Richard Doherty (British Army officer)
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
- ^ "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine. 213: 508. October 1862.
- ^ a b Sibthorpe, A.B.C. (1970). The History of Sierra Leone (4th ed.). Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-0714617695. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ *"No. 20048". The London Gazette. 3 December 1841.
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