a status inferior to British Citizen. The following terminology is suggested:
British Subject of the
United Kingdom
British Subject of Jersey
Lor of Guernsey, etc
British Subject of
Gibraltar
British Subject of
Hong Kong colony7
or other
British Subject /without
any words added/
11.
Persons with a right of abode in the United Kingdom
Persons with right of abode in the named island (persons from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man have no right of establishment in EEC countries).
Persons with a right of abode in Gibraltar (who have right of establishment in EEC countries).
Persons with right of abode in the named colony
(a)
Persons who are now CUKC but do not have right of abode in any British territory;
(b) Irish (see paragraph 6 iii) above);
(c) Persons from former British India (see
paragraph 6 iv) above).
In every case the popular term "British Subject" may be used correctly to describe a person's status, with the additional words available for use in passports or on other occasions when precision is necessary..
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R G Smedley
Nationality and Treaty Department
18 July 1979