Anglo-Franco Proclamation

Anglo-Franco Proclamation (signed on 28 November 1843) was a document issued by the British and French governments, officially granting the Kingdom of Hawaii recognized independence. The need for the proclamation had been realized by Hawaiian King Kamehameha III, due to the continuous, foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory. The document was signed by George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and Louis de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (French Kingdom [July Monarchy]).

The Anglo-Franco Proclamation stabilized the Kingdom of Hawaii's foreign situation, defining its borders.

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) of a government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, and never to take possession, neither directly or under the title of Protectorate, or under any other form, of any part of the territory of which they are composed.

The undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the necessary powers, hereby declare, in consequence, that their said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done in duplicate at London, the 28th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1843.

[L.S.] Aberdeen

[L.S.] St. Aulaire"

1. http://inhonolulu.tumblr.com/post/70014469715/kanakaknowledge-the-anglo-franco-proclamation

2. https://www.hawaiiankingdom.org/treaties.shtml

3. http://www.unpo.org/content/view/1548/236/

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