William Henry Fitzjohn
| William Henry Fitzjohn | |
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| Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the United States of  Sierra Leone to  United States | |
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In office April 27, 1961 – July 18, 1961 | |
| Succeeded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
| Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Sierra Leone to  United Kingdom[1] | |
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In office July 18, 1961 – 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
| Succeeded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
| Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Nigeria of Sierra Leone to  Nigeria | |
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In office November 1971 – 1972 | |
| Preceded by | H.C. Mansaray |
| Succeeded by | 1993-2002: Joe Blell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 5, 1915 Mattru Jong |
| Died |
January 28, 1990 Freetown |
| Spouse(s) | Muriel Alice Cole |
| Children | Amelia, Ayodele, Dwight, William Jr., Kwame Walter, Mamie Katie and Jonathan Musselman |
| Alma mater |
Albert Academy (Freetown), Diploma and Sierra Leone Teachers Certificate.
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William Henry Fitzjohn was a Sierra Leonean churchman, educator and diplomat.
- In 1946 he was Ordained into the Ministry of Evangelical United Brethren Church (Dayton, Ohio).
- From 1950 to 1951 he studied Educational Sociology and Religion, Fourah Bay College, University of Durham.
- From 1951 to 1957 he was Member of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament.
- From 1950 to 1959 he was associate minister King memorial, Evangelical United Brethren church.
- From 1959 to 1961 he was Chargé d'affaires in Washington, D.C..[2]
- From 1961 to 1964 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in London (United Kingdom).
- in 1962 he became Director of Sierra Leone Selection Trust Ltd.[3]
- From November 1971 to 1972 he was Ambassador in Lagos.[4]
References
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- ↑ he was snubbed out of another Howard Johnson's restaurant in Howard Johnson's Early in the spring of 1961, a snub turned into an international incident, when William Fitzjohn, charge d'affaires for Sierre Leone in Washington, en route to Pittsburgh for a lecture, stopped for dinner with his driver at a Howard Johnson restaurant on the outskirts of Hagerstown. Both men were refused service because of their color. President John F. Kennedy, appalled by what had transpired, received Fitzjohn in the White House. The president of Howard Johnson's apologized for the snub while the mayor of Hagerstown, Winslow F. Burhans, invited him to a dinner with several of the city's leading citizens.
- ↑ West Africa Publishing Company, Limited, 1990, p. 257p.123p. 236
- ↑ Mac Dixon-Fyle, A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: p. 174
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