fiction.wikisort.org - Writer

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 Boston
Born	Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston (1898-08-19)19 August 1898 Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died	14 December 1968(1968-12-14) (aged 70) London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Governor-General of Sierra Leone, Speaker of Parliament, barrister
Language	English, Krio
Education	Sierra Leone Grammar School University College London Lincoln's Inn
Spouse	Christiana Muriel Songo-Davies

Career

Lightfoot 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'état by Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith.

Legacy

Lightfoot 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

External links

• List of Sierra Leonean heads of state

Government offices
Preceded by New office	Speaker of the House of Parliament of Sierra Leone 1957–1962	Succeeded by Banja Tejan-Sie
Preceded by Sir Maurice Henry Dorman	Governor-General of Sierra Leone 1962–1967	Succeeded by Andrew Juxon-Smith

---