Falklands : 100th ANNIVERSARY OF LETTERS PATENT CELEBRATED AT G. H.
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 24.07.2008 (Article Archived on 07.08.2008)
On Monday, 21 July 2008 a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the issuing of Letters of Patent setting up the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories was held at Government House.
Photo (c) J. Brock (FINN) Harriet Hall, Assistant Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands tells all gathered at Government House what the Letters of Patient are all about.
100th ANNIVERSARY OF LETTERS PATENT CELEBRATED AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
By J. Brock (FINN)
Harriet Hall, Assistant Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands tells all gathered at Government House what the Letters of Patient are all about.
On Monday, 21 July 2008 a celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the issuing of Letters of Patent setting up the South Atlantic British Overseas Territories was held at Government House.
Though the Island of South Georgia was first claimed for the British Crown by Captain Cook when he landed at Possession Bay in 1775, that claim was not formally defined until Letters Patent were issued, setting out the geographical extent of the Falkland Island Dependencies (of which South Georgia was a part).
The reception was attended by approximately 50 people who have connections with South Georgia.
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