Language English Ethnicity Creole | Name Henry Lightfoot Role Politician | |
Born Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston19 August 1898Bonthe, Sherbro ( 1898-08-19 ) Occupation Governor-General of Sierra Leone, Speaker of Parliament, Barrister Nationality British Subject, Sierra Leonean Spouse Christiana Muriel Songo-Davies Education Sierra Leone Grammar School, Fourah Bay College, Lincoln's Inn | ||
Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, GCMG (19 August 1898 – 1969) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and politician. He was the first indigenous Governor-General of Sierra Leone. He was a member of the Creole ethnic group (descendant of freed slaves from the West Indies, United States and Great Britain landed in Freetown between 1792 and 1855).
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Career
He served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone from 1957 to 1962 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.