This is a list of colonial administrators in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

from the establishment of the Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Province of Freedom Colony by the

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which lasted between 1787 and 1789 and the list of colonial administrators of the Colony of Sierra Leone and the settlement of Freetown established by the Sierra Leone Company in March 1792 until Sierra Leone's independence in 1961.

Administrator (1787) of the Granville Town Settlement

On 14 May 1787, the Province of Freedom was founded by the

for freed slaves. * B. Thompson (14 May – September 1787)

Governor (1787–1789) of the Granville Town Settlement

On 22 August 1788, the Province of Freedom and land along the

Freetown peninsula Freetown is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educ ...

was granted to Captain John Taylor of . In 1789, it was abandoned. *John Taylor (August 1788 – 1789)

Agent (1791–1792) of the new Granville Town Settlement

In January 1791, the

Granville Town Cline Town is an area in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The area is named for Emmanuel Kline, a Hausa Liberated African who bought substantial property in the area. The neighborhood is in the vicinity of Granville Town, a settlement established in 1787 a ...

was restored by the St. George Bay Company. * Alexander Falconbridge (January 1791 – March 1792)

Superintendent (1792) of the Colony of Sierra Leone and settlement of Freetown

In 1792,

Freetown Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational an ...

was founded as the main town of the newly established Colony of Sierra Leone * John Clarkson (March – July 1792)

Governors (1792–1827) of the Colony of Sierra Leone

* John Clarkson (July – 31 December 1792) *

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(31 December 1792 – March 1794) ''(1st time)'' * Zachary Macaulay (March 1794 – 6 May 1795) ''(1st time)'' *William Dawes (6 May 1795 – March 1796) ''(2nd time)'' * Zachary Macaulay (March 1796 – April 1799) ''(2nd time)'' *John Gray (April – May 1799) ''(1st time)'' On 5 July 1799, the Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Province of Freedom was renamed Sierra Leone. * Thomas Ludlam (May 1799 – 1800) ''(1st time)'' *John Gray (1800 – January 1801) ''(2nd time)'' *William Dawes (January 1801 – February 1803) ''(3rd time)'' *William Day (February 1803 – 1803) ''(1st time)'' *Thomas Ludlam (1803–1805) ''(2nd time)'' *William Day (1805 – 4 November 1805) ''(2nd time)'' On 1 January 1808, Sierra Leone (including coastal area) becomes Crown colony of the United Kingdom, and Sierra Leone Company rule was ended. *Thomas Ludlam (1806 – 21 July 1808) ''(3rd time, acting to 1 January 1808)'' *

Thomas Perronet Thompson Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783–1869) was a British Parliamentarian, a governor of Sierra Leone and a radical reformer. He became prominent in 1830s and 1840s as a leading activist in the Anti-Corn Law League. He specialized in the grass-roo ...

(21 July 1808 – 12 February 1810) *

Edward H. Columbine Captain Edward Henry Columbine (2 July 1763 – 18 June 1811) was an English naval officer and hydrographer who served as Governor of Sierra Leone from 12 February 1810 – May 1811. Columbine was given command of HMS ''Resolution'' in 1792� ...

(12 February 1810 – May 1811) *

Robert Bones Commander Robert Bones (died 1813) was a Royal Navy officer who, as a lieutenant, was acting Governor of Sierra Leone for two months in 1811. Bones had previously been commander of HMS ''Tigress''.Grindal, Peter (2016) ''Opposing the Slavers: Th ...

(May – 1 July 1811) ''(acting)'' * Charles William Maxwell (1 July 1811 – July 1815) * Charles MacCarthy (July – December 1814) ''(1st time, acting for Maxwell)'' * J. Mailing (December 1814 – January 1815) ''(acting for Maxwell)'' *

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(January – March 1815) ''(acting for Maxwell)'' *William Appleton (March – June 1815) ''(acting for Maxwell)'' * Captain Henry Barry Hyde (June – July 1815) ''(acting for Maxwell)'' * Charles MacCarthy (from 1820, Sir Charles Macarthy) (July 1815 – July 1820) ''(2nd time, acting to 1 January 1816)'' * Sir Alexander Grant (28 July 1820 – 1 February 1821) ''(1st time, acting)'' *E. Burke (1 February 1821 – 4 February 1821) ''(acting)'' On 17 October 1821, Sierra Leone territory becomes part of British West African Territories. Its Governorship was held simultaneously by Governor (from 1827 until 1837 Lieutenant governor) of Sierra Leone. * Sir Alexander Grant (4 February 1821 – 28 November 1821) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *Sir Charles MacCarthy (November 1821 – 21 January 1824) ''(3rd time)'' * Daniel Molloy Hamilton (21 January – 5 February 1824) ''(acting)'' * Major-General Sir Charles Turner (5 February 1824 – 7 March 1826) * Kenneth Macaulay (colonialist) and Samuel Smart ''(1st time)'' (8 March – August 1826) ''(acting)'' *Sir Neil Campbell (August 1826 – December 1827)

