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A state established by British anti-slavery groups intent on repatriating freed slaves back to west Africa. Bounded by Liberia, a similar American experiment, to the southeast, and by Guinea to the northwest and north.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
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B. Thompson | 1787 | 1787 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Taylor | 1787 | 1789 | Sierra Leone | ||
Alexander Falconbridge | 1791 | 1792 | Sierra Leone | ||
To Sierra Leone Company | 1792 | 1808 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Clarkson | 03/1792 | 12/1792 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Dawes | 1792 | 1794 | Sierra Leone | ||
Zachary Macaulay | 1794 | 1795 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Dawes | r. 1795 | 1796 | Sierra Leone | ||
Zachary Macaulay | r. 1796 | 1799 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Gray | 04/1799 | 05/1799 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Ludlam | 1799 | 1800 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Gray | r. 1800 | 1801 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Dawes | rr. 1801 | 1803 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Day | 1803 | 1803 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Ludlam | r. 1803 | 1805 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Day | r. 1805 | 1805 | Sierra Leone | ||
To Great Britain | 1808 | 1961 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Ludlam | rr. 1806 | 1808 | Acting from Jan-Jul 1808. | Sierra Leone | |
Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1808 | 1810 | Sierra Leone | ||
Edward H Columbine | 1810 | 1811 | Sierra Leone | ||
Robert Bones | 05/1811 | 07/1811 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Charles William Maxwell | 1811 | 1815 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Charles MacCarthy | 07/1814 | 12/1814 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
J. Mailing | 12/1814 | 01/1815 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
R. Purdie | 01/1815 | 03/1815 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
William Appleton | 03/1815 | 06/1815 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Henry Barry Hyde | 06/1815 | 07/1815 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Charles MacCarthy | r. 07/1815 | 07/1820 | Acting Governor from 07/1815-01/1816. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Alexander Grant | 07/1820 | 02/1821 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
E. Burke | 02/1821 | 02/1821 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Alexander Grant | r. 02/1821 | 11/1821 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Charles MacCarthy | rr. 1821 | 1824 | Sierra Leone | ||
Daniel Molloy Hamilton | 1824 | 1825 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Charles Turner | 1824 | 1826 | Sierra Leone | ||
Kenneth Macaulay | 03/1826 | 08/1826 | Acting Co-Governor with Samuel Smart. | Sierra Leone | |
Samuel Smart | 03/1826 | 08/1826 | Acting Co-Governor with Kenneth Macaulay. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Neil Campbell | 1826 | 1827 | Sierra Leone | ||
Hugh Lumley | 1827 | 1828 | Sierra Leone | ||
Dixon Denham | 1828 | 1828 | Sierra Leone | ||
Hugh Lumley | r. 1828 | 1828 | Sierra Leone | ||
Samuel Smart | r. 07/1828 | 11/1828 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Henry John Ricketts | 1828 | 1829 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Augustine Fitzgerald Evans | 1829 | 1830 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Alexander Maclean Fraser | 1830 | 1830 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Alexander Findlay | 1830 | 1833 | Sierra Leone | ||
Michael Linning Melville | 07/1833 | 12/1833 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Octavius Temple | 1833 | 1834 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Cole | 1834 | 1835 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Henry Dundas Campbell | 1835 | 1837 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Cole | r. 1837 | 1837 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Richard Doherty | 1837 | 1840 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Jeremie | 1840 | 1841 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Carr | 04/1841 | 09/1841 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
William Fergusson | 1841 | 1842 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
George Macdonald | 1842 | 1844 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Fergusson | r. 1844 | 1845 | Sierra Leone | ||
Norman William Macdonald | 1845 | 1852 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | 1852 | 1854 | Sierra Leone | ||
