Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.

Thomas Maitland (British Army officer)

British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator (1760–1824)

Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Maitland was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Haddington from 1790 to 1796, 1802–06 and 1812–13. He was made a Privy Councillor on 23 November 1803. He was the second…

List of governors of Malta

The governor of Malta was an official who ruled Malta during the British colonial period between 1813 and 1964. This office replaced that of the civil commissioner. Upon the end of British rule and the creation of the State of Malta in 1964, this office was replaced by the…

Malta Protectorate

1800–1813 British protectorate in the Mediterranean Sea

Malta Protectorate was the political term for Malta when it was a British protectorate. The protectorate existed between the capitulation of the French forces in Malta in 1800 and the transformation of the islands to the Crown Colony of Malta in 1813.

Crown Colony of Malta

British colony in Europe from 1813 to 1964

The Crown Colony of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies was the British colony in the Maltese islands, that has become the modern Republic of Malta. It was established when the Malta Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1813, and this was confirmed by…