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* Since 1234 <u>[[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|England and Wales]]</u>
* Since c.1200 <u>[[Lord President of the Court of Session|Scotland]]</u>
* 1175-1921 [[Lord Chief Justice of Ireland|Ireland]]
* 1708–1757 [[Menorca]]
* Since 1713 <u>[[Chief Justice of Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]</u>
* 1763–1782 [[Menorca]]
* 1798–1802 [[Menorca]]
* 1800–1813 ''[[Malta Protectorate|Malta (Protectorate)]]''
* 1813–1964 ''[[Chief Justice of Malta|Malta (Colony)]]''
* 1807–1890 [[Heligoland]]
* 1809–1864 [[United States of the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]]
* 1878–1960 ''[[Chief Justice of Cyprus|Cyprus]]''
* 1921–1937 [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Irish Free State]]
* Since 1922 [[Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]]
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* 1579 [[New Albion]]
* 1583–1907 [[Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)|Newfoundland]]
* 1605–1979 *''[[Chief Justice of St Lucia|Saint Lucia]]''
* 1607–1776 [[Supreme Court of Virginia|Virginia]]
* Since 1619 <u>[[Chief Justice of Bermuda|Bermuda]]</u>
* 1620–1691 [[Plymouth Colony]]
* 1623–1883 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Saint Kitts]] *''([[Saint Kitts & Nevis]])''
* 1624–1966 *''[[Chief Justice of Barbados|Barbados]]''
* 1625–1650 [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Croix]]
* 1627–1979 *''[[Chief Justice of St Vincent|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]''
* 1628–1883 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Nevis]] *''([[Saint Kitts & Nevis]])''
* 1629–1691 [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
* 1632–1776 [[Province of Maryland|Maryland]]
* since 1632 <u>[[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Montserrat]]</u>
* 1632–1860 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Antigua]] *''([[Antigua & Barbuda]])''
* 1636–1776 [[Connecticut Colony|Connecticut]]
* 1636–1776 [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]
* 1637–1662 [[New Haven Colony]]
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* Since 1650 <u>[[Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court|Anguilla]]</u>
* 1651–1667 [[Willoughbyland|Willoughbyland (Suriname)]]
* 1655–1850 [[Mosquito Coast|Mosquito Coast (protectorate)]]
* 1655–1962 *''[[Chief Justice of Jamaica|Jamaica]]''
* 1663–1712 [[Province of Carolina|Carolina]]
* 1664–1776 [[Province of New York|New York]]
* 1665–1674 and 1702–1776 [[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]]
* Since 1666 <u>[[Judiciary of the British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]</u>
* Since 1670 <u>[[Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]</u>
* 1670–1973 *''[[Chief Justice of the Bahamas|Bahamas]]''
* 1670–1870 [[Rupert's Land#Law|Rupert's Land]]
* 1670–1688 [[San Andrés y Providencia Department|Saint Andrew and Providence Islands]]<sup>1</sup>
* 1671–1816 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Leeward Islands]]
* 1674–1702 [[East Jersey]]
* 1674–1702 [[West Jersey]]
* 1680–1776 [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]
* 1681–1776 [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
* 1686–1689 [[Dominion of New England]]
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* 1712–1776 [[Province of North Carolina|North Carolina]]
* 1712–1776 [[Province of South Carolina|South Carolina]]
* 1713–1867 [[Nova Scotia Court of Appeal|Nova Scotia]]
* 1733–1776 [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]]
* 1754–1820 [[Nova Scotia Court of Appeal|Cape Breton Island]]
* 1762–1974 *''[[Chief Justice of Grenada|Grenada]]''
* 1763–1978 ''[[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Dominica]]''
* 1763–1873 [[Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island|Prince Edward Island]]
* 1763–1791 [[Chief Justice of Quebec|Quebec]]
* 1763–1783 [[East Florida]]
* 1763–1783 [[West Florida]]
* 1784–1867 [[Chief Justice of New Brunswick|New Brunswick]]
* 1791–1841 [[Chief Justice of Quebec|Lower Canada]]
* 1791–1841 [[Chief Justice of Ontario|Upper Canada]]
* Since 1799 <u>[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]</u>

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* 1818–1846 [[Columbia District]]/[[Oregon Country]]<sup>2</sup>
* 1831–1966 [[Chief Justice of Guyana|British Guiana (''Guyana'')]]
* Since 1833 <u>[[Falkland Islands]]</u><sup>3</sup>
* 1833–1960 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Windward Islands]]
* 1833–1960 [[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Leeward Islands]]
* 1841–1867 [[Chief Justice of Ontario|Province of Canada]]
* 1849–1866 [[Colony of Vancouver Island|Vancouver Island]]
* 1853–1863 [[Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands]]
* 1858–1866 [[Supreme Court of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
* 1859–1870 [[North-Western Territory]]
* 1860–1981 *''[[British Antigua and Barbuda]]''
* 1862–1863 [[Stikine Territory]]
* 1866–1871 [[Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)|Vancouver Island and British Columbia]]
* 1867–1931 *''[[Chief Justice of Canada|Dominion of Canada]]''<sup>4</sup>
* 1871–1964 [[Chief Justice of Belize|British Honduras (*''Belize'')]]
* 1882–1983 *''[[Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]''
* 1889–1962 ''[[Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]''
* 1907–1949 [[Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)|Dominion of Newfoundland]]<sup>5</sup>
* Since 1908 <u>[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]</u><sup>3</sup>
* 1958–1962 [[West Indies Federation]]

