This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. In addition to the Gold Coast Colony, the governor of the Gold Coast was for most of the period also responsible for the administration of the Ashanti Colony, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the League of Nations/United Nations mandate/trust territory of British Togoland.
In 1957, the Gold Coast Colony, the Ashanti Colony, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the British Togoland Trust Territory, became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations called Ghana. The Governor-General of Ghana served as the representative of the Queen of Ghana, whose formal title in Ghana was ‘Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Ghana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth’. The entire dominion formed part of Her Majesty's dominions until the country became a republic in 1960.
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This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast modern Ghana from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana s independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 In addition to the Gold Coast Colony the governor of the Gold Coast was for most of the period also responsible for the administration of the Ashanti Colony the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the League of Nations United Nations mandate trust territory of British Togoland Contents 1 Governors of the Gold Coast 1621 1751 2 Governors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast 1751 1822 3 Governors of the Gold Coast 1822 1828 4 Governors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast 1828 1843 5 Governors of the Gold Coast 1843 1960 6 Governor General of Ghana 1957 1960 7 See also 8 ReferencesGovernors of the Gold Coast 1621 1751 EditPortrait Name Took office Left office Sir William St John 1621 1623 William Greenhill 1660 Unknown Henry Greenhill 1680 1685 Henry Nurse 1685 1695 John Bloome 1691 1697 Baggs 1697 1701 Sir Dalby Thomas 1703 1711Governors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast 1751 1822 EditPortrait Name Took office Left office Thomas Melvil 23 June 1751 23 January 1756 William Tymewell 23 January 1756 17 February 1756 Charles Bell 17 February 1756 15 October 1757 Nassau Senior 15 October 1757 10 May 1761 Charles Bell 10 May 1761 15 August 1763 William Mutter 15 August 1763 1 March 1766 John Hippersley 1 March 1766 11 August 1766 Gilbert Petrie 11 August 1766 21 April 1769 John Crossle 21 April 1769 11 August 1770 Richard Miles 20 January 1777 25 March 1780 John Roberts 25 March 1780 20 May 1781 John B Weuves 20 May 1781 29 April 1782 Richard Miles 29 April 1782 29 January 1784 James Morgue 29 January 1784 24 January 1787 Thomas Price 24 January 1787 27 April 1787 Thomas Morris 27 April 1787 20 June 1789 William Fielde 20 June 1789 15 November 1791 John Gordon 15 November 1791 31 March 1792 Archibald Dalzel 31 March 1792 16 December 1798 Jacob Mould 16 December 1798 4 January 1799 John Gordon 4 January 1799 28 April 1800 Archibald Dalzel 28 April 1800 30 September 1802 Jacob Mould 30 September 1802 8 February 1805 George Torrane 8 February 1805 4 December 1807 Edward White 4 December 1807 21 April 1816 Joseph Dawson 21 April 1816 19 January 1817 John Hope Smith 19 January 1817 27 March 1822Governors of the Gold Coast 1822 1828 EditSir Charles MacCarthy 27 March 1822 17 May 1822 first time James Chisholm 17 May 1822 December 1822 first time Sir Charles MacCarthy December 1822 21 January 1824 second time James Chisholm 21 January 1824 17 October 1824 second time Edward Purdon 17 October 1824 22 March 1825 Major general Sir Charles Turner 22 March 1825 8 March 1826 Sir Neil Campbell 18 May 1826 15 November 1826 Major Henry John Ricketts 15 November 1826 11 October 1827 first time Hugh Lumley 11 October 1827 10 March 1828 George Hingston 10 March 1828 5 June 1828 Major Henry John Ricketts 5 June 1828 25 June 1828 second timeGovernors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast 1828 1843 EditJohn Jackson 25 June 1828 19 February 1830 George Maclean 19 February 1830 26 June 1836 first time William Topp 26 June 1836 15 August 1838 George Maclean 15 August 1838 1843 second timeGovernors of the Gold Coast 1843 1960 EditIn 1843 a governor was appointed subordinate to the Governor of Sierra Leone until 1850 After the Third Anglo Ashanti War of 1873 74 the Gold Coast was formally declared a crown colony Henry Worsley Hill 1843 8 March 1845 James Lelley 8 March 1845 15 April 1846 