Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen
Eduard Daniel Leopold baron van Ingen (21 June 1798 – 16 March 1833) was a Dutch colonial administrator on the Gold Coast. He was interim commander from 1832 until his death on 16 March 1833.[1]
Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen | |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
| In office 1 July 1832 – 16 March 1833 | |
| Monarch | William I of the Netherlands |
| Preceded by | Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer |
| Succeeded by | Martinus Swarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1798 Zutphen, Netherlands |
| Died | 16 March 1833 (aged 34) Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast |
Biography
Eduard van Ingen was born in Zutphen to baron Antoni Lucas van Ingen, a captain in the Dutch army, and Elisabeth Louise Heckers.
Eduard van Ingen became acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast after the previous acting commander Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer died in office on 1 July 1832.[2]
After Kwadwo Akyampon died on 18 September 1832, Van Ingen sent the military commandant Reinier Klaassen to Kumasi to inform the Asantehene about his death.[3]
Van Ingen himself also died in office on 16 March 1833, reportedly because of alcoholism.[2] He was buried in the Dutch Cemetery of Elmina.
Notes
- Almanak voor de Nederlandsche West-Indische bezittingen, en de kust van Guinea. Jaargang 1860. The Hague: De Gebroeders van Cleef. 1859.
- Yarak 1990, p. 218.
- Yarak 1990, p. 81.
References
- Yarak, Larry W. (1990). Asante and the Dutch 1744-1873. Oxford: Clarendon Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)