Miskito Governor

Miskito Governor

The Governor, in the Miskito Kingdom, was an official who ruled the southern regions, from the Cucalaya River to Pearl Key Lagoon.

List of Governors[1]

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

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