This is a list ofcolonial administrators in theGold Coast (modernGhana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana's independence from theUnited 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 theAshanti Colony, theNorthern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the League of Nations/United Nations mandate/trust territory ofBritish Togoland.
Governors of the Gold Coast (1621–1751)
[edit]Governors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1751–1822)
[edit]Governors of the Gold Coast (1822–1828)
[edit]- SirCharles MacCarthy, 27 March 1822 – 17 May 1822,first time
- James Chisholm, 17 May 1822–December 1822,first time
- SirCharles 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
- SirNeil 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 time
Governors of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast (1828–1843)
[edit]Governors of the Gold Coast (1843–1960)
[edit]In 1843 a governor was appointed subordinate to theGovernor of Sierra Leone until 1850. After theThird 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 patrick, 31 January 1849 – 13 January 1850
- SirWilliam 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
- SirBenjamin 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
- SirSamuel 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
- SirMatthew 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
- SirHugh 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
- SirJames Crawford Maxwell, 24 April 1927 – 5 June 1927, acting
- John Maxwell, 5 June 1927–July 1927, acting
- SirAlexander Ransford Slater, July 1927–5 April 1932,second time
- Geoffry Northcote, 5 April 1932 – 29 November 1932, acting, first time
- SirShenton Thomas, 30 November 1932 – 13 May 1934
- Geoffry Northcote, 13 May 1934 – 23 October 1934, acting, second time
- SirArnold Weinholt Hodson, 24 October 1934 – 24 October 1941
- SirGeorge Ernest London, 24 October 1941 – 29 June 1942, acting, first time
- SirAlan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 29 June 1942 – 2 August 1947
- SirGeorge Ernest London, 2 August 1947 – 12 January 1948, acting, second time
- SirGerald Hallen Creasy, 12 January 1948 – 15 February 1949
- SirRobert Scott, 15 February 1949 – 28 March 1949, acting, first time
- Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, 28 March 1949 – 11 June 1949, acting
- SirRobert Scott, 11 June 1949 – 11 August 1949, acting, second time
- SirCharles Noble Arden-Clarke, 11 August 1949 – 6 March 1957.
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 theBritish Commonwealth of Nations calledGhana. 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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