Lieutenant governors (1827–1837) of the Colony of Sierra Leone

* Hugh Lumley (December 1827 – 1828) ''(1st time)'' *

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(1828 – 8 May 1828) * Hugh Lumley (9 June – July 1828) ''(2nd time)'' * Samuel Smart (July – November 1828) ''(2nd time, acting)'' * Major Henry John Ricketts (November 1828 – 1829) ''(acting)'' *

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(1829–1830) ''(acting)'' * Alexander Maclean Fraser (1830) ''(acting)'' * Alexander Findlay (1830 – July 1833) * Michael Linning Melville (July – December 1833) ''(acting)'' * Octavius Temple (December 1833 – 1834) *Thomas Cole (1834 – February 1835) ''(1st time, acting)'' * Henry Dundas Campbell (February 1835 – 1837) *

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(1837) ''(2nd time, acting)''

Governors (1837–1961) of the Colony of Sierra Leone

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Flag of the Governor of Sierra Leone (1916–1961)

* Richard Doherty (1837–1840) * John Jeremie (1840 – April 1841) *John Carr (April – September 1841) ''(acting)'' *

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(September 1841 – January 1842) ''(1st time, acting)'' *

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(January 1842 – July 1844) *

(July 1844 – 1845) ''(2nd time)'' On 13 January 1850, the British West African Territories was dissolved and Sierra Leone again becomes a separate crown colony. * Norman William MacDonald (1845–1852) *Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (13 September 1852 – 1854) ''(1st time)'' * Robert Dougan (1854) ''(1st time, acting)'' *Sir Stephen John Hill (1854–1855) ''(1st time)'' * Robert Dougan (1855) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir Stephen John Hill (1855–1859) ''(2nd time)'' * Alexander Fitzjames (1859–1860) *Sir Stephen John Hill (1860–1861) ''(3rd time)'' *William Hill and T. H. Smith (1861–1862) ''(acting)'' * Samuel Wensley Blackall (1862–1865) ''(1st time)'' *William John Chamberlayne (1865 – 19 February 1866) ''(acting)'' On 19 February 1866, Sierra Leone territory becomes part of the British West African Settlements. Its Governorship was held simultaneously by Governor of Sierra Leone. * Samuel Wensley Blackall (19 February 1866 – 1867) ''(2nd time)'' *Gustavus Nigel Kingscote Anker Yonge (1867) ''(acting)'' * Samuel Wensley Blackall (1867–1868) ''(3rd time)'' * John Jennings Kendall (1868–1869) ''(1st time, acting)'' *Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1869–1871) ''(2nd time)'' * John Jennings Kendall (1871) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *Ponsonby Sheppard (1871) ''(acting)'' *Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1871 – January 1872) ''(3rd time)'' * John Jennings Kendall (January – February 1872) ''(3rd time, acting)'' *

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(February 1872 – 7 March 1873) * Robert William Keate (7–17 March 1873) * Alexander Bravo and Robert William Harley (17 March – 2 October 1873) ''(acting)'' *Sir

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(2 October 1873 – 4 March 1874) *

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(4 March – 17 December 1874) On 17 December 1874, British West African Settlements was renamed British West Africa Settlements. *George French (17 December 1874 – 1875) ''(acting)'' * Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (1875) ''(1st time)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (1875–1876) ''(1st time)'' * Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright (1876–1877) ''(2nd time)'' *

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(1877) ''(acting)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (September 1877 – 1880) ''(2nd time)'' * William Streeten (1880–1881) ''(acting)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (1881) ''(3rd time)'' * Francis Frederick Pinkett (1881) ''(1st time, acting)'' *

Arthur Elibank Havelock Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, (7 May 1844 – 25 June 1908) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of KwaZulu-Natal Province, Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 19 ...

(1881–1883) ''(1st time)'' *Francis Frederick Pinkett (1883) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *

(1883–1884) ''(2nd time)'' * Arthur M. Tarleton (1884) ''(acting)'' *Francis Frederick Pinkett (1884–1885) ''(3rd time, acting)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (1885–1886) ''(4th time)'' *Sir

James Shaw Hay Sir James Shaw Hay (25 October 1839 – 20 June 1924) was a British colonial governor. Family He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Pasley Hay (1 May 1801 - 28 June 1858) and wife (married 24 February 1824) Georgette Heine Arnaud ...

(1886–1887) ''(1st time, acting)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (1887–1888) ''(5th time)'' * John Meredith Maltby (1888) ''(1st time, acting)'' On 28 November 1888, the British West Africa Settlements was dissolved and Sierra Leone again becomes a separate crown colony. *Sir

(1888–1889) ''(2nd time, acting to 24 November 1888)'' *William Gordon Patchett and Sydney Francis Foster (1889) ''(acting)'' * John Meredith Maltby (1889–1890) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir

(1890–1891) ''(3rd time)'' *

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(1891–1892) ''(acting)'' * William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (1892) ''(1st time, acting)'' *

Francis Fleming Sir Francis Fleming (31 July 1842 – 4 December 1922) ( Chinese: 菲林明) was a British administrator who held appointments in eleven colonies. The son of James Fleming (1812–1887), Q.C. of Dorset Square and Julia Matilda (1811–18 ...

