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Governors
1618 - 1625
Sir William St. John
1625 - 1631 Sir Richard Young
1631 - 1649 Nicholas Crispe
(from 1640, Sir Nicholas Crispe)
c.1649 John Wood
c.1660
William Greenhill
c.1663 John Stoakes
c.1685
Henry Nurse
c.1691
John Bloome
1697 - 1701 Baggs
c.1701
Thomas Dalby (1st time)
c.1704 Benjamin Way
17. - 1711 Sir Thomas Dalby (2nd time)
c.1750 John Roberts
Governors of the Committee of Merchants
23 Jun 1751 - 23 Jan 1756 Thomas Melvil
(d. 1756)
23 Jan 1756 - 17 Feb 1756 William Tymewell
(d. 1756)
17 Feb 1756 - 15 Oct 1757 Charles Bell (1st time)
15 Oct 1757 - 10 May 1761 Nassau Senior (acting)
10 May 1761 - 15 Aug 1763 Charles Bell (2nd time)
15 Aug 1763 - 1 Mar 1766 William Mutter
1 Mar 1766 - 11 Aug 1766 John Hippersley
(d. 1766)
11 Aug 1766 - 21 Apr 1769 Gilbert Petrie
21 Apr 1769 - 11 Aug 1770 John Crossle
11 Aug 1770 - 20 Jan 1777 David Mill
20 Jan 1770 - 25 Mar 1780 Richard Miles (1st time)
25 Mar 1780 - 20 May 1781 John Roberts
20 May 1781 - 29 Apr 1782 John B. Weuves (acting)
29 Apr 1782 - 29 Jan 1784 Richard Miles (2nd time)
29 Jan 1784 - 24 Jan 1787 James Morgue
24 Jan 1787 - 27 Apr 1787 Thomas Price
27 Apr 1787 - 20 Jun 1789 Thomas Morris
20 Jun 1789 - 15 Nov 1791 William Fielde
15 Nov 1791 - 31 Mar 1792 John Gordon (1st time)
31 Mar 1792 - 16 Dec 1798 Archibald Dalzel (1st time)
(b. 1740 - d. 1811)
16 Dec 1798 - 4 Jan 1799 Jacob Mould (1st time)
4 Jan 1799 - 28 Apr 1800 John Gordon (2nd time)
28 Apr 1800 - 30 Sep 1802 Archibald Dalzel (2nd time)
(s.a.)
30 Sep 1802 - 8 Feb 1805 Jacob Mould (2nd time)
8 Feb 1805 - 4 Dec 1807 George Torrane
4 Dec 1807 - 21 Apr 1816 Edward White
21 Apr 1816 - 19 Jan 1817 Joseph Dawson
19 Jan 1817 - 27 Mar 1822 John Hope Smith
Governors
27 Mar 1822 - 17 May 1822 Sir Charles Macarthy (1st time)
(d. 1824)
17 May 1822 - Dec 1822 James Chisholm (1st
time)
Dec 1822 - 21 Jan 1824 Sir Charles Macarthy
(2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Jan 1824 - 17 Oct 1824 James Chisholm (2nd time)
17 Oct 1824 - 22 Mar 1825 Edward Purdon
22 Mar 1825 - 8 Mar 1826 Charles Turner
(d. 1826)
18 May 1826 - 15 Nov 1826 Sir Neil Campbell
(b. 1776 - d. 1827)
15 Nov 1826 - 11 Oct 1827 Henry John Ricketts (1st time)
11 Oct 1827 - 10 Mar 1828 Hugh Lumley
(d. 1828)
10 Mar 1828 - 5 Jun 1828 George Hingston
5 Jun 1828 - 25 Jun 1828 Henry John Ricketts (2nd time)
Governors of the Committee of Merchants
25 Jun 1828 - 19 Feb 1830 John Jackson
19 Feb 1830 - 26 Jun 1836 George Maclean (1st time)
26 Jun 1836 - 15 Aug 1838 William Topp
15 Aug 1838 - 1843
George Maclean (2nd time)
Governors
1843 - 8 Mar 1845
R.M. Worsley Hill
8 Mar 1845 - 15 Apr 1846 James Lelley
15 Apr 1846 - 31 Jan 1849 William Winniett (1st time)
31 Jan 1849 - 13 Jan 1850 James Coleman Fitzpatrick
(b. 1816 - d. 1880)
(1st time)
13 Jan 1850 - 4 Dec 1850 Sir William Winniett (2nd
time)
4 Dec 1850 - 14 Oct 1851 James Bannerman
(b. 1790 - d. 1858)
14 Oct 1851 - Jun 1853 Stephen John Hill
(1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
Jun 1853 - Aug 1853 James
Coleman Fitzpatrick
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
Aug 1853 - Feb 1854 Brodies
Cruickshank (acting)
Feb 1854 - Dec 1854 Stephen
John Hill (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dec 1854 - Mar 1857 Henry
Connor (acting)
Mar 1857 - 17 Apr 1858 Sir Benjamin Chilley
Campbell Pine (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
14 Apr 1858 - 20 Apr 1860 Henry Bird (acting)
20 Apr 1860 - 14 Apr 1862 Edward B. Andrews
14 Apr 1863 - 20 Sep 1862 William A. Ross (acting)
20 Sep 1862 - 1864
Richard Pine (1st time)
1864
William Hackett -Lieutenant governor
1864 - 1865
Richard Pine (2nd time)
1865
Rokeby Jones (acting)
1865 - Apr 1865
W.E. Mockler (acting)
Apr 1865 - 19 Feb 1866 Edward Conran -Lieutenant
governor
Administrators
19 Feb 1866 - Feb 1867 Edward Conran
Feb 1867 - Aug 1868 Herbert
Taylor Ussher (1st time) (b. 1836 - d. 1880)
(administrator)
Aug 1868 - Nov 1869 W.H.
