Miskito_Governor

Miskito Governor

Miskito Governor

Official in the Kingdom of Mosquitia

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 (c. 1775 – c. 1776
  • Colvin Briton (1776–1791)
  • Robin Lee (c. 1791 – ?)
  • Clement (c. 1791 – 1840)

References

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