List of colonial governors of the Danish Gold Coast

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Colonial Heads of the Danish Gold Coast Settlements[]

The Danish Gold Coast was established on the eastern Gold Coast (present-day Ghana):

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Danish Suzerainty
1657–8 Danish Gold Coast Settlements established on the eastern Gold Coast
1658 , Opperhoved[1]  
1659 Samuel Schmidt, Opperhoved  
1659 to 1662 , Opperhoved  
1662 to 1668 Henning Albrecht, Opperhoved  
1668 to 1674 , Governor—1st to be designated as governor  
1674 to 1677 Conrad Crull, Governor[2]  
1677 to 1681 , Opperhoved  
1681 , Governor[3]  
to 1698 Erik Tylleman, Opperhoved  
10 June 1698 to 23 December 1698 , Opperhoved  
23 December 1698 to 31 August 1703 , Opperhoved  
11 September 1703 to 23 April 1704 , Opperhoved  
23 April 1704 to 5 May 1705 , acting Opperhoved  
5 May 1705 to 25 May 1705 Peter Petersen, acting Opperhoved  
25 May 1705 to 17 August 1711 , Opperhoved 2nd Term
17 August 1711 to 26 November 1717 , Opperhoved  
26 November 1717 to 6 August 1720 , Opperhoved  
6 August 1720 to 24 January 1722 , Opperhoved  
25 January 1722 to 22 January 1723 , Opperhoved  
22 January 1723 to 27 April 1724 , Opperhoved  
27 April 1724 to 1 March 1727 , Opperhoved  
4 March 1727 to 18 September 1727 , Opperhoved  
18 September 1727 to 24 December 1728 , Opperhoved  
24 December 1728 to 12 August 1735 , Opperhoved  
12 August 1735 to 14 June 1736 , Opperhoved  
14 June 1736 to 20 June 1740 , Opperhoved  
20 June 1740 to 26 May 1743 , Opperhoved  
26 May 1743 to 3 February 1744 , Opperhoved  
3 February 1744 to 11 March 1745 , Opperhoved  
11 March 1745 to 23 March 1745 Thomas Brock, Opperhoved  
23 March 1745 to 23 April 1745 , Opperhoved  
23 April 1745 to 21 June 1746 , Opperhoved  
21 June 1746 to 1750 , Opperhoved  
Danish crown colony
1750 to 6 March 1751 , Opperhoved  
6 March 1751 to 8 March 1751 , Opperhoved  
8 March 1751 to 21 July 1752 , acting Opperhoved  
21 July 1752 to 11 March 1757 , Opperhoved  
11 March 1757 to 14 February 1762 , Opperhoved  
14 February 1762 to 20 October 1766 , Opperhoved  
20 October 1766 to 11 January 1768 Christian Tychsen, Governor  
11 January 1768 to 2 July 1769 , Governor  
2 July 1769 to 11 June 1770 , acting Governor  
11 June 1770 to 15 June 1772 , acting Governor  
15 June 1772 to 24 June 1777 , acting Governor  
24 June 1777 to 2 December 1780 , Governor  
2 December 1780 to 21 April 1788 , acting Governor  
21 April 1788 to 23 October 1789 , acting Governor  
23 October 1789 to July 1792 , Governor  
July 1792 to 25 January 1793 , acting Governor  
25 January 1793 to 30 June 1793 , Governor  
30 June 1793 to 3 August 1793 , Governor  
3 August 1793 to 17 August 1795 Baron Christian Friedrich von Hager, Governor  
October 1795 to 31 December 1799 , Governor 1st Term
31 December 1799 to 3 December 1802 , acting Governor  
3 December 1802 to 15 April 1807 , Governor 2nd Term
15 April 1807 to 1 March 1817 Christian Schiønning, Governor  
3 March 1817 to 5 October 1817 , Governor  
5 October 1817 to 6 May 1819 , acting Governor  
6 May 1819 to 1 January 1821 , acting Governor  
1 January 1821 to 5 September 1821 , Governor  
5 September 1821 to 23 December 1823 , acting Governor  
23 December 1823 to 7 May 1825 , Governor  
7 May 1825 to 30 September 1827 , acting Governor 1st Term
30 September 1827 to 1 August 1828 , Governor  
1 August 1828 to 20 January 1831 , acting Governor 1st Term
29 January 1831 to 21 October 1831 , Governor  
21 October 1831 to 4 December 1831 , Governor  
4 December 1831 to 1 March 1833 , Governor 2nd Term
1 March 1833 to 21 July 1833 , acting Governor 2nd Term
21 July 1833 to 26 December 1834 , acting Governor  
26 December 1834 to 19 August 1837 , acting Governor  
19 August 1837 to 18 March 1839 , Governor  
19 March 1839 to 18 August 1839 , acting Governor  
18 August 1839 to 24 May 1842 , acting Governor  
24 May 1842 to 26 August 1842 , acting Governor  
26 August 1842 to 15 March 1844 , acting Governor[4] 1st Term
18 March 1844 to 5 July 1844 , acting Governor  
5 July 1844 to 9 October 1844 , acting Governor  
9 August 1844 to 10 April 1847 , Governor 2nd Term
10 April 1847 to 20 February 1850 , acting Governor  
30 March 1850 Gold Coast Settlements sold to Britain and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony

References[]

  1. ^ Danish: means Factor (agent); Factor, also rendered as Station Chief
  2. ^ Ole Justesen, ed. Danish Sources for the History of Ghana 1657–1754 Vol. 1 (1657–1735). Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005. p. 48 ISBN 87-7304-312-5
  3. ^ The title of Governor was bestowed on three individuals before 1766: von Gronstein; Crull; and Prang.
  4. ^ Closing the Books: Governor Edward Carstensen on Danish Guinea, 1842–50. Translated from the Danish by Tove Storsveen. Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2010.

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