Malta Protectorate
Malta Protectorate (Italian: Protettorato di Malta, Maltese: Protettorat ta' Malta) was the political term for Malta when it was de jure part of the Kingdom of Sicily but under British protection. This 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.
British Protectorate of Malta | |||||||||||
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Map of Malta and Sicily, 1808 | |||||||||||
| Status | Part of the Kingdom of Sicily under British protection | ||||||||||
| Capital | Valletta | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Protectorate | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1800–02 | Ferdinand III | ||||||||||
• 1802–13 | George III | ||||||||||
| Civil Commissioner | |||||||||||
• 1799–1801 | Alexander Ball | ||||||||||
• 1801 | Henry Pigot | ||||||||||
• 1801–02 | Charles Cameron | ||||||||||
• 1802–09 | Alexander Ball | ||||||||||
• 1810–13 | Hildebrand Oakes | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||
• British presence | 9 February 1799 | ||||||||||
• Established | 4 September 1800 | ||||||||||
• Declaration of Rights | June 1802 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 July 1813 | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1807 | 93,054 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Maltese scudo | ||||||||||
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