Simpson (acting)
Nov 1869 - Jul 1871 Herbert
Taylor Ussher (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1871 - 1872
Charles Spencer Salmon
(1st time) (acting)
1872 - Apr 1872
Herbert Taylor Ussher (3rd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1872 - 1872
John Pope Hennessey
(b. 1834 - d. 1891)
(Governor-in-chief)
1872 - Sep 1872
Charles Spencer Salmon
(2nd time) (acting)
Sep 1872 - 7 Mar 1873 Robert William
Harley
Governors-in-chief
7 Mar 1873 - 17 Mar 1873 Robert Keate
17 Mar 1873 - 2 Oct 1873 Robert William Harley
+ Alexander Bravo
2 Oct 1873 - 4 Mar 1874 Garnet Joseph Wolseley
(b. 1833 - d. 1913)
Administrators
4 Mar 1874 - 30 Mar 1874 James Maxwell (acting)
30 Mar 1874 - Jun 1874 Charles Cameron
Lees (1st time) (b. 1831 - d. 1898)
(acting)
Jun 1874 - 24 Jul 1874 George Cumine Strahan
(b. 1838 - d. 1889)
Governors
24 Jul 1874 - 7 Apr 1876 George Cumine Strahan
(s.a.)
7 Apr 1876 - Dec 1876 Charles Cameron
Lees
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
26 Dec 1876 - 13 May 1878 Sanford Freeling
(b. 1828 - d. 1894)
(acting to 5 Jun 1877)
13 May 1878 - Jun 1879 Charles Cameron
Lees
(s.a.)
(3rd time) (acting)
Jun 1879 - 1 Dec 1880 Herbert Taylor
Ussher (4th time) (s.a.)
1 Dec 1880 - 4 Mar 1881 William Brandford Griffith
(b. 1821 - d. 1897)
(1st time)(acting)
4 Mar 1881 - 13 May 1882 Sir Samuel Rowe (1st time)
(b. 1835 - d. 1888)
13 May 1882 - 4 Oct 1882 Alfred Moloney (acting)
4 Oct 1882 - 24 Dec 1882 William Brandford Griffith
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
24 Dec 1882 - 29 Apr 1884 Sir Samuel Rowe (2nd time)
(s.a.)
29 Apr 1884 - 24 Apr 1885 Wiliam A.G. Young
24 Apr 1885 - 11 Apr 1886 William Brandford Griffith
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
11 Apr 1887 - 26 Nov 1887 F.B.P. White (acting)
26 Nov 1887 - 30 Jun 1889 Sir William Brandford Griffith
(s.a.)
(4th time)
(from 24 May 1887, Sir William Brandford Griffith)
30 Jun 1889 - 18 Feb 1890 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
(b. 1851 - d. 1925)
(1st time) (acting)
18 Feb 1890 - 12 Jun 1891 Sir William Brandford Griffith
(s.a.)
(5th time)
12 Jun 1891 - 24 Nov 1891 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
24 Nov 1891 - 12 Aug 1893 Sir William Brandford Griffith
(s.a.)
(6th time)
12 Aug 1893 - 7 Mar 1894 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
7 Mar 1894 - 7 Apr 1895 Sir William Brandford
Griffith (s.a.)
(7th time)
7 Apr 1895 - 19 Apr 1896 William Edward Maxwell (1st
time) (b. 1842/43 - d. 1897)
(from 1896, Sir William Edward Maxwell)
19 Apr 1896 - 23 Oct 1896 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
(s.a.)
(4th time) (acting)
23 Oct 1896 - 6 Dec 1897 Sir William Edward Maxwell
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Dec 1897 - 29 Aug 1900 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
(s.a.)
(5th time)(acting to 29 May 1898)
29 Aug 1900 - 17 Dec 1900 W. Low (acting)
17 Dec 1900 - 9 Feb 1904 Sir Matthew Nathan
(b. 1862 - d. 1939)
9 Feb 1904 - 3 Mar 1904 Herbert Bryan (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1865 - d. 1950)
3 Mar 1904 - 1 Sep 1910 John Pickersgill Rodger
(b. 1851 - d. 1910)
1 Sep 1910 - 20 Nov 1910 Herbert Bryan (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
21 Nov 1910 - 29 Jun 1912 James Jamieson Thorburn
(b. 1864 - d. 1929)
29 Jun 1912 - 26 Dec 1912 Herbert Bryan (3rd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
26 Dec 1912 - 1 Apr 1919 Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
(b. 1866 - d. 1941)
1 Apr 1919 - 8 Oct 1919 Alexander Ransford Slater
(b. 1874 - d. 1940)
(1st time) (acting)
9 Oct 1919 - 24 Apr 1927 Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
(b. 1869 - d. 1930)
24 Apr 1927 - 5 Jun 1927 Sir James Crawford Maxwell
(b. 1869 - d. 1932)
5 Jun 1927 - Jul 1927 John C. Maxwell
(acting) (b.
1875 - d. 1946)
Jul 1927 - 5 Apr 1932 Sir Alexander
Ransford Slater (s.a.)
(2nd time)
5 Apr 1932 - 29 Nov 1932 Geoffrey Alexander Stafford
(b. 1881 - d. 1948)
Northcote (1st time) (acting)
30 Nov 1932 - 13 May 1934 Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
(b. 1879 - d. 1962)
13 May 1934 - 23 Oct 1934 Geoffrey Alexander Stafford
(s.a.)