Robert Dougan | 1854 | 1854 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Stephen John Hill | 1854 | 1861 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Hill | 1861 | 1862 | Acting Co-Governor with T.H. Smith. | Sierra Leone | |
T. H. Smith | 1861 | 1862 | Acting Co-Governor with William Hill. | Sierra Leone | |
Samuel Wensley Blackall | 1862 | 1865 | Sierra Leone | ||
William John Chamberlayne | 1865 | 1866 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Samuel Wensley Blackall | r. 1866 | 1867 | Sierra Leone | ||
Gustavus Nigel Kingscote Anker Yonge | 1867 | 1867 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Samuel Wensley Blackall | rr. 1867 | 1868 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Jennings Kendall | 1868 | 1869 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | r. 1868 | 1871 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Jennings Kendall | r. 1871 | 1871 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Ponsonby Sheppard | 1871 | 1871 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy | rr. 1871 | 1872 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Jennings Kendall | rr. 1872 | 1872 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
John Pope Hennessy | 1872 | 1873 | Sierra Leone | ||
Robert William Keate | 1873 | 1873 | Sierra Leone | ||
Alexander Bravo | 1873 | 1873 | Acting Co-Governor with Robert William Harley. | Sierra Leone | |
Robert William Harley | 1873 | 1873 | Acting Co-Governor with Alexander Bravo. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Garnet Wolseley | 1873 | 1874 | Sierra Leone | ||
George Berkeley | 1874 | 1874 | Sierra Leone | ||
George French | 1874 | 1875 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | 1875 | 1875 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Samuel Rowe | 1875 | 1876 | Sierra Leone | ||
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright | r. 1876 | 1877 | Sierra Leone | ||
Horatio James Huggins | 1877 | 1877 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Samuel Rowe | r. 1877 | 1880 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Streeten | 1880 | 1881 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Samuel Rowe | rr. 1881 | 1881 | Sierra Leone | ||
Francis Frederick Pinkett | 1881 | 1881 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Arthur Elibank Havelock | 1881 | 1883 | Sierra Leone | ||
Francis Frederick Pinkett | r. 1883 | 1883 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Arthur Elibank Havelock | r. 1883 | 1884 | Sierra Leone | ||
Arthur M. Tarleton | 1884 | 1884 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Francis Frederick Pinkett | rr. 1884 | 1885 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Samuel Rowe | rrr. 1885 | 1886 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir James Shaw Hay | 1886 | 1887 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Samuel Rowe | rrrr. 1887 | 1888 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Meredith Maltby | 1888 | 1888 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir James Shaw Hay | r. 1888 | 1889 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Gordon Patchett | 1889 | 1889 | Acting Co-Governor with Sydney Francis Foster. | Sierra Leone | |
Sydney Francis Foster | 1889 | 1889 | Acting Co-Governor with William Gordon Patchett. | Sierra Leone | |
John Meredith Maltby | r. 1889 | 1890 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir James Shaw Hay | rr. 1890 | 1891 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Joseph Crooks | 1891 | 1892 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | 1892 | 1892 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Francis Fleming | 1892 | 1893 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | r. 1892 | 1892 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Francis Fleming | r. 1893 | 1894 | Sierra Leone | ||
William Hollingworth Quayle Jones | rr. 1894 | 1894 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Frederic Cardew | 1894 | 1895 | Sierra Leone | ||
J. E. Caulfield | 1895 | 1895 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Frederic Cardew | r. 1894 | 1897 | Sierra Leone | ||
James Cassamaijor Gore | 1897 | 1897 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
J. E. Caulfield | r. 1897 | 1897 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Frederic Cardew | rr. 1897 | 1899 | Sierra Leone | ||
Matthew Nathan | 1899 | 1899 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Frederic Cardew | rrr. 1899 | 1900 | Sierra Leone | ||
