Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
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Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, GCMG (19 August 1898 ā 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).
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Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | |
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Governor-General of Sierra Leone | |
In office 7 July 1962 ā 26 March 1967 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman |
Succeeded by | Andrew Juxon-Smith |
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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 |
Spouse | Christiana Muriel Songo-Davies |
Education | Sierra Leone Grammar School University College London Lincoln's Inn |
Occupation | Governor-General of Sierra Leone, Speaker of Parliament, barrister |
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