Samuel Lewis (Sierra Leone)

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Sir Samuel Lewis (1843-1903) was a Sierra Leonean mayor of Freetown and lawyer. Sir Samuel was the first West African ever knighted and was the third Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister. Lewis was the first mayor of Freetown and was elected in 1895, two years after the Freetown Municipal Council was established.

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