Northcote (2nd time) (acting)
24 Oct 1934 - 24 Oct 1941 Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson
(b. 1881 - d. 1944)
24 Oct 1941 - 29 Jun 1942 George Ernest London (acting)
(b. 1889 - d. 1957)
29 Jun 1942 - 2 Aug 1947 Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell
Burns (b. 1887 - d. 1980)
12 Jan 1948 - 15 Feb 1949 Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy
(b. 1897 - d. 1983)
15 Feb 1949 - 28 Mar 1949 Sir Robert Scott (1st time)
(b. 1903 - d. 1968)
(acting)
28 Mar 1949 - 11 Jun 1949 Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin
(b. 1896 - d. 1950)
(acting)
11 Jun 1949 - 11 Aug 1949 Sir Robert Scott (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
11 Aug 1949 - 6 Mar 1957 Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
(b. 1898 - d. 1962)
Queen¹
6 Mar 1957 - 1 Jul 1960 the Queen of the United
Kingdom
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head
of state)
6 Mar 1957 - 24 Jun 1957 Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
(s.a.)
24 Jun 1957 - 1 Jul 1960 William Francis Hare,
(b. 1906 - d. 1997)
Earl of Listowel
Presidents
1 Jul 1960 - 24 Feb 1966 Kofi Kwame Nkrumah
(b. 1909 - d. 1972) CPP
24 Feb 1966 - 3 Sep 1969 National Liberation Council
- Joseph Arthur Ankrah
(b. 1915 - d. 1992) Mil
(to 2 Apr 1969)(chairman)
- Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa
(b. 1936 - d. 1979) Mil
(chairman from 2 Apr 1969)
- John Willie Kofi Harlley
(b. 1919 - d. 198.) Non-party
- Emmanuel Kotoka (to 17 Apr 1967) (b. 1926 - d. 1967)
- Albert Kwesi Ocran
(b. 1929) Mil
3 Sep 1969 - 7 Aug 1970 Presidential Commission
- Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (chairman)(s.a.)
Mil
- John Willie Kofi Harlley
(s.a.) Non-party
- Albert Kwesi Ocran
(s.a.) Mil
7 Aug 1970 - 31 Aug 1970 Nii Amaa Ollennu (acting)
(b. 1906 - d. 1986)
31 Aug 1970 - 13 Jan 1972 Edward A. Akufo-Addo
(b. 1906 - d. 1979) Non-party
13 Jan 1972 - 9 Oct 1975 National Redemption Council
- Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
(b. 1931 - d. 1979) Mil
(chairman)
- J.H. Cobbina
- C.D. Benni
- Anthony Hugh Selormey
Mil
- Kwame R.M. Baah
(b. 1938) Mil
- Kwame B. Agbo
Mil
9 Oct 1975 - 5 Jul 1978 Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
(s.a.)
Mil
(chairman Supreme Military Council)
5 Jul 1978 - 4 Jun 1979 Frederick "Fred" William
Kwasi (b. 1937 - d. 1979) Mil
Akuffo
(chairman Supreme Military Council)
4 Jun 1979 - 24 Sep 1979 Jerry John Rawlings (1st time)
(b. 1947)
Mil
(chairman Armed Forces Revolutionary Council)
24 Sep 1979 - 31 Dec 1981 Hilla Limann
(b. 1934 - d. 1998) PNP
31 Dec 1981 - 7 Jan 2001 Jerry John Rawlings (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Mil;1993 NDC
(chairman Provisional National Defense Council
to 7 Jan 1993)
7 Jan 2001 - 7 Jan 2009 John Agyekum Kufuor
(b. 1938)
NPP
7 Jan 2009 - John Evans
Atta Mills (b. 1944)
NDC
Prime ministers
21 Mar 1952 - 1 Jul 1960 Kofi Kwame Nkrumah
(s.a.)
CPP
1 Jul 1960 - 3 Sep 1969 Post abolished
3 Sep 1969 - 13 Jan 1972 Kofi Abrefa Busia
(b. 1913 - d. 1978) PP
13 Jan 1972
Post abolished
¹Full style 27 Jul 1957 - 30 Jun 1960: "Queen of Ghana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
Party abbreviations: NDC = National Democratic Congress;
NPP
= New Patriotic Party (liberal); PNP = People's National Party (Nkrumahist);
PP
= Progressive Party; Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: CPP = Convention People's
Party (authoritarian, socialist, Nkrumah personalist, 1949-66, only legal
party 1964-1966); NAL = National Alliance of Liberals (1966-1970)
Gold Coast Northern Territories
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1897
Gold Coast Northern Territories Military Protectorate,
created as part of Gold Cost colony.
1 Jan 1902
Gold Coast Northern Territories Protectorate.
6 Mar 1957
Incorporated into Ghana.
Chief Commissioners
1897 - 1899 Henry
P. Northcott
(d. 1899)
1899
Sir Edwin Arney Speed
(b. 1869 - d. 1941)
(district officer)
1899 - 1904
Sir Arthur Henry Morris
1904 - 1910
Alan Edward Garrard Watherston (b. 1867 -
d. 1910)
1910 - 1920
Cecil Hamilton Armitage
(b. 1869 - d. 1933)
1920 - 1924
Arthur James Philbrick (b. 1866 - d. 19..)
1924 - 1929
Arthur Henry Chamberlain Walker- (b. 1871 - d. 19..)
Leigh
Dec 1929 - Jan 1930 Angus Colin Duncan Johnstone (b. 1889 - d. 19..)
(acting)
1930 - 1933
Francis Walter Fillon Jackson (b. 1881
- d. 1936)
1933 - 1942
William John Andrew Jones (b. 1889 - d. 19..)
1942 - 1946
George Edward Gibbs
1946 - 1948
William Harold Ingrams
(b. 1897 - d. 1973)
1948 - 1950
Edward Norton Jones (b. 1902)
1950 - 1953
Geoffrey Noel Burden (b. 1898 - d. 19..)
