 March 1868, a proclamation declared the [[Sotho people|Basotho]] to be British subjects and Basutoland to be British territory.<ref name="Tylden1950">{{cite book|last=Tylden|first=G. |title=The Rise of the Basuto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnsNAQAAIAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Juta|page=107}}</ref> It was not in fact annexed to Natal, as Natal attempted unsuccessfully to condition its acceptance on Basotho land being made available for European settlement; so for some time Basutoland remained under the direct authority of Wodehouse as British High Commissioner for South Africa.<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> [[File:1963 Basutoland R1 mohair.jpg|thumb|160px|Postage stamp with a portrait of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], 1963]] Three years later, Basutoland was annexed to the [[Cape Colony]] by Act No. 12 of 1871 of the [[Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope]], confirmed by an [[Order in Council]] of 3 November 1871.<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> The rule of the Cape Colony then proved unpopular with the people, leading to the [[Basuto Gun War]] of 1880β1881. By an Order in Council dated 2 February 1884, which came into force on 18 March 1884,<ref>S.R.O. & S.I. Rev. III, 79</ref> [[royal assent]] was given to a Cape bill repealing the Act of 1871. Basutoland was thus brought under the direct authority of the Queen, with legislative and executive powers again vested in the [[High Commissioner]].<ref name="Roberts-Wray1966" /> ===As a crown colony=== Moshoeshoe had been succeeded as paramount chief by his son, [[Letsie I]], and he in turn was succeeded in 1891 by [[Lerotholi Letsie I]]. These chieftains acted in concert with the British representative in the country, to whom was given the title of resident commissioner. The first commissioner was Sir [[Marshal James Clarke]]. The period of warfare over, the Basotho turned their attention more and more to agricultural pursuits and Christian [[missionary|missionaries]] entered the territory. Trade increased, and in 1891 Basutoland was admitted to the customs union, which already existed between Orange Free State, Cape Colony and [[British Bechuanaland]]. When [[Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner|Alfred Milner]] visited Basutoland in 1898, on his way to [[Bloemfontein]], he was received by 15,000 mounted Basotho. The chiefs also attended a large meeting at Maseru. On the outbreak of the [[Boer War]] in 1899, these same chiefs proclaimed loyalty to the British Crown. They remained passive throughout the War and the neutrality of the country was respected by both armies. One chief alone sought to take advantage of the situation by disloyal action, and his offence was met by a year's imprisonment.<ref name="EB1911"/> In pursuance of the policy of encouraging the self-governing powers of the Basotho, a national council was instituted and held its first sitting in July 1903. In August 1905 the paramount chief Lerotholi died. In early life he had distinguished himself in the wars with the Boers, and in 1880 he took an active part in the revolt against the Cape government. Since 1884 he had been a loyal supporter of the imperial authorities, and carried a reputation for high diplomatic gifts. On the 19th of September following Lerotholi's death, the national council, with the concurrence of the imperial government, elected his son [[Letsie II]] as paramount chief. The completion in October 1905 of a [[Maseru branch line|railway]] connecting Maseru with the South African railway system proved a great boon to the community. During the [[Bambatha Rebellion]] in 1906 the Basotho remained perfectly quiet.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Basutoland| volume= 3 |last2= Hillier |first2= Alfred Peter |author2-link= Alfred Peter Hillier |last1= Cana |first1= Frank Richardson |author1-link= |pages = 503β506 |short= 1}}</ref> ===Interwar period=== [[File:CO 1069-209-89.jpg|thumb|Visit of Colonial Secretary to territory]] [[File:CO 1069-209-92.jpg|thumb|Opening of the new Senqunyane Bridge]] The first task of the Basuto National Council was to revise and draft the "old laws of Moshoeshoe I", which they did within three days. These new laws were called the " Laws of [[Lerotholi]]" after the sitting Paramount Chief. However the commoners believed that the Chiefs who sat on the council did not follow these laws, leading to opposition by the Commoners Council, one of the earliest political organizations in the territory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eldredge |first=Elizabeth A. |date=1994 |title=Review of Government and Change in Lesotho, 1800-1966: A Study of Political Institutions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/161778?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:b49ccb6dfa5755ecb722684a6f548dfb&initiator=recommender?