Rights under the British Protectorate of The Ionian Islands
From Colonial Office documents at the UK National Archives at Kew in London. The writing is that of Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands from 1815 to 1823
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lord_High_Commissioners_of_...
I am at present doing research into primary sources on the British Protectorate period from 1814 to 1864. I have the strongest sense that you need to have an understanding of the past to make sense of the present. In these old documents I am discovering much that helps explain current relationships between the British and the Hellenes and the present political environment of Corfu where we live, outside the summer months months.
democracystreet.blogspot.com/search?q=Maitland
The National Archives are very accessible and all visitors are welcomed and encouraged to view original documents, after a short tutorial on handling old files. You are allowed to take photos like this of any page so long as you do not use flash.
www.flickr.com/search/?q=National+Archives&w=53381278...
My research continues. After looking initially at the period 1862-1864 I am going to give more attention to the earliest commissioners including Maitland who's writing appears in this image describing what he understands by the phrase 'protected subjects". It may be worth noting that 'subject' is a normal word in British Constitutional law. I am in 2009 a 'subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'. There is no intent to imply that I am 'subjected' though I know that the term 'citizen' would probably be more acceptable that the traditional concept of a 'British subject'.
Rights under the British Protectorate of The Ionian Islands
From Colonial Office documents at the UK National Archives at Kew in London. The writing is that of Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands from 1815 to 1823
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lord_High_Commissioners_of_...
I am at present doing research into primary sources on the British Protectorate period from 1814 to 1864. I have the strongest sense that you need to have an understanding of the past to make sense of the present. In these old documents I am discovering much that helps explain current relationships between the British and the Hellenes and the present political environment of Corfu where we live, outside the summer months months.
democracystreet.blogspot.com/search?q=Maitland
The National Archives are very accessible and all visitors are welcomed and encouraged to view original documents, after a short tutorial on handling old files. You are allowed to take photos like this of any page so long as you do not use flash.
www.flickr.com/search/?q=National+Archives&w=53381278...
My research continues. After looking initially at the period 1862-1864 I am going to give more attention to the earliest commissioners including Maitland who's writing appears in this image describing what he understands by the phrase 'protected subjects". It may be worth noting that 'subject' is a normal word in British Constitutional law. I am in 2009 a 'subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'. There is no intent to imply that I am 'subjected' though I know that the term 'citizen' would probably be more acceptable that the traditional concept of a 'British subject'.