Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Sierra Leonean politician
Was Politician
From Sierra Leone
Type Politics
Gender male
Birth

1 January 1898, Bonthe

Death

1 January 1969
(aged 71 years)

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).

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.

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