John Leigh (ambassador)
John Ernst Leigh was an ambassador for Sierra Leone to the United States who served during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Leigh was also a presidential candidate for the Sierra Leone People's Party during the 2007 presidential elections in Sierra Leone.
Family background
[edit]John Leigh grew up in Cline Town, Sierra Leone, and alongside his other brother Frederick, attended Albert Academy in Freetown. John Leigh was the son of a Sierra Leonean father of Creole descent and a Mende Sierra Leonean mother. John Leigh's father, Evelyn Leslie Foy Leigh was a civil servant and his family descended from the original Nova Scotian Settlers.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Change Sierra Leone". www.changesierraleone.org. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007.
- ^ "Memory Lane: John Leigh blasts SLPP aspirants". www.thepatrioticvanguard.com.
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