Richard Doherty (colonialist)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Doherty (1785-1862)[1] was a British Army officer and Governor of Sierra Leone.

He was Governor of Sierra Leone from 13 June 1837 to 16 December 1840.[2] He was succeeded as Governor in 1840 by Sir John Jeremie[2] and knighted in 1841.[3]

He was Colonel of the The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment from 1857 to his death.

He died in 1862 at Richmond, Surrey.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. 213: 508. October 1862.
  2. 1 2 Sibthorpe, A.B.C. (1970). The History of Sierra Leone (4th ed.). Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-0714617695. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  3. ↑


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