Chief Regional Officers
1953 - 1954
Arthur John Loveridge (b. 1912 - d. 1994)
1954 - 6 Mar 1957
Sydney MacDonald-Smith (b. 1908)
Gold Coast Colony
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1945
Gold Coast Colony (that part of the gold Coast south of Ashanti,
a separate region) created as part of Gold Coast.
1953
Incorporated into Gold Coast.
Chief Commissioners
1945 - 1950
Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin (b. 1896
- d. 1950)
1950 - 1953
Arthur John Loveridge (b. 1912 - d. 1994)
Ashanti Colony/Region: see under Ghana Native States
Danish Gold Coast (Danish Guinea)
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1658
Danish Gold Coast Settlements established on eastern Gold coast
(Ft. Friedensborg [Ningo: 1734-Mar 1850], Ft. Christiansborg
[Accra/Osu: 1658-Apr 1659,1661-Dec 1680, Feb 1683-1693,1694-1850],
Ft. Augustaborg [Tshe: 1787-Mar 1850], Ft. Prinzenstein [Keta:
1780-12 Mar 1850], Ft. Konigenstein [Ada: 1784-Mar 1850],
Carlsborg [Cape Castle: Feb 1658-16 Apr 1659, 22 Apr 1663 -
3 May
1664], Cong [Cong Height: 1659-24 Apr 1661], Ft. Fredriksborg
[Amanful or Amanfro: 1659-16 Apr 1685]) also called
Danish Guniea, under the Danish West India Company to 1750.
20 Apr 1663
Danes seize last of Sweden's Gold Coast settlements
(Ft. Christiansborg and Carlsborg [Cape Castle]).
1674 - 1755
Settlements administered by the Danish West India-Guinea Company.
Dec 1680 - 29 Aug 1682 Portuguese occupy
Ft. Christiansborg.
1684 - 1688 English occupy Ft. Fredriksborg.
1750
Danish crown colony.
1782 - 1785
British occupation.
5 Jun 1849 Denmark agrees to sell all settlements to Britain.
30 Mar 1850
Danish Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and
incorporated into the Gold Coast.
Opperhoveds (Station Chiefs)
Feb 1658 - Mar 1658 Heinrich Karloff
Mar 1658 - 16 Apr 1659 Samuel Smidt
16 Apr 1659 - 6 Jun 1662 Jost Cramer
Jun 1662 - 8 Feb 1668 Henning Albrecht (Henri Halbreckhe)
(acting to 10 Sep 1664)
8 Feb 1668 - 1674 Bartholomäus von Grönstein
(von Grünenstein)
1674 - 1676/77
Conrad Crul (acting)
1676/77 - 1680 Peter With (acting)
Dec 1680 - 29 Aug 1682 Julian de Campo Bareto
(Portuguese Captain-major)
1680 - 2 Feb 1681
Peter Valck (acting)
2 Feb 1681 - 1 Jul 1681 Magnus Prang
1 Jul 1681 - 11 Jul 1684 ....
11 Jul 1684 - 1687
Hans Lykke
1687 - 5 Jan 1691
Nikolaj Fensman
5 Jan 1691 - 1692
Jørgen Meyer
1692 - 1694
Harding Petersen
1694 - 6 Dec 1696
Thomas Jacobsen
6 Dec 1696 - 23 Dec 1698 Erik Olsen Lygaard (1st time)
(b. 16.. - d. 1711)
23 Dec 1698 - 31 Aug 1703 Johan Tranne (John Trawne)
(b. 16.. - d. 1703)
11 Sep 1703 - 23 Apr 1704 Hartvig Meyer
(b. 16.. - d. 1704)
23 Apr 1704 - 5 May 1705 Peter Sverdrup (acting)
(b. 16.. - d. 1705)
5 May 1705 - 25 May 1705 Peter Petersen (acting)
(b. 16.. - d. 1706)
25 May 1705 - 17 Aug 1711 Erik Olsen Lygaard (2nd time)
(s.a.)
17 Aug 1711 - 26 Nov 1717 Bfantz Boye
(b. 16.. - d. 1717)
26 Nov 1717 - 6 Aug 1720 Knud Røst
(b. 16.. - d. 1720)
6 Aug 1720 - 24 Jan 1722 Peter Østrup
(d. 1722)
25 Jan 1722 - 22 Jan 1723 Niels Jensen Østrup
(d. 1724)
22 Jan 1723 - 27 Apr 1724 Christian Andreas Syndermann
(d. 1727)
27 Apr 1724 - 1 Mar 1727 Hendrik von Suhm
(d. 1727)
4 Mar 1727 - 18 Sep 1727 Fred Pahl
(d. 1727)
18 Sep 1727 - 24 Dec 1728 Andreas Willumsen
(d. 1728)
24 Dec 1728 - 12 Aug 1735 Anders Pedersen Waerøe
12 Aug 1735 - 14 Jun 1736 Severin Schilderup
(d. 1736)
14 Jun 1736 - 20 Jun 1740 Enevold Nielson Boris
(d. 1740)
20 Jun 1740 - 26 May 1743 Peter Nikolaj Jørgensen
(d. 1743)
26 May 1743 - 3 Feb 1744 Christian Glob Dorph
(d. 1744)
3 Feb 1744 - 11 Mar 1745 Jørgen Billsen
(d. 1745)
11 Mar 1745 - 23 Mar 1745 Thomas Brock
(d. 1745)
23 Mar 1745 - 23 Apr 1745 Johan Wilder
(d. 1745)
23 Apr 1745 - 21 Jun 1746 August Frederik Hackenburg
21 Jun 1746 - 6 Mar 1751 Joost Platfusz
6 Mar 1751 - 8 Mar 1751 Magnus Christopher Lützow
(d. 1751)
8 Mar 1751 - 21 Jul 1752 Magnus Hacksen (acting)
(d. 1752)
21 Jul 1752 - 11 Mar 1757 Carl Engman
