Gerald Portal hoists British flag in Uganda

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Tweet Report an Error
Uganda, which has been governed by the Imperial British East Africa Company, is transferred to the British government. Gerald Portal, the Special Commissioner, hoists the British Union flag at the palace of the local king, Kabaka Mwanga.

37 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Gerald Portal hoists British flag in Uganda". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19093, accessed 23 November 2024.]

19093 Gerald Portal hoists British flag in Uganda 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.