Queen Victoria – Monarch of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (reign: 1837 – 1901)

Queen Victoria – Monarch of the United Kingdom and Empress of India (reign: 1837 – 1901): January 13, 1886 – Queen Victoria, monarch of The United Kingdom, issued letters patent that made Lagos into a separate colony – the Colony of Lagos. Prior to establishment of the Lagos Colony, Lagos was a settlement that had been part of the Gold Coast colony (present day Ghana)