1941 – 29 June 1942, acting, first time Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, 29 June 1942 – 2 August 1947 Sir George Ernest London, 2 August 1947 – 12 January 1948, acting, second time 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. See also History of Ghana List of heads of state of Ghana List of Ghana governments List of colonial heads of Sierra Leone Lists of incumbents References http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#ghana http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Ghana.html http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/goldcoast/goldcoastadmin.htm Governor of the Gold Coast Governor of the Gold Coast Gold Coast