henry, josiah, lightfoot, boston, gcmg, august, 1898, december, 1969, sierra, leonean, diplomat, politician, first, sierra, leonean, governor, general, sierra, leone, member, creole, ethnic, group, descendant, freed, slaves, from, nova, scotia, united, states,. Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston GCMG 19 August 1898 14 December 1969 was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and politician He was the first Sierra Leonean Governor General of Sierra Leone He was a member of the Creole ethnic group descendant of freed slaves from Nova Scotia United States and Great Britain landed in Freetown between 1792 and 1855 Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot BostonBornHenry Josiah Lightfoot Boston 1898 08 19 19 August 1898Freetown Sierra LeoneDied14 December 1968 1968 12 14 aged 70 London United KingdomOccupationGovernor General of Sierra Leone Speaker of Parliament barristerLanguageEnglish KrioEducationSierra Leone Grammar SchoolUniversity College LondonLincoln s InnSpouseChristiana Muriel Songo Davies Contents 1 Career 2 Legacy 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditLightfoot Boston served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone from 1957 to 1962 1 and as Governor General of Sierra Leone from 7 July 1962 to 26 March 1967 He was preceded by British diplomat Sir Maurice Henry Dorman and succeeded after a coup d etat by Brigadier Andrew Juxon Smith Legacy EditLightfoot Boston Street in Freetown is named in his honor Lightfoot Boston s image is featured on a 50 Leone coin issued by the Bank of Sierra Leone 2 References Edit Dr Abdulai Conteh Comments on Controversial Speaker Issue 22 November 2013 TotalCreditCheckup com Get The Complete View Of Your Credit www bankofsierraleone centralbank org Retrieved 3 January 2018 External links EditList of Sierra Leonean heads of stateGovernment officesPreceded byNew office Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone1957 1962 Succeeded byBanja Tejan SiePreceded bySir Maurice Henry Dorman Governor General of Sierra Leone1962 1967 Succeeded byAndrew Juxon Smith This article about a Sierra Leonean politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a person involved in governance in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston amp oldid 1115228918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
