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 , Sierr ...

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

Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...

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 The Sierra Leone Company was the corporate body involved in founding the second British colony in Africa on 11 March 1792 through the resettlement of Black Loyalists who had initially been settled in Nova Scotia (the Nova Scotian Settlers) aft ...

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 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 and p ...

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 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 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) * William Dawes (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

rule was ended. *Thomas Ludlam (1806 – 21 July 1808) ''(3rd time, acting to 1 January 1808)'' * Thomas Perronet Thompson (21 July 1808 – 12 February 1810) * Edward H. Columbine (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: The ...

(May – 1 July 1811) ''(acting)'' *

Charles William Maxwell Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Maxwell (1775 – 23 September 1848, Broadstairs) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He was the eldest son of Charles Maxwell of Terraughty, Dumfriesshire and his third wife, Helen Douglas. ...

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

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(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) Kenneth Macaulay (1792-1829) was a merchant and colonial official in British Sierra Leone during the early nineteenth century. Macaulay served as Acting-Governor of Sierra Leone and was appointed as a member of His Majesty's Colonial Council. He w ...

and

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''(1st time)'' (8 March – August 1826) ''(acting)'' *Sir Neil Campbell (August 1826 – December 1827)

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

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(December 1827 – 1828) ''(1st time)'' * Dixon Denham (1828 – 8 May 1828) *

(9 June – July 1828) ''(2nd time)'' *

(July – November 1828) ''(2nd time, acting)'' * Major Henry John Ricketts (November 1828 – 1829) ''(acting)'' *

Augustine Fitzgerald Evans Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afri ...

(1829–1830) ''(acting)'' *

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(1830) ''(acting)'' * Alexander Findlay (1830 – July 1833) *

Michael Linning Melville Michael Linning Melville (1805 – 22 June 1878) was a Scots Barrister, Judge and Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone. He was commissioned by monarch, King William IV of the United Kingdom to suppress the slave trade by force off the West Coa ...

(July – December 1833) ''(acting)'' * Octavius Temple (December 1833 – 1834) *Thomas Cole (1834 – February 1835) ''(1st time, acting)'' *

Henry Dundas Campbell Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell (8 July 1798 – 1 April 1872) was a British professional soldier, Governor of Sierra Leone from 1835 to 1837. Campbell's mona monkey (''Cercopithecus campbelli'') was named after him, in 1838, by George Robert Waterho ...

(February 1835 – 1837) *

Thomas Cole Thomas Cole was an English-born American artist and the founder of the Hudson River School art movement. Cole is widely regarded as the first significant American landscape painter. He was known for his romantic landscape and history painti ...

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

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

Flag of the Governor of Sierra Leone (1889-1914)

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

Richard Doherty James Richard Doherty (born 19 May 1948), known as Richard Doherty, is a British military historian and author from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Educated at St. Columb's College, he has written more than twenty books about British and ...

(1837–1840) *

John Jeremie Sir John Jeremie (19 August 1795 – 23 April 1841) was a British judge and diplomat, Chief Justice of Saint Lucia and Governor of Sierra Leone. He was given an award in 1836 for advancing "negro freedom" after accusing the judges in Mauritius ...

(1840 – April 1841) *John Carr (April – September 1841) ''(acting)'' * William Fergusson (September 1841 – January 1842) ''(1st time, acting)'' *

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(January 1842 – July 1844) * William Fergusson (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 Sir Stephen John Hill, , (June 10, 1809 – 20 October 1891) was a governor of, in turn, four British colonial possessions. Born in the West Indies, Hill began his colonial service in Africa, becoming governor of the Gold Coast (modern Ghan ...

(1854–1855) ''(1st time)'' * Robert Dougan (1855) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir

(1855–1859) ''(2nd time)'' * Alexander Fitzjames (1859–1860) *Sir

(1860–1861) ''(3rd time)'' *William Hill and T. H. Smith (1861–1862) ''(acting)'' *

Samuel Wensley Blackall Samuel Wensley Blackall (1 May 1809 – 2 January 1871) was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871. Early life Blackall was born in Dublin, Ireland into a prosperou ...