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* 1. Now the [[San Andrés y Providencia Department]] of [[Colombia]].
* 2. Occupied jointly with the United States.
* 3. Occupied by Argentina during the [[Falklands War]] of April–June 1982.
* 4. In 1931, Canada and other British [[British Dominions|dominion]]s obtained self-government through the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]. See [[Canada's name]].
* 5. Gave up [[responsible government|self-rule]] in 1934, but remained a ''[[de jure]]'' Dominion until it [[Provinces and territories of Canada|joined Canada]] in 1949.

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* Since 1658 <u>[[Saint Helena]]</u><sup>14</sup>
* 1792–1961 ''[[Chief Justice of Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]''
* 1795–1803 [[Cape Colony]]

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* Since 1815 <u>[[Ascension Island]]</u><sup>14</sup>
* Since 1816 <u>[[Tristan da Cunha]]</u><sup>14</sup>
* 1806–1910 [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Cape Colony]]
* 1807–1808 [[Madeira]]
* 1810–1968 ''[[Supreme Court of Mauritius|Mauritius]]''
* 1816–1965 [[Chief Justice of the Gambia|The Gambia]]
* 1856–1910 [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Natal]]
* 1868–1966 [[Basutoland|Basutoland (''Lesotho'')]]
* 1874–1957 [[Chief Justice of Ghana|Gold Coast (''Ghana'')]]
* 1882–1922 [[Sultanate of Egypt|Egypt]]

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* 1884–1966 [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland (''Botswana'')]]
* 1884–1960 [[British Somaliland]]
* 1887–1897 [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]]
* 1890–1962 ''[[Chief Justice of Uganda|Uganda]]''
* 1890–1963 [[Chief Justice of Zanzibar|Zanzibar (''Tanzania'')]]
* 1891–1964 [[Nyasaland|Nyasaland (''Malawi'')]]
* 1891–1907 [[British Central Africa Protectorate]]
* 1893–1968 ''[[Swaziland Protectorate|Swaziland]]''
* 1895–1920 [[Chief Justice of Kenya|East Africa Protectorate]]
* 1899–1956 [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]

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* 1900–1914 [[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Northern Nigeria]]
* 1900–1914 [[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Southern Nigeria]]
* 1900–1910 [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Orange River Colony]]
* 1900–1910 [[Chief Justice of South Africa|Transvaal Colony]]
* 1903–1976 ''[[Supreme Court of Seychelles|Seychelles]]''
* 1906–1954 [[Colonial Nigeria|Nigeria Colony]]
* 1910–1931 ''[[Chief Justice of South Africa|South Africa]]''
* 1914–1954 [[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Nigeria Colony and Protectorate]]
* 1915–1931 [[South West Africa|South West Africa (''Namibia'')]]
* 1919–1960 [[Cameroons|Cameroons (''Cameroon'')]]<sup>6</sup>
* 1920–1963 ''[[Chief Justice of Kenya|Kenya]]''
* 1922–1961 [[Chief Justice of Tanzania|Tanganyika (''Tanzania'')]]<sup>6</sup>
* 1923–1965 [[Southern Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)]]<sup>7</sup>
* 1924–1964 [[Northern Rhodesia|Northern Rhodesia (''Zambia'')]]
* 1953–1963 [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]
* 1954–1960 ''[[Chief Justice of Nigeria|Nigeria]]''
* 1979–1980 [[Southern Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)]]<sup>7</sup>

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* 6. [[League of Nations mandate]].
* 7. [[Responsible government|Self-governing]] Southern Rhodesia [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|unilaterally declared independence]] in 1965 (as [[Rhodesia]]) and continued as an [[diplomatic recognition|unrecognised]] state until the 1979 [[Lancaster House Agreement]]. After recognised independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth until it withdrew in 2003.
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* 1702–1705 [[Pulo Condore (island)|Pulo Condore]]
* 1757-1862 [[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William|Bengal (to 1862)]]
* 1862–1947 [[Calcutta High Court|Bengal (from 1862) (''West Bengal (India)'' and ''Bangladesh'')]]
* 1762–1764 [[British occupation of Manila|Manila and Cavite]]
* 1786–1946 [[History of Penang|Penang (''Malaysia'')]]
* 1795–1948 [[Chief Justice of Sri Lanka|Ceylon (''Sri Lanka'')]]
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* 1819–1826 [[British Malaya|British Malaya (''West Malaysia'' and ''Singapore'')]]
* 1826–1946 [[Chief Justice of Singapore|Straits Settlements (''Malaysia'' and ''Singapore'')]]
* 1839–1967 [[Colony of Aden]]
* 1839–1842 [[First Anglo-Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
* 1841–1997 [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
* 1841–1946 [[High court (Malaysia)|Kingdom of Sarawak (''Malaysia'')]]
* 1848–1946 [[Crown Colony of Labuan|Labuan (''Malaysia'')]]
* 1858–1947 [[Federal Court of India|British India (''India'', ''Pakistan'' and ''Bangladesh'', Burma)]] • [[List of Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court|Bombay]] • [[Calcutta High Court|Calcutta]] • [[Madras High Court|Madras]] • [[Allahabad High Court|North-Western Provinces/Allahabad]])
* 1874–1963 [[High court (Malaysia)|British Borneo (''East Malaysia'' and ''Brunei'')]]

