Monarchy of Sierra Leone

Monarchy of Sierra Leone
Coat of Arms of Sierra Leone

Queen Elizabeth II of Sierra Leone
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	27 April 1961
Abolition	19 April 1971
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Sierra Leone Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of Sierra Leone (the Sierra Leonean monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Sierra Leone from 1961 to 1971. Sierra Leone shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Sierra Leone. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished in 1971, when Sierra Leone became a republic within the Commonwealth.

History

The Monarchy of Sierra Leone was created by the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 which transformed the British Crown Colony of Sierra Leone into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone adopted a new constitution in 1971 which abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		27 April 1961	19 April 1971	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 27 April 1961 – 1961 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 1961 – 19 April 1971 By the Grace of God, Queen of Sierra Leone and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited Sierra Leone in 1961.

References