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&refreqid=fastly-default:1affc98c770961600dad017621915fcb&searchKey=&seq=3 |journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=349β352 |issn=0022-278X}}</ref> This forced the council to pass reforms, recommended in a 1935 study of Basutoland by British official Alan Pim. This reduced the number of chiefs and their judicial powers. The legality of the National Council itself and the laws it passed came to the forefront in 1940, with a succession crisis caused by the death of Paramount Chief Seeiso Griffith. The regency for his two-year-old son was disputed by his brother Bereng Griffith and his first wife Mantsebo, who had the support of the Resident Commissioner. It was ruled in 1942 in the Basutoland High Court that the "Laws of Lerotholi" were not legally binding and that the British [[High Commissioner for Southern Africa]] could choose who they wanted as the Paramount Chief. This led to efforts by the Basotho to convert the National Council into a legislative institution.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eldredge |first=Elizabeth A. |date=1994 |title=Review of Government and Change in Lesotho, 1800-1966: A Study of Political Institutions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/161778?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:b49ccb6dfa5755ecb722684a6f548dfb&initiator=recommender?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&refreqid=fastly-default:1affc98c770961600dad017621915fcb&searchKey=&seq=3 |journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=349β352 |issn=0022-278X}}</ref> The country was also badly affected by a combination of land shortages, drought and the arrival of railways. This led to the colony being a net importer of food and an exporter of labor, mostly to the neighboring South Africa. This was addressed in the 1935 study by Pim, who recommended increased investment in agriculture and efforts to stop soil erosion in the territory. This resulted in reforms by the Basutoland government to reduce erosion such as creating buffer strips and cattle grazing schedules. These were met with opposition from the native Basuto due to the fact that it was run mostly by South African administrators and often increased erosion in many places. Development projects that took place in the 1950s also met with similar opposition from the natives, due to the fact that they had very little input into how these projects were managed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aerni-Flessner |first=John |date=2014 |title=Development, Politics, and the Centralization of State Power in Lesotho, 1960-75 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43305214?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:7c668ae0e82dc26c60b810a15842b446&initiator=recommender&seq=6 |journal=The Journal of African History |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=401β421 |issn=0021-8537}}</ref> ===Self government=== From the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 the South African government made numerous overtures to take over the High Commission Territories, which included Basutoland.<ref name="Spence 1966 435β446">{{Cite journal |last=Spence |first=J. E. |date=1966 |title=Basutoland Comes to Independence |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40393794?searchText=basutoland&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&refreqid=fastly-default:1affc98c770961600dad017621915fcb&oauth_data=eyJlbWFpbCI6ImFuYW5kLnZhcmllckBlZHVjYXRpb24ubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSIsImluc3RpdHV0aW9uSWRzIjpbIjQ2MDhhN2M5LTNlMDAtNDg5Zi1hODZkLTA1NTMxMjYxNmQzNiJdLCJwcm92aWRlciI6Imdvb2dsZSJ9&seq=5 |journal=The World Today |volume=22 |issue=10 |pages=435β446 |issn=0043-9134}}</ref> However these demands were refused by Britain, wanting to consult with the inhabitants of the territories regarding their future. With the election of the National Party 1948 opposition to union with South Africa increased both amongst the Basuto and the British, due to the apartheid policies implemented by the new government. This hastened the progress towards independence. After WW2 progress towards self government and independence was slow due to opposition from local Basotho chiefs who feared losing their power and resistance from local colonial officials. In 1959 the Basutoland National Council, a body established in 1903, became a semi legislative body consisting of 80 members, half of whom were to be elected by the district councils. The others were tribal chiefs, nominated by the Paramount Chief and four officials. In the elections that followed the African nationalist [[Basutoland Congress Party]] achieved the overwhelming majority of elected seats.<ref name="Spence 1966 435β446"/> ===Independence=== In 1964 a constitutional conference in London resulted in the enactment of a new constitution which gave the country full self government with the Paramount Chief at its head assisted by a bicameral Parliament. The British Resident Commissioner was left only with the responsibilities of external affairs, defense and internal security. It was also decided that one year after elections were held under the new constitution the new Parliament could request independence.