Swaziland Protectorate, 1903

Following the defeat in 1902 of the South African Republic (Transvaal) by the British in the Anglo-Boer War, Swaziland became a British protectorate in 1903. The protectorate did not have a distinctive flag of its own and the Union Jack was flown until independence in October 1968. The current design dates from the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 and combines aspects of the three national flags: the red cross of Saint George (England), the red saltire of Saint Patrick's Flag (Ireland), both superimposed on Saint Andrew's Cross, the Flag of Scotland.