What is British Cyprus?
{{Infobox former country | conventional_long_name = Cyprus | native_name = {{native name|el|Κύπρος}}<br/>{{native name|tr|Kıbrıs}} | status = [[Protectorate#British protectorates|British Protectorate]] (1878–1914)<br />British [[military administration]] (1914–1925)<br />British [[Crown Colony]] (1925–1960) | government_type = [[Crown colony]] | title_leader = [[List of British monarchs|Monarch]] | leader1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] | leader2 = [[Elizabeth II]] | year_leader1 = 1878–1901 <small>(first)</small> | year_leader2 = 1952–1960 <small>(last)</small> | title_deputy = [[List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus|Governor]] | deputy1 = [[Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley|Garnet Wolseley]]{{efn|group=infobox|as High Commissioner}} | deputy2 = [[Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon|Hugh Foot]] | year_deputy1 = 1878–1879 <small>(first)</small> | year_deputy2 = 1957–1960 <small>(last)</small> | capital = [[Nicosia]] | common_languages = [[English language|English]] (official)<br/>[[Greek language|Greek]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | event_pre = [[Cyprus Convention]] | date_pre = 4 June 1878 | event_start = Protectorate established | date_start = 12 July | year_start = 1878 | event1 = British annexation | date_event1 = 5 November 1914 | event2 = [[Treaty of Lausanne]] | date_event2 = 24 July 1923 | event3 = {{nowrap|Crown Colony of Cyprus}} | date_event3 = 1 May 1925 | event4 = ''[[Enosis]]'' [[1950 Cypriot enosis referendum|referendum]] | date_event4 = 15 January 1950 | event5 = [[Cyprus Emergency]] | date_event5 = 1 April 1955 | event6 = {{nowrap|[[London and Zürich Agreements|London & Zürich Agreements]]}} |