The
Straits Settlements (; ) were a group of
British territories located in
Southeast Asia. Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the
British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a
Crown colony on 1 April 1867. The colony was dissolved in 1946 as part of the British reorganisation of its Southeast Asian dependencies following the end of the
Second World War.