J. E. Caulfield | rr. 1900 | 1900 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman | 1900 | 1904 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Leslie Probyn | 1904 | 1910 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Edward Marsh Merewether | 1910 | 1913 | Sierra Leone | ||
Claud Hollis | 1913 | 1913 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Edward Marsh Merewether | r. 1913 | 1916 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Richard James Wilkinson | 1916 | 1921 | Sierra Leone | ||
John C. Maxwell | 1921 | 1921 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Richard James Wilkinson | r. 1921 | 1922 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Alexander Ransford Slater | 1922 | 1927 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne | 1927 | 1929 | Sierra Leone | ||
Mark Aitchison Young | 1929 | 1930 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne | r. 1930 | 1931 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson | 1931 | 1934 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore | 1934 | 1937 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Douglas James Jardine | 1937 | 1941 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Hubert Craddock Stevenson | 1941 | 1947 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir George Beresford-Stooke | 1947 | 1952 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Robert de Zouche Hall | 1952 | 1956 | Sierra Leone | ||
Independent within British Commonwealth | 1961 | 1971 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Maurice Henry Dorman | 1961 | 1962 | Sierra Leone | ||
Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston | 1962 | 1967 | Deposed. | Sierra Leone | |
Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith | 1967 | 1968 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
John Amadu Bangura | 04/1968 | 04/1968 | Acting Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
Sir Banja Tejan-Sie | 1968 | 1971 | Acting Governor from 1968-1970. | Sierra Leone | |
Christopher Okoro Cole | 03/1971 | 04/1971 | Interim Governor. | Sierra Leone | |
To Republic of Sierra Leone | 1971 | 1992 | Sierra Leone | ||
Siaka Stevens | 1971 | 1985 | Retired. | Sierra Leone | |
Joseph Saidu Momoh | 1985 | 1992 | Deposed. | Sierra Leone | |
Provisional Government | 1992 | 1996 | Sierra Leone | ||
Valentine Strasser | 1992 | 1996 | Military. | Sierra Leone | |
Julius Maada Bio | 1996 | 1996 | Military. | Sierra Leone | |
To Republic of Sierra Leone | 1996 | 1997 | Sierra Leone | ||
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | 1996 | 1997 | Deposed. | Sierra Leone | |
Revolutionary Government | 1997 | 1998 | Sierra Leone | ||
Johnny Paul Koroma | 1997 | 1998 | Military. | Sierra Leone | |
To Republic of Sierra Leone | 1998 | Present | Sierra Leone | ||
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | r. 1998 | 2007 | Sierra Leone | ||
Ernest Bai Koroma | 2007 | 2018 | Sierra Leone | ||
Julius Maada Bio | r. 2018 | Present | Sierra Leone | ||
James Cleveland | c. 1770 | 1791 | Banana Island Dynasty | Sierra Leone | |
William Cleveland | 1791 | 1797 | Opposed by Caulker Dynasty. | Banana Island Dynasty | Sierra Leone |
Stephen Caulker | 1791 | 1810 | Caulker Dynasty | Sierra Leone | |
Thomas Caulker | 1810 | 1820 | Caulker Dynasty | Sierra Leone | |
Banana Islands to Sierra Leone | 1820 | Present | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Stephen Caulker "Bar Tham" | r. 1820 | 1832 | Moved to Bumpe. | Sierra Leone | |
Charles Caulker | 1832 | 1842 | Sierra Leone | ||
James Canreba Caulker I | 1842 | 1857 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Theophilus Augustus Caulker | 1857 | 1864 | Sierra Leone | ||
Richard Canreba Caulker | 1864 | 1888 | Exiled to Gambia | Sierra Leone | |
Bumpe to Sierra Leone | 1888 | Present | Sierra Leone | ||
Interregnum | 1888 | 1895 | Sierra Leone | ||
Richard Canreba Caulker | r. 1895 | 1898 | Deposed. | Sierra Leone | |
James Canreba Caulker II | 1898 | 1902 | Sierra Leone | ||
John Canreba Caulker | 1902 | 1907 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Canreba Caulker | 1907 | 1921 | Sierra Leone | ||
Albert Gbosowah Caulker | 1921 | 1954 | Sierra Leone | ||
William I. Caulker | 1954 | 1983 | Sierra Leone | ||
Charles B. Caulker | 1984 | Present | Sierra Leone | ||
George Stephen Caulker I | 1810 | 1831 | King/Chief of Shenge. | Sierra Leone | |
Thomas Stephen Caulker | 1831 | 1842 | Sierra Leone | ||
Interregnum | 1842 | 1849 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Stephen Caulker | r. 1849 | 1871 | Sierra Leone | ||
George Stephen Caulker II | 1871 | 1881 | Sierra Leone | ||
Thomas Neale Caulker | 1881 | 1888 | Regent | Sierra Leone | |
Shenge to Sierra Leone | 1888 | Present | Sierra Leone |
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