11 Mar 1757 - 14 Feb 1762 Christian Jessen
(d. 1768)
14 Feb 1762 - 20 Oct 1766 Carl Gottlieb Resch
(d. 1768)
Governors
20 Oct 1766 - 11 Jan 1768 Christian Tychsen
(d. 1768)
11 Jan 1768 - 2 Jul 1769 Frantz Joachim Kühberg
(d. 1769)
2 Jul 1769 - 11 Jun 1770 Joachim Christian Otto (acting)
(d. 1770)
11 Jun 1770 - 15 Jun 1772 Johan Daniel Frøhlich (acting)
(d. 1772)
15 Jun 1772 - 24 Jun 1777 Niels Urban Aarestrup (acting)
24 Jun 1777 - 2 Dec 1780 Johan Conrad von Hemsen
(d. 1780)
2 Dec 1780 - 21 Apr 1788 Jens Adolf Kiøge (acting)
(b. 1746 - d. 1789)
21 Apr 1788 - 23 Oct 1789 Johan Friedrich Kipnasse (acting)
(d. 1796)
23 Oct 1789 - Jul 1792 Andreas Rieselsen
Bjørn
(b. 1748 - d. 1821)
Jul 1792 - 30 Jun 1793 Andreas Hammer
(acting to 25 Jan 1793)
30 Jun 1793 - 3 Aug 1793 Bendt Olrik
(b. 1749 - d. 1793)
3 Aug 1793 - 17 Aug 1795 Baron Christian Friedrich
von (b. 1754 - d. 1795)
Hager (acting)
Oct 1795 - 31 Dec 1799 Johan Peter David
Wrisberg (b. 1771 - d.
1819)
(1st time)
31 Dec 1799 - 3 Dec 1802 Johan David Ahnholm (acting)
(b. 1756 - d. 1806)
3 Dec 1802 - 15 Apr 1807 Johan Peter David Wrisberg
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
15 Apr 1807 - 1 Mar 1817 Christian Schiønning
(b. 1764 - d. 1817)
3 Mar 1817 - 5 Oct 1817 Johan Emanuel Rechter
(d. 1817)
5 Oct 1817 - 6 May 1819 Jens Nikolas Cornelius
Reiersen (d. 1819)
(acting)
6 May 1819 - 1 Jan 1821 Christian Svanekjaer
(acting) (b. 1788 - d. 1843)
1 Jan 1821 - 5 Sep 1821 Peter Svane Steffens
(d. 1821)
5 Sep 1821 - 23 Dec 1823 Matthias Thønning (acting)
(d. 1824)
23 Dec 1823 - 7 May 1825 Johan Christopher von Richelieu
(b. 1788 - d. 1843)
7 May 1825 - 30 Sep 1827 Niels Brøch (1st time)
(acting) (b. c.1802 - d. 1836)
30 Sep 1827 - 1 Aug 1828 Jens Peter Flindt
(b. 1788 - d. 1842)
1 Aug 1828 - 20 Jan 1831 Heinrich Gerhard Lindt (Lind)
(b. 1797 - d. 1833)
(1st time) (acting)
29 Jan 1831 - 21 Oct 1831 Ludwig Vincent von Hein
(b. 1799 - d. 1831)
21 Oct 1831 - 4 Dec 1831 Helmut von Ahrenstorff
(b. 1807 - d. 1832)
4 Dec 1831 - 1 Mar 1833 Niels Brøch (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1 Mar 1833 - 21 Jul 1833 Heinrich Gerhard Lindt
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
21 Jul 1833 - 26 Dec 1834 Edvard von Gandil (acting)
(b. 1804 - d. 1834)
26 Dec 1834 - 18 Mar 1839 Ferderik Segfried Mørch
(b. 1800 - d. 1839)
(acting to 19 Aug 1837)
19 Mar 1839 - 18 Aug 1839 Hans Angel Gjede (acting)
(d. 1839)
18 Aug 1839 - 24 May 1842 Lucas Dall (acting)
(b. 1806 - d. 1855)
24 May 1842 - 26 Aug 1842 Bernhard Johan Christian Wilkens
(b. 1810 - d. 1842)
(acting)
26 Aug 1842 - 15 Mar 1844 Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
(b. 1815 - d. 1848)
(1st time) (acting)
18 Mar 1844 - 5 Jul 1844 Edvard Ericksen (acting)
5 Jul 1844 - 9 Oct 1844 George Lutterdot (acting)
9 Aug 1844 - 10 Apr 1847 Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
10 Apr 1847 - 20 Feb 1850 Rasmus Eric Schmidt (acting)
20 Feb 1850 - 30 Mar 1850 Edvard James Arnold Carstensen
(s.a.)
(3rd time)(nominally to 17 Aug 1850)
Dutch Gold Coast (Dutch Guinea)
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1598
Dutch Gold Coast Settlements (Axim [Feb 1642-1664, 1665-71],
Ft. Dorothea [Akwida: 1687-1698, 1711-1712, 1732-1804],
Ft. Elmina [also called Ft. Conraadsburg, St. Jago, Ft. de
Veer,
Ft. Java, Ft. Scomarus, and Ft. Naglas 29 Aug 1637 - 6 Apr
1872],
Ft. Hollandia [1725-1815], Ft. Batenstein [Butri: 1656-1665,
1666-1871], Ft. Apollonia [Benyin: 16..-16.., 1868-1871],
Ft. Oranje [Sekondi: 1640-1871], Ft. San Sebastian [Shama:
1637-1664,1664-1871], Ft. Vredenburgh [Komenda: 1785-1871]),
Carlsborg [Cape Castle: 1688-1782, 16 Apr 1659-May 1659],
Ft. Nassau [Mouri: 1598/1611-1664, 1665-1782, 1785-1867],
Ft. Amsterdam [Cormantin: 1665-1721, 1785-1867], Ft. Leydsaemheyt
[Apam: 1697-1782,1785-1868], Ft. Goede Hoop [Senya Beraku:
1667/1705-1782, 1785-1868], Ft. Crêvecoeur [Accra: 1649-1782,
1785-1867/8], and Ft. Metaal Kruis [Dixcove: 1868-1871]).
