Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852
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The Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852 was an agreement between Great Britain (represented by Commodore Henry William Bruce, Commander of the British Navy's West Africa Station and John Beecroft, British Consul in the Bights of Benin and Biafra) and Oba Akitoye, the newly installed Oba of Lagos.[1] The treaty was signed following British victory during the Reduction of Lagos.