On the 28th of October Mr Schreiner signed a proclamation issued by Sir Alfred Milner as high commissioner, declaring the Boer annexations of territory within Cape Colony to be null and void.
The office of high commissioner in South Africa was now separated from the governorship of the Cape and associated with that of the Transvaal--an indication of the changed conditions in South Africa.
Frere had no sooner taken office as high commissioner than he found himself confronted with serious native troubles in Zululand and on the Kaffir frontier of Cape Colony.
He succeeded Sir Thomas Maitland as High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.
As High Commissioner, he had advocated in the most emphatic terms the exercise of the authority of Great Britain, as paramount Power, in the Transvaal.
The Ministers declined to withdraw their confidence from the Lord High Commissioner, though they passed on him censure for his hasty and independent proceedings.
It is this--that a censure upon the Government is called for, because they have selected the individual who, on the whole, they think is the best qualified successfully to fulfil the duties of High Commissioner.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "high commissioner" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