William Winniett 15 April 1846 31 January 1849 first time James Coleman Fitzpatrick 31 January 1849 13 January 1850 Sir William Winniett 13 January 1850 4 December 1850 second time James Bannerman 4 December 1850 14 October 1851 Stephen John Hill 14 October 1851 December 1854 Henry Connor December 1854 March 1857 acting Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine March 1857 April 1858 Henry Bird April 1858 20 April 1860 acting Edward B Andrews 20 April 1860 14 April 1862 William A Ross 14 April 1862 20 September 1862 acting Richard Pine 20 September 1862 1865 Rokeby Jones 1865 acting William Elliot Mockler 1865 acting Edward Conran April 1865 February 1867 Herbert Taylor Ussher February 1867 April 1872 first time John Pope Hennessy April 1872 1872 Charles Spencer Salmon 1872 September 1872 acting Robert William Keate 7 Mar 1873 17 Mar 1873 Robert William Harley September 1872 2 October 1873 Garnet Joseph Wolseley 2 October 1873 4 March 1874 James Maxwell 4 March 1874 30 March 1874 acting Charles Lees 30 March 1874 June 1874 acting first time George Cumine Strahan June 1874 7 April 1876 Charles Lees 7 April 1876 December 1876 acting second time Sanford Freeling December 1876 13 May 1878 acting to 5 June 1877 Charles Lees 13 May 1878 June 1879 acting third time Herbert Taylor Ussher June 1879 1 December 1880 second time William Brandford Griffith 1 December 1880 4 March 1881 acting first time Sir Samuel Rowe 4 March 1881 29 April 1884 W A G Young 29 April 1884 24 April 1885 William Brandford Griffith 24 April 1885 7 April 1895 second time William Edward Maxwell 7 April 1895 6 December 1897 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson 6 December 1897 29 August 1900 acting to 29 May 1898 W Low 29 August 1900 17 December 1900 acting Sir Matthew Nathan 17 December 1900 9 February 1904 1 Herbert Bryan 9 February 1904 3 March 1904 acting first time John Pickersgill Rodger 3 March 1904 19 September 1910 Herbert Bryan 19 September 1910 20 November 1910 acting second time James Jamieson Thorburn 21 November 1910 29 June 1912 Herbert Bryan 29 June 1912 26 December 1912 acting third time Sir Hugh Charles Clifford 26 December 1912 1 April 1919 Alexander Ransford Slater 1 April 1919 8 October 1919 acting first time Frederick Gordon Guggisberg 9 October 1919 24 April 1927 Sir James Crawford Maxwell 24 April 1927 5 June 1927 acting John Maxwell 5 June 1927 July 1927 acting Sir Alexander Ransford Slater July 1927 5 April 1932 second time Geoffry Northcote 5 April 1932 29 November 1932 acting first time Sir Shenton Thomas 30 November 1932 13 May 1934 Geoffry Northcote 13 May 1934 23 October 1934 acting second time Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson 24 October 1934 24 October 1941 Sir George Ernest London 24 October 1941 29 June 1942 acting first time Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns 29 June 1942 2 August 1947 Sir George Ernest London 2 August 1947 12 January 1948 acting second time Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy 12 January 1948 15 February 1949 Sir Robert Scott 15 February 1949 28 March 1949 acting first time Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin 28 March 1949 11 June 1949 acting Sir Robert Scott 11 June 1949 11 August 1949 acting second time Sir Charles Noble Arden Clarke 11 August 1949 6 March 1957 Governor General of Ghana 1957 1960 EditLord Listowel March 1957 July 1960In 1957 the Gold Coast Colony the Ashanti Colony the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the British Togoland Trust Territory became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations called Ghana The Governor General of Ghana served as the representative of the Queen of Ghana whose formal title in Ghana was Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second Queen of Ghana and of Her other Realms and Territories Head of the Commonwealth The entire dominion formed part of Her Majesty s dominions until the country became a republic in 1960 See also Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of the Gold Coast History of Ghana List of heads of state of Ghana List of Ghana governments List of colonial heads of Sierra Leone Lists of incumbentsReferences Edit No 27245 The London Gazette 9 November 1900 p 6854 http www rulers org rulg1 html ghana http www worldstatesmen org Ghana html http www britishempire co uk maproom goldcoast goldcoastadmin htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of governors of the Gold Coast amp oldid 1127202937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