<ref name="Spence 1966 435β446"/> In the 1965 elections the conservative and pro South African [[Basutoland National Party]], under chief [[Leabua Jonathan|Leabua Jonathon]], won a narrow majority, with 31 seats out of the 60 seats in the [[National Assembly (Lesotho)|National Assembly]]. Independence came as promised a year later in 1966, despite opposition from both the Paramount Chief who resented the reductions in his power as established by the 1964 Constitution and the opposition, who feared that Jonathon's pro South African stance would result in the country becoming a vassal to the Apartheid regime.<ref name="Spence 1966 435β446"/> The challenge the country faced at independence was that it was underdeveloped and completely economically dependent on neighboring South Africa. This was mostly due to a lack of interest from Britain in developing the territory. This fact was acknowledged by the last British Commissioner, Sir Alexander Giles who wrote:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aerni-Flessner |first=John |date=2014 |title=Development, Politics, and the Centralization of State Power in Lesotho, 1960-75 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43305214?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:7c668ae0e82dc26c60b810a15842b446&initiator=recommender&seq=2 |journal=The Journal of African History |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=401β421 |issn=0021-8537}}</ref> {{Blockquote|text=Britain's neglect over the past century has led to Basutoland's complete dependence on the Republic of South Africa, and that by granting independence with insufficient aid Britain is in fact 'selling out' the territory to the Republic. Impecunious independence will not be independence at all, and for this Britain must bear the responsibility|source=}} ==Government== ===Executive branch=== Basutoland's Executive Council members were the resident commissioner, who presided, three ''ex-officio'' members and four council members from the Basutoland National Council, appointed by the resident commissioner, one by the Paramount Chief and three nominated by the Council itself, selected by secret ballot. ===Legislative branch=== The legislative council, known as the Basutoland National Council, consisted of a non-voting President appointed by the Resident Commissioner, four official members (ex officio), twenty-two Chiefs, forty elected members elected by District Councils, and fourteen nominated members appointed by the Resident Commissioner on the nomination of the Paramount Chief. The Resident Commissioner had the right to address the council. The Commissioner had authority to make laws by Proclamation on certain subjects, such as external affairs, defence and the public service. These matters were excluded from the powers of the National Council, but the Commissioner was required to lay a draft of any Proclamation before the council and to consider their observations. The Constitution made special provision regarding particular objections made by the council. ===Paramount Chief=== There was a College of Chiefs of Basutoland whose function related to matters pertaining to the offices of the Paramount Chief, Chief and Headman. Their decisions and recommendations were submitted for acceptance to the Paramount Chief. They were subject to review by the High Court. The Constitution vested a number of functions in the Paramount Chief. In exercising these, he was required in most cases to consult either with the Executive Council or with the Resident Commissioner, a Council member of the Executive and a member of the Basotho Nation appointed by himself. Land in Basutoland was vested by the Constitution in the Paramount Chief in trust for the Basotho Nation, subject to lawfully acquired rights. ==Demographics== Considering the extensive area of uninhabitable mountain land it contained, the territory supported a mediocre population. The inhabitants increased from 128,206 in 1875, to 348,848 in 1904. Women outnumbered men by about 20,000, which was, however, about the number of adult men away from the country at any given period. The majority lived in the district between the [[Maloti Mountains]] and the [[Caledon River]]. The great bulk of the people were Basotho, but there were some thousands of [[Barolong]] and other natives. The White inhabitants in 1904 numbered 895. [[Maseru]], the seat of government, had in 1904 a population of about 1,000 including some 100 Europeans.<ref name="EB1911"/> ==Economy== Throughout the period of British rule the country remained economically underdeveloped and under the control of the tribal chiefs. This lack of interest in development can be explained by the fact that until the 1950s the primary focus of the colonial administration was the maintenance of law and order rather than economic development.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aerni-Flessner |first=John |date=2014 |title=Development, Politics, and the Centralization of State Power in Lesotho, 1960-75 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43305214?