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* 1885–1946 [[Unfederated Malay States]]
* 1888–1984 ''[[Brunei Sultanate|Sultanate of Brunei]]''
* 1891–1971 [[Muscat and Oman|Muscat and Oman protectorate]]
* 1892–1971 [[Trucial States]]
* 1895–1946 [[Federated Malay States]]
* 1898–1930 [[Weihaiwei under British rule|Weihai Garrison]]

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* 1918–1961 [[Kuwait protectorate]]
* 1920–1932 [[British Mandate of Mesopotamia|Iraq]]<sup>8</sup>
* 1921–1946 [[Emirate of Transjordan|Transjordan]]((smallsup|8))
* 1923–1948 [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]]<sup>8</sup>
* 1945–1946 [[War in Vietnam (1945–1946)|South Vietnam]]
* 1946–1963 [[High court (Malaysia)|North Borneo (''Malaysia'')]]
* 1946–1963 [[High court (Malaysia)|Sarawak (''Malaysia'')]]
* 1946–1963 ''[[Chief Justice of Singapore|Singapore]]''
* 1946–1948 [[Malayan Union]]
* 1948–1957 [[Federation of Malaya|Federation of Malaya (''Malaysia'')]]
* Since 1960 <u>[[Akrotiri and Dhekelia]]</u> (before as part of [[Cyprus]])
* Since 1965 <u>[[Government of the British Indian Ocean Territory|British Indian Ocean Territory]]</u> (before as part of [[Mauritius]] and the [[Seychelles]])

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* 1803–1901 [[Chief Justice of Tasmania|Tasmania]]
* 1807–1863 [[Auckland Islands]]<sup>9</sup>
* 1824–1980 [[New Hebrides|New Hebrides (''Vanuatu'')]]
* 1824–1901 [[Chief Justice of Queensland|Queensland]]
* 1829–1901 [[Chief Justice of Western Australia|Western Australia]]
* 1836–1901 [[Chief Justice of South Australia|South Australia]]
* since 1838 <u>[[Pitcairn Islands]]</u>

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* 1851–1901 [[Chief Justice of Victoria|Victoria]]
* 1874–1970 ''[[Chief Justice of Fiji|Fiji]]''<sup>10</sup>
* 1877–1976 [[Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific|British Western Pacific Territories]]
* 1884–1949 [[Territory of Papua]]
* 1888–1901 [[Chief Justice of the Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]<sup>9</sup>
* 1889–1948 [[Tokelau|Union Islands (Tokelau)]]<sup>9</sup>
* 1892–1979 [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]]<sup>11</sup>
* 1893–1978 [[Judiciary of the Solomon Islands|British Solomon Islands]]<sup>12</sup>

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* 1900–1970 [[Chief Justice of Tonga|''Tonga'' (protected state)]]
* 1900–1974 [[Politics of Niue|Niue]]<sup>9</sup>
* 1901–1942 *''[[Chief Justice of Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]]''*''[[Chief Justice of the Northern Territory|Northern Territory]]''
* 1907–1953 *''[[Chief Justice of New Zealand|Dominion of New Zealand]]''
* 1919–1942 [[Nauru]]
* 1945–1968 [[Nauru]]
* 1919–1949 [[Territory of New Guinea]]
* 1949–1975 ''[[Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea|Territory of Papua and New Guinea]]''<sup>13</sup>

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* 9. Now part of the *''[[Realm of New Zealand]]''.
* 10. Suspended member.
* 11. Now ''[[Kiribati]]'' and *''[[Tuvalu]]''.
* 12. Now the *''[[Solomon Islands]]''.
* 13. Now *''[[Papua New Guinea]]''.
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* Since 1815 <u>[[Ascension Island]]</u><sup>14</sup>
* Since 1816 <u>[[Tristan da Cunha]]</u><sup>14</sup>
* Since 1908 <u>[[British Antarctic Territory]]</u><sup>15</sup>
* 1841–1933 ''[[Australian Antarctic Territory]]'' <small>(transferred to the [[Commonwealth of Australia]])</small>
* 1841–1947 ''[[Ross Dependency]]'' <small>(transferred to the [[Realm of New Zealand]])</small>
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