Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston

Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston
Born	Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston (1898-08-19)19 August 1898 Bonthe, Sherbro
Died	December 14, 1968(1968-12-14) Freetown, Sierra Leone
Occupation	Governor-General of Sierra Leone, Speaker of Parliament, Barrister
Language	English
Nationality	British Subject, Sierra Leonean
Ethnicity	Creole
Education	Sierra Leone Grammar School, Fourah Bay College, Lincoln's Inn
Spouse	Christiana Muriel Songo-Davies

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.

External links

• List of Sierra Leonean heads of state

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Maurice Henry Dorman	Governor-General of Sierra Leone 1962–1967	Succeeded by Andrew Juxon-Smith