29 Aug 1637
Dutch take the Fort of Elmina from the Portuguese.
1721
Prussia sells Gross-Friedrichsburg to the Dutch, which is renamed
Hollandia.
1782 - 1785
British occupy Ft. Vredenburgh, Ft. Amsterdam, Ft. Nassau,
Ft. Goede Hoop, Ft. Crêvecoeur (to 1786) and Ft. Leydsaemheyt.
21 Feb 1871
Dutch Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated
into Gold Coast (ratified 17 Feb 1872).
Administrators
1598 - c.1612
.... [unknown]
c.1612 Jacob Andriaensz Clantius
c.1624 Arent Jacobzen van Amersfoort
Directors-general
1625 - 1 Oct 1638
Adriaan Jacobszoon
1 Oct 1638 - 18 Jul 1639 Nikolaas van Iperen (Ypren)
18 Jul 1639 - 6 Jan 1641 Arend Jacobszen Montfort
6 Jan 1641 - 18 Dec 1645 Jacob Ruijghaver (1st time)
18 Dec 1645 - 9 Apr 1650 Jacob van der Well
9 Apr 1650 - 11 Jun 1650 Hendrik Doedens
Governor
11 Jun 1650 - 15 Mar 1651 Arent Cocq
Directors-general
15 Mar 1651 - 24 Jan 1656 Jacob Ruijghaver (2nd time)
24 Jan 1656 - 27 Apr 1659 Johannes van Valkenburgh (1st time)
27 Apr 1659 - 7 Apr 1662 C. van Houssen (van Heussen)
7 Apr 1662 - 23 Dec 1662 Dirck Wilré (1st time)
23 Dec 1662 - 2 Jun 1667 Johannes van Valkenburgh (2nd time)
Governor
2 Jun 1667 - 12 Dec 1668 Huybert van Ongerdonk
Directors-general
12 Dec 1668 - 12 Jun 1675 Dirck Wilré (2nd time)
12 Jun 1675 - 13 Sep 1676 Johan Root
13 Sep 1676 - 26 Mar 1680 Abraham Meermans
26 Mar 1680 - 1 Aug 1683 Daniel Verhoutert
1 Aug 1683 - 15 Jul 1685 Thomas Ernsthuis (Ernsthausen)
15 Jul 1685 - 29 Jan 1690 Nikolas de Sweers (de Sweerts)
29 Jan 1690 - 25 Mar 1694 Joël Smits (Schmits)
25 Mar 1694 - 9 Jun 1696 Jan Staphorst
9 Jun 1696 - 2 Jun 1702 Jan van Sevenhuijsen
9 Jun 1702 - 5 Nov 1705 Willem de la Palma
5 Nov 1705 - 10 Oct 1708 Pieter Nuijts
Governor
10 Oct 1708 - 14 Aug 1709 Henrikus van Weessel
Directors-general
14 Aug 1709 - 16 Apr 1711 Adriaan Schoonheidt
16 Apr 1711 - 11 Jun 1716 Hieronimus Haring
11 Jun 1716 - 9 Apr 1718 Abraham Engelgraaff Robbertsz
9 Apr 1718 - 14 Oct 1722 Wilhelm Butler (Bullier)
14 Oct 1722 - 28 May 1723 Abraham Houtman
Govenor
28 May 1723 - 14 Dec 1723 Mattheus de Kraane
Directors-general
14 Dec 1723 - 11 Mar 1727 Pieter Valkenier
11 Mar 1727 - 6 Mar 1730 Robert Norri
6 Mar 1730 - 13 Mar 1734 Jan Pranger
13 Mar 1734 - 21 Feb 1736 Antonius van Overbeek
(d. 1736)
21 Feb 1736 - 15 Oct 1736 ....
15 Oct 1736 - 16 Mar 1740 Martinus Fançois des Bordes
(d. 1740)
Governor
16 Mar 1740 - 7 Mar 1741 François Barovius (Barbins)
(d. 1741)
Directors-general
8 Mar 1741 - 11 Apr 1747 Baron Jacob de Petersen
11 Apr 1747 - 14 Jul 1754 Jan van Voorst
14 Jul 1754 - 24 Oct 1755 Nikolaas van der Nood de Gieterre
(d. 1755)
(de Gientene)
Governor
24 Oct 1755 - 16 Jan 1758 Roelof Ulsen
(d. 1758)
Directors-general
16 Jan 1758 - 12 Mar 1759 Lambert Jacob van Tets
(d. 1759)
13 Mar 1759 - 2 Mar 1760 Jan Pieter Theodor Huydecooper
(d. 1769)
(1st time)
2 Mar 1760 - 11 Jul 1763 David Pieter Erasmi
(d. 1763)
Governor
11 Jun 1763 - 31 Aug 1764 Henrick Walmbeck
(d. 1764)
Directors-general
31 Aug 1764 - 11 Sep 1764 ....
11 Sep 1764 - 8 Jun 1767 Jan Pieter Theodor Huydecooper
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Governor-general
8 Jun 1767 - 10 Jun 1769 Jan Pieter Theodor Huydecooper
(s.a.)
