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