Paulet affair
Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands | |||||||||
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| 25 February – 31 July 1843 | |||||||||
| Anthem: God Save the Queen | |||||||||
Location of the Hawaiian islands. | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized and unapproved dependency of the United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Honolulu | ||||||||
| Common languages | English, Hawaiian | ||||||||
| Government | Unofficial military occupation and British colony | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1843 | Victoria | ||||||||
| Local Representative | |||||||||
• 1843 | George Paulet | ||||||||
• 1843 | Richard Thomas | ||||||||
| Historical era | International relations | ||||||||
• Established | 25 February 1843 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 July 1843 | ||||||||
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The Paulet affair, also known as British Hawaii, was the insubordinate five-month occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1843 by British naval officer Captain Lord George Paulet, of HMS Carysfort. It was ended by the arrival of American warships sent to defend Hawaii's independence. The British government in London did not authorize the move and it had no official status.