Directors-general
10 Jun 1769 - 11 Apr 1780 Pieter Woortman
(d. 1780)
11 Apr 1780 - 10 May 1780 ....
Governor
10 May 1780 - 30 Dec 1780 Jacobus van der Puye (Payne) (d. 1780)
Director-general
30 Dec 1780 - 12 Mar 1784 Pieter Volkmar
(d. 1784)
Governor-general
15 Mar 1784 - 14 Feb 1785 Gilles Servaas Gallé (Galie)
(1st
time)
Director-general
14 Feb 1785 - 26 May 1786 Adolph Thierens
Governor-general
2 Jun 1786 - 24 Aug 1787 Gilles Servaas Gallé
(Galie)
(2nd time)
President
8 Sep 1788 - 19 Mar 1790 Lieven van Burgen van der
Gryp (d. 1795)
(van der Grijp)(1st time)
Directors-general
19 Mar 1790 - 23 Mar 1794 Jacobus de Veer
23 Mar 1794 - 26 May 1794 ....
President
26 May 1794 - 10 Jan 1795 Lieven van Burgen van der Gryp
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Governor
10 Jan 1795 - 3 Jun 1796
Otto Arnoldus Duim
(d. 1796)
Directors-general
3 Jun 1796 - 10 Aug 1796 ....
10 Aug 1796 - 1 May 1798 Gerhardus Hubertus van Hammel
(d. 1798)
8 May 1798 - 28 Apr 1804 Cornelis Ludewich Bartels
(b. 17.. - d. 1804)
(from 1801, governor-general)
President
28 Apr 1804 - 15 Jun 1805 Izaak de Roever
Governor-general
16 Jun 1805 - 21 Jul 1807 Pieter Linthorst
President
22 Jul 1807 - 11 Aug 1808 Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom
(b. 17.. - d. 1808)
Director-general
12 Aug 1808 - 23 Feb 1810 Jan Frederik Koning
Commandant-general
23 Feb 1810 - 1 Mar 1816 Abraham de Veer
Governors-general
1 Mar 1816 - 22 Apr 1818 Herman Willem Daenels (b. 1762 - d. 1818)
22 Apr 1818 - 10 Jan 1820 Frantz Christian Eberhard
Oldenborg
Commanders
10 Jan 1820 - 27 Jul 1821 Johannes Oosthout
27 Jul 1821 - 11 Jan 1823 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich
Last (1st time) (acting)
11 Jan 1823 - 6 May 1823 Librecht Jan Temmink (acting)
6 May 1823 - 14 May 1824 Willem Poolman
14 May 1824 - 25 Dec 1824 Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe, Jr. (acting)
25 Dec 1824 - 2 Jan 1825 Johan David Carel Pagenstecher
(acting)
2 Jan 1825 - 12 Nov 1826 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich
Last (2nd time) (acting)
12 Nov 1826 - 4 Oct 1828 Jacobus van der Breggen Paauw
(acting)
4 Oct 1828 - 17 Apr 1833 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich
Last (3rd time)
17 Apr 1833 - 17 May 1833 Jan Thieleman Jacobus Cremer
(acting)
17 May 1833 - 2 Feb 1834 Eduard Daniel Leopold van
Ingen
(acting)
2 Feb 1834 - 16 Mar 1834 Marthinus Swarte (acting)
16 Mar 1834 - 2 Dec 1836 Christian Ernst Lans
2 Dec 1836 - 28 Oct 1837 Hendrikus Jacobus Tonneboeyer (d. 1837)
(acting)
29 Oct 1837 - 5 Aug 1838 Anthony van der Eb (acting)
Governors
5 Aug 1838 - 7 Mar 1840 Hendrik Bosch
7 Mar 1840 - 1846
Anthony van der Eb (1st time) (b. 1813 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1847
Willem George Frederik Derx
(1st time)
1847 - 1852
Anthony van der Eb (2nd time) (s.a.)
1852 - 1856
Hero Schomerus (d. 1856)
1856
Petrus Jacobus Runchel (b. 1822
- d. ....)
1856 - 1857
Willem George Frederik Derx
(2nd time)
Apr 1857 - 11 Sep 1857 Jules Felicine Romain Stanislas (b. 1819 - d. 1882)
van den Bossche
1857 - 1862
Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas (b. 1814 - d. 1897)
(1st time)
1862 - 1865
Henry Alexander Elias
1865 - 1866
A. Magnin
1866 - 1867
Willem Hendrik Johan van Idsinga (b. 1822 - d. 1896)
1867 - 20 Mar 1869
Georg Pieter Willem Boers (b. 1811 - d. 1884)
20 Mar 1869 - Jun 1871
Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1871
Cornelis Meeuwsen (acting)
(b. 1824 - d. 1896)
1871
Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholz (b. 1826
- d. 1874)
1871 - 1872
Jan Helenus Fergusson (b. 1826 - d. 1908)
Consul
1872 Le Jeune
Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast
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- c.1680 - 1701
- Brandenburg African Company
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May 1682
Brandenburg Goald Coast settlements (Gross-Friedrichsburg [Pokesu:
1682-1717], Ft. Dorothea [Akwida: Apr 1684-1687, 1698-1711,
Apr 1712-1717])(Brandenburger Gold Coast Settlements).
1687 - 1698
Dutch occupy Ft. Dorothea.
15 Jan 1701
Renamed Prussian Gold Coast Settlements.
1711 - Apr 1712
Dutch occupy Ft. Dorothea.
18 Dec 1717 Settlements sold to the Netherlands (ratified 14 Jan 1718),
renamed Hollandia (see Dutch
Gold Coast).
1717 - 1724
John Konny (or Jan Conny) occupies Gross-Friedrichsburg
in opposition to Dutch rule.
Commandants
1683
Otto Friedrich von der Gröben (b.
