Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | |
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Governor-General of Sierra Leone | |
In office 7 July 1962 – 26 March 1967 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Milton Margai Albert Margai |
Preceded by | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman |
Succeeded by | Andrew Juxon-Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston 19 August 1898 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Died | 14 December 1968 London, United Kingdom | (aged 70)
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 |
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).