What is List of colonial heads of Sierra Leone?
This is a list of '''colonial [[administrator]]s in [[Sierra Leone]]''' from the establishment of the [[Cline Town, Sierra Leone|Province of Freedom]] by the [[Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor]] in 1787 until Sierra Leone's [[independence]] in 1961. == Administrator (1787) == On 14 May 1787, the Province of Freedom was founded by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor for freed [[slave]]s. *[[B. Thompson]] (14 May - September 1787) == Governor (1787-1789) == On 22 August 1788, the Province of Freedom and the land along the [[Freetown|Freetown peninsula]] was given to Captain [[John Taylor]] of the HMS ''[[HMS Miro|Miro]]''. In 1789, it was [[abandon]]ed. *John Taylor (August 1788 - 1789) == Agent (1791-1792) == In January 1791, Granville Town was taken back by the [[St. George Bay Company]]. *[[Alexander Falconbridge]] (January 1791 - March 1792) == Superintendent (1792) == In 1792, Freetown was founded as the main town of the newly established Colony of Sierra Leone *[[John Clarkson]] (March - July 1792) == Governors (1792-1827) == *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 Province of Freedom was renamed Sierra Leone. *[[Thomas Ludlum]] (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 Ludlum (1803 - 1805) ''(2nd time)'' *William Day (1805 - 4 November 1805) ''(2nd time)'' On 1 January 1808, Sierra Leone (including the [[coast]]al area) becomes a [[Crown colony]] of the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[Sierra Leone Company]] stopped being in charge. *Thomas Ludlum (1806 - 21 July 1808) ''(3rd time, acting to 1 January 1808)'' *[[