<P> Crown , or royal , colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch . By the middle of the 19th century , the sovereign appointed royal governors on the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies . Under the name of `` royal colony '' , the first of what would later become known as Crown colonies was the English Colony of Virginia in the present - day United States , after the Crown , in 1624 , revoked the royal charter it had granted to the Virginia Company , taking over direct administration . </P>
<P> Crown , or royal , colonies were ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch . By the middle of the 19th century , the sovereign appointed royal governors on the advice of the Secretary of State for the Colonies . Under the name of `` royal colony '' , the first of what would later become known as Crown colonies was the English Colony of Virginia in the present - day United States , after the Crown , in 1624 , revoked the royal charter it had granted to the Virginia Company , taking over direct administration . </P>
who represents the crown in a british colony
who represents the crown in a british colony
a governor
a governor