Flag of Montserrat

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Flag of the Governor of Montserrat

The coat of arms of Montserrat was part of a grant of composite arms given to the British colony of the Leeward Islands in 1909. The flag of Montserrat is simply the Montserrat arms placed on the fly of the British Blue Ensign and was taken into use sometime considerably after 1909, quite possibly after the colony of the Leeward Islands (which consisted of several British-administered islands in the region) dissolved in 1958, making Montserrat a stand-alone colony.

Flag features

It is a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the coat of arms of Montserrat in the fly.

Symbolism of arms

The arms feature Erin, the female personification of Ireland, and the golden harp, another symbol of Ireland. This reflects the colony's Irish ancestry.

Flag of the Governor

The Governor of Montserrat maintains a separate flag. The Governor's flag consists of a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. This was introduced after the dissolution of the Leeward Islands in 1958, when Montserrat became a separate colonial entity.

Flags of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown dependencies

British Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Ascension Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands

Crown dependencies	Guernsey Alderney Herm Sark Jersey Isle of Man

Flags of North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Navassa Island Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

National and regional flags incorporating the Union Jack

Sovereign states

Dependent territories

United Kingdom	Anguilla Ascension Island Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands

New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

States, provinces
and other
administrative divisions

Australia	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Lord Howe Island

Canada	British Columbia Manitoba Ontario

United States	Hawaii

Cities

Chile	Coquimbo

United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Taunton, Massachusetts

Miscellaneous

Flags based on British ensigns
- Mosquito Kingdom (1844–1860)
List of British flags
Flags inspired by the Union Jack
- Basque Country
  - St. Pierre & Miquelon
- Newfoundland & Labrador

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Flag of Montserrat

Flag features

Symbolism of arms

Flag of the Governor

See also