List of Colonial Heads of Ghana
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[edit] List of Colonial Heads of Ghana
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| British Suzerainty | ||
| Gold Coast | ||
| 23 June 1751 to 23 January 1756 | Thomas Melvil, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 23 January 1756 to 17 February 1756 | William Tymewell, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 17 February 1756 to 15 October 1757 | Charles Bell, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 15 October 1757 to 10 May 1761 | Nassau Senior, acting Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 10 May 1761 to 15 August 1763 | Charles Bell, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| 15 August 1763 to 1 March 1766 | William Mutter, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 1 March 1766 to 11 August 1766 | John Hippersley, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 11 August 1766 to 21 April 1769 | Gilbert Petrie, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 21 April 1769 to 11 August 1770 | John Crossle, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 11 August 1770 to 20 January 1777 | David Mill, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 20 January 1777 to 25 March 1780 | Richard Miles, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 25 March 1780 to 20 May 1781 | John Roberts, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 20 May 1781 to 29 April 1782 | John B. Weuves, acting Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 29 April 1782 to 29 January 1784 | Richard Miles, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| 29 January 1784 to 24 January 1787 | James Morgue, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 24 January 1787 to 27 April 1787 | Thomas Price, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 27 April 1787 to 20 June 1789 | Thomas Morris, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 20 June 1789 to 15 November 1791 | William Fielde, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 15 November 1791 to 31 March 1792 | John Gordon, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 31 March 1792 to 16 December 1798 | Archibald Dalzel, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 16 December 1798 to 4 January 1799 | Jacob Mould, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 4 January 1799 to 28 April 1800 | John Gordon, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| 28 April 1800 to 30 September 1802 | Archibald Dalzel, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| 30 September 1802 to 8 February 1805 | Jacob Mould, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| 8 February 1805 to 4 December 1807 | George Torrane, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 4 December 1807 to 21 April 1816 | Edward White, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 21 April 1816 to 19 January 1817 | Joseph Dawson, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 19 January 1817 to 27 March 1822 | John Hope Smith, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 27 March 1822 to 17 May 1822 | Sir Charles Macarthy, Governor | 1st Term |
| 17 May 1822 to December 1822 | James Chisholm, Governor | 1st Term |
| December 1822 to 21 January 1824 | Sir Charles Macarthy, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 21 January 1824 to 17 October 1824 | James Chisholm, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 17 October 1824 to 22 March 1825 | Edward Purdon, Governor | |
| 22 March 1825 to 8 March 1826 | Charles Turner, Governor | |
| 18 May 1826 to 15 November 1826 | Sir Neil Campbell, Governor | |
| 15 November 1826 to 11 October 1827 | Henry John Ricketts, Governor | 1st Term |
| 11 October 1827 to 10 March 1828 | Hugh Lumley, Governor | |
| 10 March 1828 to 5 June 1828 | George Hingston, Governor | |
| 5 June 1828 to 25 June 1828 | Henry John Ricketts, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 25 June 1828 to 19 February 1830 | John Jackson, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 19 February 1830 to 26 June 1836 | George Maclean, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 1st Term |
| 26 June 1836 to 15 August 1838 | William Topp, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | |
| 15 August 1838 to 1843 | George Maclean, Governor of the Committee of Merchants | 2nd Term |
| Crown colony under Sierra Leone | ||
| 1843 to 8 March 1845 | R.M. Worsley Hill, Governor | |
| 8 March 1845 to 15 April 1846 | James Lelley, Governor | |
| 15 April 1846 to 31 January 1849 | William Winniett, Governor | 1st Term |
| 31 January 1849 to 13 January 1850 | James Coleman Fitzpatrick, Governor | |
| 13 January 1850 to 4 December 1850 | Sir William Winniett, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 4 December 1850 to 14 October 1851 | James Bannerman, Governor | |