1657 - d. 1728)
1683 - 1684 Philip Pietersen Blonck
1684
Nathaniel Dillger (Dillinger)
1684 J. van Coulster
1684 - 1685 Carl Constatin von Schnitter
1685 - 1686
Johan Brouw
1686 - 1691
Johann Niemann
c.1691
Jan ten Hoof (Johann von Hoft)
c.1696
Jacob ten Hoof (Jacob von Hoft)
1696 - 1697
Gijsbrecht van Hoogveldt
1697 - 1698
Jan van Laar
1698 - 1699 Otto Swalme (Swalwe)
1699 - 1700
Jan de Vister (Visser)
1700 - c.1703
Adriaan Grobbe
c.1703 - 1706 Johann Muntz
1706 - 1709 Heinrich Lamy (Lamey)
1709 - 1710
Harmen Stockhoff (Stockhof)
c.1711 Frans de Lange
1712 - 1716
Nicholas du Bois
1716 - 1717
Anton Günter van der Menden
1717 - 1724
John Konny
(in rebellion, in Gross-Friedrichsburg)
Portuguese Gold Coast
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Portuguese Gold Coast (Ft. São Jorge da Mina de Ouro [Elmina:
21 Jan 1482-28 Aug. 1637], Ft. Santo Antonio de Axim
[Axim: 1486-Feb 1642], Ft. São Francisco Xavier [Osu:
1640-42]
Ft. São Sebastião [Shama: 1526-1637]).
29 Aug 1637
Dutch occupation of São Jorge da Mina.
9 Jan 1642
Ceded to the Dutch (part of Dutch Gold Coast).
Captains-major
21 Jan 1482 - 1485
Diogo de Azambuja (b. 1432 - d. 1518)
1485 - 1486
Álvaro Vaz Pestano
148. Alvaro Mascarenhas
c.1487
João Fogaça
15 Sep 1495 - 30 Jun 1499 Lopo Soares de Albergaria
1499? - 1503?
Fernão Lopes Correia
1503? - 1506?
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (b. 1465 - d. 1530)
1506? - 1509?
António de Bonadilha
1509? - 1512?
Mabuel de Goes (Góis)
1513 Affonso Caldeira
c.1513
Antonio Froes
Sep 1514 - 1516?
Nuno Vaz de Castelbranco
1516? - 1519
Fernão Lopes Correia
1519 - 1522
Duarte Pacheco Pereira (b. 1469 - d. 1533)
1522 - 1525?
Affonso de Albuquerque
1525?
João de Barros (b. 1496 - d. 1570)
1525? - 1528? Manuel de Faria de Sousa
1529 - 1532
Estévão da Gama (b. 1505 - d. 1576)
20 Aug 1536 - 22 Nov 1537 Manuel de Albuquerque
1537 - 1541? ....
1541? - 1543 António de Miranda de Azevedo
1541 - 1545?
Lopo de Sousa Coutinho
1545
Diogo Soares de Albergaria (1st time)
1545 - 1548 António de Brito
1549? - 1550? Martin de Castro
1550? - 1552?
Diogo Soares de Albergaria (2nd time)
1552? Felipe Lobo
1552? - 1556?
Rui de Melo
1556 - 155. Affonso Gonçalves de Botafogo
155. - 1559 António de Melo
1559 Manuel da Fonseca
1559 - 1562
Rui Gomes de Azevedo
1562 - 15..
Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo
c.1562 João Vaz de Almada Falcão
156.
Francisco de Barros de Paiva
1564 - 15..
Fernando Cardoso
15.. - 1570
....
1570 - 1573
António da Sá
c.1573 Martim Affonso
c.1574 - c.15..
Mendio da Mota
15.. - c.1579
....
c.1579 - c.1581
Vasco Fernandes Pimentel
c.1581 - 1584
João Rodrigues Peçanha
1584 - 15..
Bernardinho Ribeiro Pacheco
15.. - 1586
....
1586 - c.1595
João Róis Coutinho
c.1595 - c.1596
Duarte Lôbo da Gama
1594 - 1608
Cristóvão da Gama
1608 - 1613
Duarte de Lima
1613? João de Castro
1613 - 1616
Pedro da Silva
1616 - 1624
Manuel da Cunha de Teive
1624 - c.1625
Francisco de Souto-Maior
c.1625 - 162.
....
162. - 162.
Luís Tomé de Castro
162. - 1629
João da Sera de Morais
1629 - c.1632
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1632 - May 1634
Pedro de Mascarenhas
May 1634 - Oct 1634 Duarte Borges
1634 - 1642 André da Rocha Magalhães
1642 - Feb 1642
Francisco de Sotte
Swedish Gold Coast
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22 Apr 1650
Swedish Gold Coast (Ft. Carlsborg [Cape Castle: Apr 1650 -
Jan/Feb 1658, 10 Dec 1660-22 Apr 1663], Apollonia [Benyin:
1655-16..], Ft. Chistiansborg/Ft. Frederiksborg [Osu: 1652-1658],
Ft. Batenstein [Butri: 1650-1656], Ft. Witsen [Takoradi:
1653-58]).
1658 Swedish possessions are seized by the Dutch.
22 Apr 1663
Ft. Carlsborg taken natives.
2 May 1663 Natives hand Ft. Carlsborg to the Dutch.
21 Jul 1667 By the Treaty of Breda, Sweden formally cedes Gold Coast
possessions to the Netherlands.
Director
1650 - 1652
Heinrich Carloff
Commandants
1652 - 165. Isaak Meville (Melville)
165. - 1656 Heinrich Carloff
1656 - 1658 J. Philippus von Krusenstierna
(1st time)
1658 - 1659 Dutch occupation
1659 - 1660 J. Philippus von Krusenstierna
(2nd time)
1660 - 22 Apr 1663 Anton Voss
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