Seeiso, full name Simon Seeiso Griffith (1905 – 26 December 1940) was the paramount chief of

Basutoland Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control starting in 1868 (and ruled by Cape Colony from 1871), th ...

from 23 June 1939 until his death. He was the father of king

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho Moshoeshoe II (2 May 1938 – 15 January 1996), previously known as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was the Paramount Chief of Basutoland, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until the country gained full independence from Britain in 1966. ...

and the paternal grandfather of king

Letsie III of Lesotho Letsie III (born Seeiso Bereng; 17 July 1963) is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king ag ...

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1905 births 1940 deaths Kings of Lesotho House of Moshesh Basutoland people {{Lesotho-bio-stub