| 14 October 1851 to December 1854 | Stephen John Hill, Governor | |
| December 1854 to March 1857 | Henry Connor, acting Governor | |
| March 1857 to April 1858 | Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Governor | |
| April 1858 to 20 April 1860 | Henry Bird, acting Governor | |
| 20 April 1860 to 14 April 1862 | Edward B. Andrews, Governor | |
| 14 April 1862 to 20 September 1862 | William A. Ross, acting Governor | |
| 20 September 1862 to 1865 | Richard Pine, Governor | |
| 1865 to 1865 | Rokeby Jones, acting Governor | |
| 1865 to 1865 | W.E. Mockler, acting Governor | |
| April 1865 to February 1867 | Edward Conran, Governor | |
| February 1867 to April 1872 | Herbert Taylor Ussher, Governor | 1st Term |
| April 1872 to 1872 | John Pope Hennessy, Governor | |
| 1872 to September 1872 | Charles Spencer Salmon, acting Governor | |
| September 1872 to 2 October 1873 | Robert William Harley, Governor | |
| 2 October 1873 to 4 March 1874 | Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Governor | |
| Crown colony | ||
| 4 March 1874 to 30 March 1874 | James Maxwell, acting Governor | |
| 30 March 1874 to June 1874 | Charles Cameron Lees, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| June 1874 to 7 April 1876 | George Cumine Strahan, Governor | |
| 7 April 1876 to December 1876 | Charles Cameron Lees, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| December 1876 to 5 June 1877 | Sanford Freeling, acting Governor | |
| 5 June 1877 to 13 May 1878 | Sanford Freeling, Governor | |
| 13 May 1878 to June 1879 | Charles Cameron Lees, acting Governor | 3rd Term |
| June 1879 to 1 December 1880 | Herbert Taylor Ussher, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 1 December 1880 to 4 March 1881 | William Brandford Griffith, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 4 March 1881 to 29 April 1884 | Sir Samuel Rowe, Governor | |
| 29 April 1884 to 24 April 1885 | W.A.G. Young, Governor | |
| 24 April 1885 to 1877 | William Brandford Griffith, Governor | |
| 1887 to 7 April 1895 | Sir William Brandford Griffith, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 7 April 1895 to 1896 | William Edward Maxwell, Governor | |
| 1896 to 6 December 1897 | Sir William Edward Maxwell, Governor | |
| 1897 to 29 May 1898 | Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, acting Governor | |
| 29 May 1898 to 29 August 1900 | Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, Governor | |
| 29 August 1900 to 17 December 1900 | W. Low, acting Governor | |
| 17 December 1900 to 9 February 1904 | Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor | |
| 9 February 1904 to 3 March 1904 | Herbert Bryan, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 3 March 1904 to 1 September 1910 | John Pickersgill Rodger, Governor | |
| 1 September 1910 to 20 November 1910 | Herbert Bryan, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 21 November 1910 to 29 June 1912 | James Jamieson Thorburn, Governor | |
| 29 June 1912 to 26 December 1912 | Herbert Bryan, Governor | 3rd Term |
| 26 December 1912 to 1 April 1919 | Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, Governor | |
| 1 April 1919 to 8 October 1919 | Alexander Ransford Slater, Governor | 1st Term |
| October 1919 to 24 April 1927 | Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, Governor | |
| 24 April 1927 to 5 June 1927 | Sir James Crawford Maxwell, acting Governor | |
| 5 June 1927 to July 1927 | John Maxwell, acting Governor | |
| July 1927 to 5 April 1932 | Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, Governor | 2nd Term |
| 5 April 1932 to 29 November 1932 | Geoffry Northcote, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 30 November 1932 to 13 May 1934 | Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor | |
| 13 May 1934 to 23 October 1934 | Geoffry Northcote, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 24 October 1934 to 24 October 1941 | Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodgson, Governor | |
| 24 October 1941 to 29 June 1942 | George Ernest London, acting Governor | |
| 29 June 1942 to 2 August 1947 | Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, Governor | |
| 12 January 1948 to 15 February 1949 | Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy, Governor | |
| 15 February 1949 to 28 March 1949 | Sir Robert Scott, acting Governor | 1st Term |
| 28 March 1949 to 11 June 1949 | Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin, acting Governor | |
| 11 June 1949 to 11 August 1949 | Sir Robert Scott, acting Governor | 2nd Term |
| 11 August 1949 to 6 March 1957 | Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Governor | |
| 6 March 1957 | Independence as Ghana | |
For continuation, see: Governors-General of Ghana