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:7c668ae0e82dc26c60b810a15842b446&initiator=recommender&seq=6 |journal=The Journal of African History |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=401β421 |issn=0021-8537}}</ref> This, combined with a desire from the [[Colonial Office]] in London not to spend much money through aid on what it considered a backwater and low government revenue meant that until independence little significant economic development took place in the territory.<ref name="Ward 1967 355β368">{{Cite journal |last=Ward |first=Michael |date=1967 |title=Economic Independence for Lesotho? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/158729?searchText=&searchUri=/action/doBasicSearch?Query=basutoland&so=rel&ab_segments=0/basic_search_gsv2/control&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default:62447e37df93f28945ff1a09e2e22906&initiator=recommender&seq=14 |journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=355β368 |issn=0022-278X}}</ref> This lack of development meant that the colony was reliant on food and health services from South Africa. Furthermore, key parts of its economy were also dependent on remittances from Basotho workers in South Africa.<ref name="Ward 1967 355β368"/> This led to the perception amongst the Basotho that they were little more than a "Bantustan" of South Africa. However, as independence approached more international organisations, like the American Peace Corps and the World Bank began to provide funding towards economic growth and development. The British also began providing more money to the government through the Colonial Development Fund throughout the 1950s and 1960s. ==Districts== * [[Berea District]] * [[Leribe District]] * [[Maseru District]] * [[Mohales Hoek District]] * [[Mafeteng District]] * [[Qacha's Nek District]] * [[Quthing District]] ==British Resident Commissioners== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:left" !rowspan="2"|Incumbent !colspan="2"|Tenure !rowspan="2" width=50% |Notes |- !Took office !Left office |- |Sir [[Marshal James Clarke]] |18 March 1884 |18 September 1894 |Afterwards Resident Commissioner in [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]], 1894 |- |[[Godfrey Yeatman Lagden]] |18 September 1894 |1895 | |- |Sir [[Herbert Cecil Sloley]] |1895 | | |- |[[Godfrey Yeatman Lagden]] |1895 |1901 | |- |Sir [[Herbert Cecil Sloley]] |1902 |1903 | |- |James MacGregor |1913 | | |- | Sir [[Herbert Cecil Sloley]] | 1913 | 1916 | |- | [[Robert Thorne Coryndon]] | 1916 | 1917 |Afterwards [[Governor of Uganda]], 1918 |- |[[Edward Garraway|Sir Edward Charles Frederick Garraway]] | 1917 | Apr 1926 | |- | [[John Christian Ramsay Sturrock]] | Apr 1926 | Mar 1935 | |- | Sir [[Edmund Charles Smith Richards]] | Mar 1935 | Aug 1942 | Afterwards [[Governor of Nyasaland]], 1942 |- | Sir [[Charles Noble Arden-Clarke]] | Aug 1942 | Nov 1946 | Afterwards [[Crown Colony of Sarawak#List of Governors of the Crown Colony of Sarawak|Governor of Sarawak]], 1946 |- | [[Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson]] | Nov 1946 | 24 October 1951 | |- | [[Edwin Porter Arrowsmith]] | 24 October 1951 | Sep 1956 | |- | [[Alan Geoffrey Tunstal Chaplin]] | Sep 1956 | 1961 | |- | [[Alexander Falconer Giles]] | 1961 | 30 April 1965 | |} ==Chief Justices== The Chief Justice was the Chief Justice of the [[High Commissioner for Southern Africa|High Commission Territories]] (Basutoland, [[Bechuanaland Protectorate]] and [[History of Swaziland#British rule over Swaziland (1906β1968)|Swaziland]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/colad/coloff.htm| title=Bechuanaland Colonial Administrators c.1884-c.1965|access-date= 27 February 2016}}</ref> From 1951 the Chief Justices were: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;text-align:left" !rowspan="2"|Incumbent !colspan="2"|Tenure !rowspan="2" width=50% |Notes |- !Took office !Left office |- |Walter Huggard |1937 |1948 | |- |Walter Harragin |1950 |1952 | |- |Harold Curwen Willan |1952 |1956 | |- |[[Herbert Charles Fahie Cox]] |1957 |1961 | |- |Elyan |1961 |1962 | |- |Peter Watkin-Williams |1961 |1965 | |- |Benson |1965 |1966 | |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{EB1911|wstitle= Basutoland | volume= 3 |last2= Hillier |first2= Alfred Peter |author2-link= Alfred Peter Hillier |last1= Cana |first1= Frank Richardson |author1-link= |pages = 503β506 |short= 1}} ==External links== {{Portal|British Empire}} * [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/basutoland.htm The British Empire.co: Basutoland map room] {{Lesotho topics}} {{British overseas territories}} {{Authority control}} {{coord|29.5167|S|27.8000|E|source:wikidata|display=title}} [[Category:Basutoland| ]] [[Category:Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa]] [[Category:Former colonies in Africa]] [[Category:Lesotho and the Commonwealth of Nations]] [[Category:States and territories established in 1884]] [[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1966]] [[Category:1884 establishments in Africa]] [[Category:1966 disestablishments in Africa]] [[Category:1884 establishments in the British Empire]] [[Category:1966 disestablishments in the British Empire]] [[Category:1966 in Lesotho]] [[Category:20th century in Lesotho]]
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