(1892–1893) ''(1st time)'' * William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (1893) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *

(1893–1894) ''(2nd time)'' * William Hollingworth Quayle Jones (1894) ''(3rd time, acting)'' * Frederic Cardew (1894–1895) ''(1st time)'' *J. E. Caulfield (1895 – 24 August 1895) ''(1st time, acting)'' On 24 August 1895, hinterland of Sierra Leone becomes British protectorate, and crown colony was renamed

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. * Frederic Cardew (from 22 June 1897, Sir Frederic Cardew) (24 August 1895 – 1897) ''(2nd time)'' *

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(1897) ''(acting)'' *J. E. Caulfield (1897) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *Sir Frederic Cardew (1897–1899) ''(3rd time)'' * Matthew Nathan (1899) ''(acting)'' *Sir Frederic Cardew (1899–1900) ''(4th time)'' *Caulfield (1900 – 11 December 1900) ''(3rd time, acting)'' *Sir Charles King-Harman (11 December 1900 – 3 October 1904) **Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Thomas Henstock (1902) ''(acting while King-Harman was in the UK)'' **Colonel John Willoughby Astley Marshall (18 September 1902 – 4 October 1902) ''(acting while King-Harman was in the UK)'' **Colonel Francis John Graves (4 October 1902 – ) ''(acting while King-Harman was in the UK)'' *Sir

Leslie Probyn Sir Leslie Probyn (23 February 1862 – 17 December 1938) was an administrator for the British Empire. Career Probyn was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1884. He began his career as a British colonial administrator in the Caribbean. F ...

(3 October 1904 – 1910) *Sir

Edward Marsh Merewether Sir Edward Marsh Merewether, (9 September 1858 – 28 December 1938) was a British colonial administrator. Early life and background Merewether was born in Meriden, Warwickshire, England on 9 September 1858, the second son of British Indi ...

(1910–1913) ''(1st time)'' * Claud Hollis (1913) ''(acting)'' *Sir

(1913–1916) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir Richard James Wilkinson (9 March 1916 – 1921) ''(1st time)'' * John C. Maxwell (1921) ''(acting)'' *Sir Richard James Wilkinson (1921 – 4 May 1922) ''(2nd time)'' * Alexander Ransford Slater (from 1924, Sir Alexander Ransford Slater) (4 May 1922 – 24 September 1927) *Sir

Joseph Aloysius Byrne Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (2 October 1874 – 13 November 1942) was the Royal Irish Constabulary's Inspector-General from 1916 until 1920. He later served in Sierra Leone, Seychelles and Kenya. Biography Byrne was born o ...

(24 September 1927 – 1929) ''(1st time)'' * Mark Aitchison Young (1929–1930) ''(acting)'' *Sir

(1930 – 23 May 1931) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir

Arnold Wienholt Hodson Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson (12 February 1881 – 26 May 1944)"Sir Arnold Hodson"
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(23 May 1931 – 17 July 1934) *Sir

Henry Monck-Mason Moore Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (18 March 1887 – 26 March 1964) was British Governor of British Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ceylon. The son of Rev. Edward William Moore, he was educated at Rokeby, KCS, Wimbledon and Jesus College, Cambridge, gra ...

(17 July 1934 – 21 May 1937) *Sir Douglas James Jardine (21 May 1937 – 5 July 1941) *Sir

Hubert Craddock Stevenson Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson, KCMG, OBE, MC (1888 – 13 June 1971) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of Sierra Leone This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Cline Town, Sier ...

(5 July 1941 – September 1947) *Sir George Beresford-Stooke (September 1947 – December 1952) *Sir Robert de Zouche Hall (December 1952 – 1 September 1956) *

Maurice Henry Dorman Sir Maurice Henry Dorman (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the Crown in the then-Commonwealth Realms of Tanganyika, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta. Dorman was born in 1912 and was the eldest son of ...

(from 2 January 1957, Sir Maurice Henry Dorman) (1 September 1956 – 27 April 1961) In 1961, Sierra Leone achieved independence from the

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. After independence, the viceroy in Sierra Leone was the

Governor-General of Sierra Leone This is a list of the heads of state of Sierra Leone, from the independence of the Sierra Leone in 1961 to the present day. From 1961 to 1971 the head of state under the Constitution of Sierra Leone, Constitution of 1961 was the queen of Sierr ...

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*''Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen'', Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd *''African States and Rulers'', John Stewart, McFarland {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Colonial Heads of Sierra Leone

British West Africa History of Sierra Leone Political office-holders in Sierra Leone