Historical flags of the British Empire

During the times of the British Empire the dominions, of the colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories carried their own flags, mostly under the blue ensign, although some territories and colonies did also use other ensigns for their flags.

Europe

• 
  Galicia
• 
  Gibraltar (1354-1368)
• 
  Gibraltar (1369-1399)
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  Gibraltar (1400-1475)
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  Gibraltar (1475-1492)
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  Gibraltar (1492-1515)
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  Gibraltar (1515-1600)
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  Gibraltar (1600-1651)
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  Gibraltar (1651-1671)
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  Gibraltar (1672-1706)
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  Gibraltar (1707-1800)
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  Gibraltar (1801-1875)
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  Gibraltar (1875-1921)
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  Gibraltar (1921-1939)
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  Gibraltar (1939-1999)
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  Gibraltar
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  Heligoland
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  Hannover (1801-1837)
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  Hannover (1837-1866)
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  Corfu
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  Corsica
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  Istanbul
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  Guernsey (1936-1985)
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  Malta (1777-1798)
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  Malta (1798-1799)
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  Malta (1799-1801)
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  Malta (1801-1875)
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  Malta (1875-1898)
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  Malta (1898-1923)
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  Malta (1923-1943)
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  Malta (1943-1964)
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  Jersey (1877-1980)
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  Cyprus (1818-1844)
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  Cyprus (1844-1881)
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  Cyprus (1881-1922)
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  Cyprus (1922-1960)
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  Scotland
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  Ireland (1701-1783)
• 
  Ireland (1783-1801)
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  Ireland (1801-1922)
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  Faroe Islands
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  Crete
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  Sardinia
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  Brunswick (1806-1814)
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  Brunswick (1814-1830)
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  Brunswick (1830-1918)
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  Lippe (1858-1880)
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  Lippe (1880-1918)
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  Iceland
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  Isle of Man (1873-1925)
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  Norway
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  Denmark
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  Rhodes (1912-1939)
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  Sevastopol (1893-1914)

Asia

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  British Burma
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  Ceylon
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  Federated Malay States
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  Hong Kong (1871-1876)
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  British Hong Kong (1876-1941) (1945-1955)
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  British Hong Kong (1955-1959)
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  British Hong Kong (1959-1997)
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  British India
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  Labuan (1912-1946)
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  Penang (1946-1949)
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  Malacca (1946-1957)
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  North Borneo (1882-1941)
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  North Borneo (1948-1963)
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  Sarawak
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  Singapore
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  Straits Settlements
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  Weihaiwei (1898-1930)
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  Aden

Africa

• 
  Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
  (1899–1956)
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  Basutoland
  (1951–1966)
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  British Cameroons
  (1922–1961)
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  British East Africa
  (1921–1963)
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  Cape Colony
  (1875–1910)
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  British Gambia
  (1889-1965)
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  British Gold Coast
  (1821–1957)
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  Lagos colony
  (1886-1906)
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  British Colonial Nigeria
  (1800–1960)
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  British Cameroons
  (1922-1961)
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  Northern Rhodesia
  (1939–1953; 1963–1964)
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  Nyasaland
  (1907–1953; 1963–1964)
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  Natal
  (1843–1910)
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  Orange River Colony
  (1900–1910)
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  Saint Helena
  (1874-1984)
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  Saint Helena
  (1984- )
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  Seychelles
  (1903–1961)
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  Sierra Leone
  (1889–1914)
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  British Somaliland
  (1950–1960)
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  South Africa
  (1912–1928)
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  Southern Rhodesia
  (1923–1953)
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  Tanganyika Territory
  (1919–1961)
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  Uganda
  (1914–1962)
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  British Mauritius
  (1906–1923)
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  British Mauritius
  (1923-1968)

North America

• 
  Bahamas
  (1869–1904)
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  Bahamas
  (1904–1923)
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  Bahamas
  (1923–1953)
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  Bahamas
  (1953–1964)
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  Bahamas
  (1964-1973)
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  Barbados
  (1955–1966)
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  British Columbia
  (1870-1896)
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  British Honduras
  (1954–1966)
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  British Windward Islands
  (1903–1958)
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  Dominica
  (1965-1978)
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  Grenada
  (1903-1967)
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  Canada
  (1868-1921)
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  Canada
  (1922–1957)
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  Canada
  (1957–1965)
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  Cayman Islands
  (1958–1999)
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  Cayman Islands
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  Bermuda
  (1910–1999)
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  Bermuda
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  British Honduras
  (1919–1981)
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  Jamaica
  (1875–1906)
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  Jamaica
  (1906–1957)
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  Jamaica
  (1957–1962)
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  Jamaica
  (1962)
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  British Leeward Islands
  (1871–1956)
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  Montserrat
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  Mosquito Coast
  (1824–1881)
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  Saint Lucia
  (1939-1967)
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  Colony of Newfoundland
  (1870–1904)
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  Dominion of Newfoundland
  (1904–1949)
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  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  (pre-1979)
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  Tobago (1889-1958)
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  Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958)
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  Trinidad and Tobago (1958-1962)
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  Turks and Caicos Islands
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  British Virgin Islands
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  Vancouver Island
  (1849-1866)

South America

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  British Guiana
  (1875–1906)
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  British Guiana
  (1906–1919)
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  British Guiana
  (1919–1955)
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  British Guiana
  (1955–1966)
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  Falkland Islands
  (1876-1925)
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  Falkland Islands
  (1925-1948)
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  Falkland Islands
  (1948-1999)
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  Falkland Islands
  (1999-present)
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  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (1992-1999)
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  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  (1999-present)

Oceania

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  Australia
  (1901–1903)
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  Australia
  (1903–1908)
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  Australia
  (1908–present)
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  Cook Islands Federation
  (1893–1901)
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  Fiji
  (1908–1924)
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  Fiji
  (1924–1970)
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  Fiji
  (1970-Present)
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  Gilbert and Ellice Islands
  (1932–1976)
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  Gilbert Islands (1976–1979)
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  United Tribes of New Zealand
  (1834–1840)
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  New Zealand
  (1867–1869)
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  New Zealand
  (1840–1902)
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  New Zealand
  (1902–Present)
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  Territory of Papua
  (1906–1949)
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  Kingdom of Rarotonga
  (1888–1893)
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  Cook Islands
  (1901–1902)
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  Cook Islands
  (1902–1973)
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  Cook Islands
  (1979–present)
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  Ellice Islands
  (1892–1932)
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  Tuvalu
  (1976–1978)
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  Tuvalu
  (1978–1995)
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  Tuvalu
  (1997–Present)
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  British Solomon Islands
  (1906-1947)
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  British Solomon Islands
  (1947-1956)

Other

• 
  British Empire
  (1910-1921)
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  British Empire
  (1921)
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  British Empire
  (1930-1945)

See also

• Flags based on British ensigns
• Flags with cantons