Lagos Colony
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| Capital | Lagos |
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| Disestablished | February 1906 |
| Government | British Colony |
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| ID | 3001550 |
About Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry.
