British Western Pacific Territories
 

1880 - 1905  High Commissioners' Flag

1905 - 1953  High Commissioners' Flag

1953 - 2 Jan 1976  High Commissioners' Flag

Map of the Western Pacific Islands  Hear National Anthem  "God Save the King/Queen"  Capital: Suva (Fiji) (3 Jul 1952-2 Jan 1976 Honiara, Solomon Islands) Population: N/A (1950) British Western Pacific Territories Chronology 13 Aug 1877                British Western Pacific Territories (Fiji [1878-                              1952]; New Hebrides [1906-1917]; Pitcairn [1898-                              1952]; Cook Islands [1893-1901]; Niue [1900-                              1901]; Union Islands (Tokelau) [1889-1926];                              Phoenix Islands [1892-1939]; Tonga [1900-1952];                              Gilbert and Ellice Islands [1892-1971]; Canton                              and Enderbury Islands [1939-1971] and Solomon                              Islands [1893-1971]) created, with the governors                              governors of Fiji (from 3 Jul 1952, the High                              Commissioners of the Solomon Islands) as High                              Commissioners for the British Western Pacific                              (effective 4 Feb 1878). 1942 - 1945                British military administration, high commission                              interrupted (parts of Solomon Islands, Gilbert                              Islands, and Phoenix Islands occupied by Japan).  2 Jan 1976                Dissolution.

High Commissioners in, over, and for the Western Pacific Ocean 
(also governors of Fiji to 3 Jul 1952, then High Commissioners of Solomon Islands)
 4 Feb 1878 -  3 Jul 1952  the governors of Fiji
 3 Jul 1952 -  7 Jul 1955  Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley    (b. 1899 - d. 1981)
26 Sep 1955 -  4 Mar 1961  John Gutch                             (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
                             (from 13 Jun 1957, Sir John Gutch)
 4 Mar 1961 - 16 Jun 1964  David Clive Crosbie Trench             (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
                             (from Jun 1962, Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench) 
16 Jun 1964 -  6 Mar 1969  Sir Robert Sidney Foster               (b. 1913 - d. 2005)
 6 Mar 1969 - 28 Sep 1973  Sir Michael David Irving Gass          (b. 1916 - d. 1983)
10 Oct 1973 -  2 Jan 1976  Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington         (b. 1920 - d. 2009)