List of colonial heads of the Dutch Gold Coast

List of colonial heads of the Dutch Gold Coast

List of Colonial Heads of the Dutch Gold Coast Settlements

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Dutch Suzerainty
1598 First Dutch Gold Coast Settlements
9 June 1702 to 5 November 1705 Willem de la Palma, Director-General
5 November 1705 to 10 October 1708 Pieter Nuyts, Director-General
10 October 1708 to 14 August 1709 Henrikus van Wiessel, Governor
14 August 1709 to 16 April 1711 Adriaan Schoonheidt, Director-General
16 April 1711 to 11 June 1716 Hieronimus Haring, Director-General
11 June 1716 to 9 April 1718 Robberts Abraham Engelgraef, Director-General
9 April 1718 to 14 October 1722 Willem Butler, Director-General
14 October 1722 to 28 May 1723 Abraham Houtman, Director-General
28 May 1723 to 14 December 1723 Mattheus de Kraane, Governor
14 December 1723 to 11 March 1727 Pieter Valkenier, Director-General
11 March 1727 to 6 March 1730 Robert Norris, Director-General
6 March 1730 to 13 March 1734 Jan Pranger, Director-General
13 March 1734 to 21 February 1736 Antonius van Overbeke, Director-General
15 October 1736 to 16 March 1740 Martinus François des Bordes, Director-General
16 March 1740 to 7 March 1741 François Barbrius, Governor
8 March 1741 to 11 April 1747 Baron Jacob de Petersen, Director-General
11 April 1747 to 14 July 1754 Jan van Voorst, Director-General
14 July 1754 to 24 October 1755 Nicolaas Mattheus van der Noot de Gietere, Director-General
24 October 1755 to 16 January 1758 Roelof Ulzen, Governor
16 January 1758 to 12 March 1759 Lambert Jacob van Tets, Director-General
13 March 1759 to 2 March 1760 Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper, President of the Council 1st Term
2 March 1760 to 11 July 1763 David Pieter Erasmi, Director-General
11 June 1763 to 31 August 1764 Hendrick Walmbeeck, Governor
11 September 1764 to 8 June 1767 Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper, Director-General 2nd Term
8 June 1767 to 10 June 1769 Pieter Woortman, President of the Council
10 June 1769 to 11 April 1780 Pieter Woortman, Director-General
10 May 1780 to 30 December 1780 Jacobus van der Puye, President of the Council
30 December 1780 to 12 March 1784 Pieter Volkmar, Director-General
15 March 1784 to 14 February 1785 Gilles Servaas Gallé, President of the Council 1st Term
14 February 1785 to 26 May 1786 Adolph Thierens, Director-General
2 June 1786 to 24 August 1787 Gilles Servaas Gallé, President of the Council 2nd Term
8 September 1788 to 19 March 1790 Lieve van Bergen van der Grijp, President of the Council 1st Term
19 March 1790 to 23 March 1794 Jacobus de Veer, Director-General
26 May 1794 to 10 January 1795 Lieve van Bergen van der Grijp, President of the Council 2nd Term
10 January 1795 to 3 June 1796 Otto Arnoldus Duim, Governor
10 August 1796 to 1 May 1798 Gerhardus Hubertus van Hamel, Director-General
8 May 1798 to 1801 Cornelius Ludewich Bartels, Director-General
1801 to 28 April 1804 Cornelius Ludewich Bartels, Governor-General
28 April 1804 to 15 June 1805 Izaak de Roever, Acting Governor-Genereral
16 June 1805 to 21 July 1807 Pieter Linthorst, Governor-General
21 July 1807 to 11 August 1808 Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom, Acting Governor-Genereral
12 August 1808 to 23 February 1810 Jan Frederik Koning, Acting Governor-Genereral
23 February 1810 to 1 March 1816 Abraham de Veer,Commandant-General
1 March 1816 to 22 April 1818 Herman Willem Daendels, Governor-General
22 April 1818 to 10 January 1820 Frantz Christian Eberhard Oldenborg, Governor-General
10 January 1820 to 27 July 1821 Johannes Oosthout, Commander
27 July 1821 to 11 January 1823 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, acting Commander 1st Term
11 January 1823 to 6 May 1823 Librecht Jan Temminck, acting Commander
6 May 1823 to 14 May 1824 Willem Poolman, Commander
14 May 1824 to 25 December 1824 Johan David Carel Pagenstecher, acting Commander
2 January 1825 to 12 November 1826 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, acting Commander 2nd Term
12 November 1826 to 4 October 1828 Jacobus van der Breggen Paauw, acting Commander
4 October 1828 to 17 April 1833 Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, Commander 3rd Term
17 April 1833 to 17 May 1833 Jan Thieleman Jacobus Cremer, acting Commander
17 May 1833 to 2 February 1834 Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen, acting Commander
2 February 1834 to 16 March 1834 Martinus Swarte, acting Commander
16 March 1834 to 2 December 1836 Christian Ernst Lans, Commander
2 December 1836 to 28 October 1837 Hendrikus Jacobus Tonneboeijer, acting Commander
29 October 1837 to 5 August 1838 Anthony van der Eb, acting Commander
5 August 1838 to 7 March 1840 Hendrik Bosch, Governor
7 March 1840 to 1846 Anthony van der Eb, Governor 1st Term
1846 to 1847 Willem George Frederik Derx, Governor 1st Term
1847 to 1852 Anthony van der Eb, Governor 2nd Term
1852 to 1856 Hero Schomerus, Governor
1856 to 1865 Petrus Jacobus Runckel, Governor
1856 to 1857 Willem George Frederik Derx, Governor 2nd Term
1857 Jules Felicine Romain Stanislas van den Bossche, Governor
1857 to 1862 Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas, Governor 1st Term
1862 to 1865 Henry Alexander Elias, Governor
1865 to 1866 Arend Magnin, Governor
1866 to 1867 Willem Hendrik Johan van Idzinga, Governor
1867 to 1869 Georg Pieter Willem Boers, Governor
1869 to 1871 Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas, Governor 2nd Term
1871 to 1871 Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholz, Governor
1871 to 21 February 1871 Jan Helenus Fergusson, Lieutenant-Governor
21 February 1871 Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony

See also

  • Ghana
    • Heads of State of Ghana
    • Heads of Government of Ghana
  • Gold Coast
    • Colonial Heads of Ghana (Gold Coast)
    • Colonial Heads of Danish Gold Coast
  • Lists of office holders

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