Ebo Asare

Ebo Asare was born on 18 January 1860 in Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana. 
In 1874, he began working for Garnet Maxwell who was commander of Second Battalion, Duke of Lancashire's Regiment in the Gold Coast. He worked as a hall boy at first, and in 1878, became a batman of Maxwell. In 1886, he became his valet. 
In 1889, he had a son: Kofi Asare. 
In 1897, he became a valet to William Hamilton in Ribchester House on the recommendation of his former employer.