The other complexity is that the right to enter British territory has never mapped precisely onto "British citizen" or "British subject status” (I gather that there were no general controls over immigration to Britain until 1914). Mark > On 16 Aug 2015, at 11:39, india-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject>