List of governors of the Gold Coast

Dis be list of colonial administrators insyd de Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from de start of English presence insyd 1621 til Ghana ein independence from de United Kingdom insyd 1957. In addition to de Gold Coast Colony, na de governor of de Gold Coast be for most of de period sanso be responsible for de administration of de Ashanti Colony, de Northern Territories of de Gold Coast Protectorate den de League of Nations/United Nations mandate/trust territory of British Togoland.

 Governors of de Gold Coast (1621–1751) 

 Portrait Name Take office Lef office 75px Sir William St John 1621 1623 75px William Greenhill 1660 Unknown 75px Henry Greenhill 1680 1685 75px Henry Nurse 1685 1695 75px John Bloome 1691 1697 75px Baggs 1697 1701 75px Sir Dalby Thomas 1703 1711

 Governors of de Committee of Merchants of de Gold Coast (1751–1822) 

 Portrait Name Take office Lef office 75px Thomas Melvil 23 June 1751 23 January 1756 75px William Tymewell 23 January 1756 17 February 1756 75px Charles Bell  17 February 1756 15 October 1757 75px Nassau Senior 15 October 1757 10 May 1761 75px Charles Bell 10 May 1761  15 August 1763 75px William Mutter  15 August 1763 1 March 1766 75px John Hippersley  1 March 1766 11 August 1766 75px Gilbert Petrie 11 August 1766  21 April 1769 75px John Crossle  21 April 1769  11 August 1770 75px Richard Miles  20 January 1777  25 March 1780 75px John Roberts 25 March 1780  20 May 1781 75px John B. Weuves 20 May 1781  29 April 1782 75px Richard Miles  29 April 1782  29 January 1784 75px James Morgue  29 January 1784  24 January 1787 75px Thomas Price  24 January 1787  27 April 1787 75px Thomas Morris  27 April 1787  20 June 1789 75px William Fielde  20 June 1789  15 November 1791 75px John Gordon  15 November 1791  31 March 1792 75px Archibald Dalzel  31 March 1792  16 December 1798 75px Jacob Mould  16 December 1798  4 January 1799 75px John Gordon 4 January 1799   28 April 1800 75px Archibald Dalzel 28 April 1800   30 September 1802 75px Jacob Mould 30 September 1802   8 February 1805 75px George Torrane 8 February 1805   4 December 1807 75px Edward White 4 December 1807 21 April 1816 75px Joseph Dawson  21 April 1816 19 January 1817 75px John Hope Smith  19 January 1817 27 March 1822

 Governors of de Gold Coast (1822–1828) 
 Sir Charles MacCarthy, 27 March 1822 – 17 May 1822, first tym
 James Chisholm, 17 May 1822–December 1822, first tym
 Sir Charles MacCarthy, December 1822–21 January 1824, second tym
 James Chisholm, 21 January 1824 – 17 October 1824, second tym
 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 tym
 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 tym

 Governors of de Committee of Merchants of de Gold Coast (1828–1843) 
 John Jackson, 25 June 1828 – 19 February 1830
 George Maclean, 19 February 1830 – 26 June 1836, first tym
 William Topp, 26 June 1836 – 15 August 1838
 George Maclean, 15 August 1838 – 1843, second tym

 Governors of de Gold Coast (1843–1960) 
Insyd 1843 na dem appoint governor subordinate to de Governor of Sierra Leone til 1850. After de Third Anglo-Ashanti War of 1873–74, na dem formally declare Gold Coast 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 tym
 James Coleman Fitzpatrick, 31 January 1849 – 13 January 1850
 Sir William Winniett, 13 January 1850 – 4 December 1850, second tym
 James Bannerman, 4 December 1850 – 14 October 1851
 Stephen John Hill, 14 October 1851–December 1854
 Henry Connor, December 1854–March 1857, dey act
 Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, March 1857–April 1858
 Henry Bird, April 1858–20 April 1860, dey act
 Edward B. Andrews, 20 April 1860 – 14 April 1862
 William A. Ross, 14 April 1862 – 20 September 1862, dey act
 Richard Pine, 20 September 1862 – 1865
 Rokeby Jones, 1865, dey act
 William Elliot Mockler, 1865, dey act
 Edward Conran, April 1865–February 1867
 Herbert Taylor Ussher, February 1867–April 1872, first tym
 John Pope Hennessy, April 1872 – 1872
 Charles Spencer Salmon, 1872–September 1872, dey act
 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, dey act
 Charles Lees, 30 March 1874–June 1874, dey act, first tym
 George Cumine Strahan, June 1874–7 April 1876
 Charles Lees, 7 April 1876–December 1876, dey act, second tym
 Sanford Freeling, December 1876–13 May 1878, dey act to 5 June 1877
 Charles Lees, 13 May 1878–June 1879, dey act, third tym
 Herbert Taylor Ussher, June 1879–1 December 1880, second tym
 William Brandford Griffith, 1 December 1880 – 4 March 1881, dey act, first tym
 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 tym
 William Edward Maxwell, 7 April 1895 – 6 December 1897
 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, 6 December 1897 – 29 August 1900, dey act to 29 May 1898
 W. Low, 29 August 1900 – 17 December 1900, dey act
 Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904"No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.
 Herbert Bryan, 9 February 1904 – 3 March 1904, dey act, first tym
 John Pickersgill Rodger, 3 March 1904 – 19 September 1910
 Herbert Bryan, 19 September 1910 – 20 November 1910, dey act, second tym
 James Jamieson Thorburn, 21 November 1910 – 29 June 1912
 Herbert Bryan, 29 June 1912 – 26 December 1912, dey act, third tym
 Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, 26 December 1912 – 1 April 1919
 Alexander Ransford Slater, 1 April 1919 – 8 October 1919, dey act, first tym
 Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, 9 October 1919 – 24 April 1927
 Sir James Crawford Maxwell, 24 April 1927 – 5 June 1927, dey act
 John Maxwell, 5 June 1927–July 1927, dey act
 Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, July 1927–5 April 1932, second tym
 Geoffry Northcote, 5 April 1932 – 29 November 1932, dey act, first tym
 Sir Shenton Thomas, 30 November 1932 – 13 May 1934
 Geoffry Northcote, 13 May 1934 – 23 October 1934, dey act, second tym
 Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, 24 October 1934 – 24 October 1941
 Sir George Ernest London, 24 October 1941 – 29 June 1942, dey act, first tym
 Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 29 June 1942 – 2 August 1947
 Sir George Ernest London, 2 August 1947 – 12 January 1948, dey act, second tym
 Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy, 12 January 1948 – 15 February 1949
 Sir Robert Scott, 15 February 1949 – 28 March 1949, dey act, first tym
 Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, 28 March 1949 – 11 June 1949, dey act
 Sir Robert Scott, 11 June 1949 – 11 August 1949, dey act, second tym
 Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, 11 August 1949 – 6 March 1957.

Governor-General of Ghana (1957–1960)
  Lord Listowel, March 1957 – July 1960
Insyd 1957, de Gold Coast Colony, de Ashanti Colony, de Northern Territories of de Gold Coast Protectorate den de British Togoland Trust Territory, cam turn independent dominion within de British Commonwealth of Nations dem bell Ghana. De Governor-General of Ghana serve as de representative of de Queen of Ghana, wey na ein formal title insyd Ghana be ‘Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Ghana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth’. De entire dominion form part of Her Majesty's dominions til de country cam turn republic for 1960 insyd.

 See also 
History of Ghana
List of heads of state of Ghana
List of Ghana governments
List of colonial heads of Sierra Leone
Lists of incumbents

 References 
Governor of the Gold Coast
Governor of the Gold Coast

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