Miskito Governor Explained

The Governor, in the Kingdom of Mosquitia, was a hereditary official who ruled the southern regions, from the Cucalaya River to Pearl Lagoon.^[1]

List of governors

• Piquirin (−1711)
• John Hanibal (1719–1729)
• John Briton (1729–1757)
• William Briton (1757–1775)
• Timothy Briton (
• Colvin Briton (1776–1791)
• Robin Lee (– ?)
• Clement (– 1840)

Notes and References

1. Michael Olien, "General, Governor and Admiral: Three Miskito Lines of Succession," Ethnohistory 45/2 (1998): 285, figure 2.