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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).
Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | |
|---|---|
| Governor-General of Sierra Leone | |
| In office 7 July 1962 – 26 March 1967 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| 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 (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 |
Lightfoot Boston served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone from 1957 to 1962[1] 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.
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.[2]
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