Francis Pinkett | |
Birth Date: | 1838 |
Death Date: | 1887 |
Death Place: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Occupation: | Judge |
Nationality: | British Subject, |
Francis Frederick Pinkett (1838-1887)[1] was an English colonial administrator who served as Governor of Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Francis was the younger son of Edward Pinkett of Trafalgar Square, Barnstaple. He was a lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Militia when he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1861 and was called to the bar, Middle Temple in 1863.[2]
He was the Chief Justice of the Colony of Sierra Leone from 1881 until his death.