Direct Dutch Rule (1792-1872)
The Dutch West India Company was dissolved in 1791, and its colonies reverted to the rule of the States-General of the Dutch Republic 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 Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of Holland, which all inherited the rule over the colony.
Although the Kingdom of Holland was incorporated into the First French Empire, the colony on the Gold Coast was never occupied by either France or Great-Britain. Dutch rule continued under the Kingdom of the Netherlands proclaimed in 1815, until the cession of the possessions on the Gold Coast to the United Kingdom in 1872.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jacobus de Veer, | ||
| Lieve van Bergen van der Grijp, | ||
| Otto Arnoldus Duim, | ||
| Gerhardus Hubertus van Hamel, | ||
| Cornelius Ludewich Bartels, | ||
| Cornelius Ludewich Bartels, | ||
| Izaak de Roever, | ||
| Pieter Linthorst, | ||
| Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom, | ||
| Jan Frederik Koning, | ||
| Abraham de Veer,Commandant-General | ||
| Herman Willem Daendels, | ||
| Frantz Christian Eberhard Oldenborg, | ||
| Johannes Oosthout, | ||
| Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, | ||
| Librecht Jan Temminck, | ||
| Willem Poolman, | ||
| Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe, | ||
| Johan David Carel Pagenstecher, | ||
| Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, | ||
| Jacobus van der Breggen Paauw, | ||
| Frederick Frans Ludewich Ulrich Last, | ||
| Jan Thieleman Jacobus Cremer, | ||
| Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen, | ||
| Martinus Swarte, | ||
| Christian Ernst Lans, | ||
| Hendrikus Jacobus Tonneboeijer, | ||
| Anthony van der Eb, | ||
| Hendrik Bosch, | ||
| Anthony van der Eb, | ||
| Willem George Frederik Derx, | ||
| Anthony van der Eb, | ||
| Hero Schomerus, | ||
| Petrus Jacobus Runckel, | ||
| Willem George Frederik Derx, | ||
| Jules Felicine Romain Stanislas van den Bossche, | ||
| Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas, | ||
| Henry Alexander Elias, | ||
| Arend Magnin, | ||
| Willem Hendrik Johan van Idzinga, | ||
| Georg Pieter Willem Boers, | ||
| Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas, | ||
| Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholz, | ||
| Jan Helenus Fergusson, |
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