Samuel Lewis (Sierra Leone)
Sir Samuel Lewis CMG, BL (1843–1903) was a Sierra Leonean mayor of Freetown and lawyer. Sir Samuel Lewis was the first West African ever knighted and was the third Sierra Leonean to qualify as a barrister. Sir Samuel Lewis was the first mayor of Freetown after the Freetown Municipal Council was established. In 1896, he was made a knight, the first West African to achieve such an honour, a year after he had been appointed mayor.
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