Sir Maurice Henry Dorman (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the Crown in the then-

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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 ...

, and

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. Dorman was born in 1912 and was the eldest son of John Ehrenfried Dorman and Madeleine Louise Bostock. Both his parents came from big industrial families in the town of Stafford. His mother was a magistrate and one of the first female dentists. Dorman was educated at

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and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in Sierra Leone from 1956 until 1962, for which he was

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ed in 1957. From 27 April 1961 (Sierra Leone's independence day) to 27 April 1962, Dorman was the

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. From 1962 until 1964, he was the Colonial

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and then became

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from September 1964 until July 1971, when he was replaced by Sir

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. In 1971–1972, he was a deputy chairman of the

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. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire and a Knight Grand Cross of the Maltese Order of Merit. He served as a member of the board of governors of Monkton Combe School from 1969 to 1992.''A Delightful Inheritance'' by P. LeRoy, Monkton Print, 2018.

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Listing of British representatives in Sierra Leone
, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorman, Maurice Henry 1912 births 1993 deaths British diplomats Governors-General of Sierra Leone Tanzanian politicians Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire People educated at Sedbergh School Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Governors-General of Malta Governors of Trinidad and Tobago Governors and Governors-General of Malta Governors of Monkton Combe School