(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. *

(19 February 1866 – 1867) ''(2nd time)'' *Gustavus Nigel Kingscote Anker Yonge (1867) ''(acting)'' *

(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)'' *

John Pope Hennessy Sir John Pope Hennessy (; 8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius. Early life John Pope Hennes ...

(February 1872 – 7 March 1873) *

Robert William Keate Robert William Keate (16 June 1814 – 17 March 1873) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Commissioner of the Seychelles from 1850 to 1852, Governor of Trinidad from 1857 to 1864, Lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Natal from ...

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

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, (4 June 183325 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, We ...

(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 Sir Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright, (26 December 1817 – 23 December 1897) was a British civil servant who held positions including Governor of British Guiana. Kortright was baptised on 8 January 1818 at Saint Mary church in London. He was th ...

(1875) ''(1st time)'' *Sir Samuel Rowe (1875–1876) ''(1st time)'' *

(1876–1877) ''(2nd time)'' * Horatio James Huggins (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 Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904. Early lif ...

(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)'' * John Joseph Crooks (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 Colonel Sir Frederic Cardew, KCMG (27 September 1839 – 6 July 1921) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He was Governor of Sierra Leone This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Cli ...

(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 Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. *

(from 22 June 1897, Sir Frederic Cardew) (24 August 1895 – 1897) ''(2nd time)'' * James Cassamaijor Gore (1897) ''(acting)'' *J. E. Caulfield (1897) ''(2nd time, acting)'' *Sir

(1897–1899) ''(3rd time)'' * Matthew Nathan (1899) ''(acting)'' *Sir

(1899–1900) ''(4th time)'' *Caulfield (1900 – 11 December 1900) ''(3rd time, acting)'' *Sir

Charles King-Harman Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman (26 April 1851 – 17 April 1939) was a British colonial administrator. King-Harman was the son of Hon. Lawrence Harman King-Harman, the son of Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton, and Mary Cecilia Johnstone. He was ...

(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 (1910–1913) ''(1st time)'' *

Claud Hollis Sir Alfred Claud Hollis (12 May 1874 – 22 November 1961) was British administrator who served as British Resident to the Sultan of Zanzibar between 1923 and 1929 and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1930 and 1936 and author of a historic ...

(1913) ''(acting)'' *Sir Edward Marsh Merewether (1913–1916) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir

Richard James Wilkinson Richard James Wilkinson (29 May 1867 – 5 December 1941) was a British Colonial administrator, scholar of Malay, and historian. The son of a British Consul, Richard James Wilkinson was born in 1867 in Salonika ( Thessaloniki) in the Ottoman ...

(9 March 1916 – 1921) ''(1st time)'' *

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(1921) ''(acting)'' *Sir

(1921 – 4 May 1922) ''(2nd time)'' *

Alexander Ransford Slater Sir Alexander Ransford Slater (28 November 1874 – 1940) was a British colonial administrator, who served as governor of Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Jamaica. Biography The son of Rev. C. S. Slater, Plymouth, Slater was educated at King E ...

(from 1924, Sir Alexander Ransford Slater) (4 May 1922 – 24 September 1927) *Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (24 September 1927 – 1929) ''(1st time)'' * Mark Aitchison Young (1929–1930) ''(acting)'' *Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (1930 – 23 May 1931) ''(2nd time)'' *Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson (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, gradu ...

(17 July 1934 – 21 May 1937) *Sir

Douglas James Jardine Sir Douglas James Jardine (13 October 1888 – 11 December 1946) was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of Governor of North Borneo, Sierra Leone and the Leeward Islands during his career. Biography Douglas was educated at ...

(21 May 1937 – 5 July 1941) *Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson (5 July 1941 – September 1947) *Sir George Beresford-Stooke (September 1947 – December 1952) *Sir

Robert de Zouche Hall Sir Robert de Zouche Hall, GCMG (27 April 1904 – 19 March 1995) was an English colonial governor. He served in Sierra Leone and Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika. Robert was born in Liverpool, from parents Arthur William Hall & Beatrice Marg ...

(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

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...

. 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 Sier ...

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