List of governors of the Gold Coast

This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. In addition to the Gold Coast Colony, the Governor of Gold Coast was for most of the period also responsible for the administration of the Ashanti Colony, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the League of Nations/United Nations mandate/trust territory of British Togoland.

Governors of the Gold Coast (1621–1751)

Sir William St John, 1621–1623
William Greenhill, 1660
Henry Greenhill, 1680
Henry Nurse, 1685
John Bloome, 1691
Baggs, 1697–1701
Thomas Dalby, 1701–1708
Henry Meredith, died 1812 after being killed by locals. Author of An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa: With a Brief History of the African Company. He was the governor of Fort Winneba.

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

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

Governors of the Gold Coast (1822–1828)

Sir Charles MacCarthy, 27 March 1822 – 17 May 1822, first time
James Chisholm, 17 May 1822–December 1822, first time
Sir Charles 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
Sir Neil 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)

John Jackson, 25 June 1828 – 19 February 1830
George Maclean, 19 February 1830 – 26 June 1836, first time
William Topp, 26 June 1836 – 15 August 1838
George Maclean, 15 August 1838 – 1843, second time

Governors of the Gold Coast (1843–1960)

In 1843 a governor was appointed subordinate to the Governor of Sierra Leone until 1850. After the Third 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 Fitzpatrick, 31 January 1849 – 13 January 1850
Sir William 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
Sir Benjamin 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
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 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
Sir Matthew 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
Sir Hugh 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
Sir James Crawford Maxwell, 24 April 1927 – 5 June 1927, acting
John Maxwell, 5 June 1927–July 1927, acting
Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, July 1927–5 April 1932, second time
Geoffrey Northcote, 5 April 1932 – 29 November 1932, acting, first time
Sir Shenton Thomas, 30 November 1932 – 13 May 1934
Geoffrey Northcote, 13 May 1934 – 23 October 1934, acting, second time
Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, 24 October 1934 – 24 October 1941
George Ernest London, 24 October 1941 – 29 June 1942, acting
Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 29 June 1942 – 2 August 1947
Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy, 12 January 1948 – 15 February 1949
Sir Robert Scott, 15 February 1949 – 28 March 1949, acting, first time
Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, 28 March 1949 – 11 June 1949, acting
Sir Robert Scott, 11 June 1949 – 11 August 1949, acting, second time
Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, 11 August 1949 – 6 March 1957.

Governor-General of Ghana (1957–1960)

Lord Listowel, March 1957 – July 1960

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 the British Commonwealth of Nations called Ghana. 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.

References

"No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.

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[1] "No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.