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List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast

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There are many lists available of Director-Generals of the Gold Coast in service of the Dutch West India Company, all with slightly conflicting names and dates. The most accurate information is available for the eighteenth century, as Harvey Feinberg compiled a list of Director-Generals of that
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on 1 January 1792. The last Director-General installed by the Dutch West India Company, Jacobus de Veer, became the first Director-General under the direct authority of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch Republic was succeeded by the
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on 3 June 1621, Dutch traders nominally were at the direct control of the Dutch government. Initially, the regulation of trade was left to the traders themselves, but after the building of
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The Dutch West India Company was dissolved in 1791, and its colonies reverted to the rule of the States-General of the
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proclaimed in 1815, until the cession of the possessions on the Gold Coast to the United Kingdom in 1872.
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Een woord aangaande de vraag: "Wat moet Nederland doen met zijne bezittingen ter kuste van Guinea?"
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at Mouri in 1612, a general was installed to administrate the new colony.
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Although the Kingdom of Holland was incorporated into the
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century on the basis of day registries available at the
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Dutch West India Company liquidated 31 December 1791
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Lists of Dutch colonial governors and administrators
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(1974). 2526:Heads of Government of Ghana 2094:Acting until 20 January 1853 1685:Acting until 1 November 1819 1513:Gerhardus Hubertus van Hamel 355:Based at Fort Nassau, Mouri 336:Based at Fort Nassau, Mouri 317:Based at Fort Nassau, Mouri 2712:Ghana history-related lists 2134:Willem George Frederik Derx 2048:Willem George Frederik Derx 1884:Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer 1189:Willem Sulyard van Leefdael 987:Martinus François de Bordes 2733: 2390:George Pieter Willem Boers 1597:Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom 1577:Acting until 5 August 1805 1391:Kingdom of the Netherlands 100:Dates in italics indicate 2642:10.1163/22134379-90002697 2179:Acting until 21 June 1858 1531:Cornelius Ludwich Bartels 1425: 1422: 1399: Denotes service as 1330:President of the Council 1320:2nd Term; died in office 1311:President of the Council 1275:President of the Council 1239:President of the Council 1197:President of the Council 1183:2nd Term; died in office 1120:President of the Council 551:Johannes van Valkenburgh 388:Arend Jacobszoon Montfort 496:Johannes van Valkenburgh 144:Jacob Adriaensz Clantius 114:Dutch West India Company 104:continuation of office. 2550:Lists of office holders 2521:Heads of State of Ghana 1437:Jacobus Adriaan de Veer 1345:Jacobus Adriaan de Veer 1024:Baron Jacob de Petersen 223:(1656–1659; 1662–1667). 211:(1641–1645; 1651–1656). 2707:History of West Africa 2114:Petrus Jacobus Runckel 1663:Herman Willem Daendels 1097:Lambert Jacob van Tets 272: 264: 256: 244: 236: 224: 212: 2316:Henri Alexander Elias 2246:Henri Alexander Elias 2152:Jules van den Bossche 1783:Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe 1745:Librecht Jan Temminck 1308:Gilles Servaas Galle 1235:Jacobus van der Puije 968:Antonius van Overbeke 730:Joan van Sevenhuijsen 569:Huybert van Ongerdonk 323:Jan Jochemsz. 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Index

Dutch Gold Coast
Director-General
Dutch
Governor-General
Commandant-General
Governor-General
Commander
Governor
Dutch West India Company
Fort Nassau
Jacob Adriaensz Clantius
A.J. Roest
Arent Jacobzen van Amersfoort

Jacob Ruychaver

Jan Valkenburgh

Dirck Wilre


Jan Pranger


Nationaal Archief
Arent Jacobsz. van Amersfoort
Jan Jochemsz. Sticker
Pompeius de la Sale
Nicolaes van Yperen
Fort George

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