Ghana

A major state in west Africa. It was absorbed into the British Empire at around the turn of the 20th century, but it's hereditary leaders continue to be recognized by their people as their sovereigns.

Ruler Name	Start Year	End Year	Notes	Kingdom
Agyinamoa Mpatu	?	?		Ghana
Twum	c. 1570	1590		Ghana
Antwi	1590	1600		Ghana
Kobia Amamfi	1600	1630		Ghana
Oti Akenten	1630	1640		Ghana
Obiri Yeboah	1640	1675		Ghana
Osei Kofi Tutu I Opemsoo	1675	1717	Asante Confederation organized in 1701.	Ghana
Amaniampon	1717	1720	Regent	Ghana
Opoku ware Katakyie	1720	1750		Ghana
Kusi Oboadum	1750	1764		Ghana
Safo Kantanka	1764	1764	Regent	Ghana
Osei Kwadwo Okoawia	1764	1777		Ghana
Atakora Kwame	1777	1777	Regent	Ghana
Osei Kwame Panyin	1777	1803		Ghana
Opoku Fofie	1803	1804		Ghana
Osei Tutu Kwame Asiba Bonsu	1804	1823		Ghana
Osei Yaw Akoto	1824	1834		Ghana
Kwaku Dua I Panyin	1834	1867		Ghana
Kofi Karikari	1867	1874		Ghana
Kwabena Dwomo	1874	1874	Regent	Ghana
Mensa Bonsu Kumaa	1874	1883		Ghana
Kwaku Dua II Kumaa	1884	1884		Ghana
Civil War	1884	1887		Ghana
Owusu Kofi	1884	1884	Interim Council Chairman	Ghana
Akyampon Panyin	1884	1887	Interim Council Chairman	Ghana
Owusu Sekyere II	1887	1888	Regent	Ghana
Kwaku Dua III Asamu (Prempeh I)	1888	1931	See Footnotes 1	Ghana
To Great Britain (as the Gold Coast)	1902	1957		Ghana
Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II	1931	1970	In 1935, Prempe II was acknowledged by British colonial authorities as sovereign of the Asante once more.	Ghana
Independent within the Commonwealth (as Ghana)	1957	1960		Ghana
Republic of Ghana	1960	Present		Ghana
Opoku Ware II	1970	1999		Ghana
Osei Tutu II	1999	Present		Ghana
Sir William St. John	1618	1625	Governor for Committee of Merchants in the Gold Coast.	Ghana
Sir Richard Young	1625	1631		Ghana
Sir Nicholas Crispe	1631	1649		Ghana
John Wood	fl. c. 1649	1660		Ghana
William Greenhill	1660	?		Ghana
John Stoakes	fl. c. 1663	1685		Ghana
Henry Nurse	1685	?		Ghana
John Bloome	?	1697		Ghana
--- Baggs	1697	1701		Ghana
Thomas Dalby	1701	?		Ghana
Benjamin Way	fl. c. 1704	?		Ghana
Thomas Dalby	r. ?	1711		Ghana
John Roberts	fl. c. 1711	?		Ghana
Thomas Melvill	1751	1756		Ghana
William Tymewell	01/1756	02/1756		Ghana
Charles Bell	1756	1757		Ghana
Nassau Senior	1757	1761	Acting Governor	Ghana
Charles Bell	r. 1761	1763		Ghana
William Mutter	1763	1766		Ghana
John Hippersley	03/1766	08/1766		Ghana
Gilbert Petrie	1766	1769		Ghana
John Crossle	1769	1770		Ghana
David Mill	1770	1777		Ghana
Richard Miles	1777	1780		Ghana
John Roberts	1780	1781	Different John Roberts according to Bruce's notes.	Ghana
John B. Weuves	1781	1782	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Richard Miles	r. 1782	1784		Ghana
James Morgue	1784	1787		Ghana
Thomas Price	01/1787	04/1787		Ghana
Thomas Morris	1787	1789		Ghana
William Fielde	1789	1791		Ghana
John Gordon	1791	1792		Ghana
Archibald Dalzel	1782	1798		Ghana
Jacob Mould	1798	1799		Ghana
John Gordon	r. 1799	1800		Ghana
Archibald Dalzel	r. 1800	1802		Ghana
Jacob Mould	r. 1802	1805		Ghana
George Torrane	1805	1807		Ghana
Edward White	1807	1816		Ghana
Joseph Dawson	1816	1817		Ghana
John Hope Smith	1817	1822		Ghana
Sir Charles Macarthy	03/1822	05/1822		Ghana
James Chisholm	05/1822	12/1822		Ghana
Sir Charles Macarthy	r. 1822	1824		Ghana
James Chisholm	r. 01/1824	10/1824		Ghana
Edward Purdon	1824	1825		Ghana
Charles Turner	1825	1826		Ghana
Sir Neil Campbell	05/1826	11/1826		Ghana
Henry John Ricketts	1826	1827		Ghana
Hugh Lumley	1827	1828		Ghana
George Hingston	03/1828	06/1828		Ghana
Henry John Ricketts	r. 06/1828	06/1828		Ghana
John Jackson	1828	1830		Ghana
George Maclean	1830	1836		Ghana
William Topp	1836	1838		Ghana
George Maclean	r. 1838	1843		Ghana
To British Sierra Leone	1843	1874		Ghana
R. M. Worsley Hill	1843	1845	Governors of Crown Coloney of the Gold Coast.	Ghana
James Lelley	1845	1846		Ghana
William Winniett	1846	1849		Ghana
James Coleman Fitzpatrick	1849	1850		Ghana
Sir William Winniett	r. 1850	1850		Ghana
James Bannerman	1850	1851		Ghana
Stephen John HIll	1851	1854		Ghana
Henry Connor	1854	1857	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine	1857	1858		Ghana
Henry Bird	1858	1860	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Edward B. Andrews	1860	1862		Ghana
William A. Ross	04/1862	09/1862	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Richard Pine	1862	1865		Ghana
Rokeby Jones	1865	1865	Acting Governor.	Ghana
W. E. Mockler	1865	1865	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Edward Conran	1865	1867		Ghana
Herbert Taylor Ussher	1867	1872	Administrator	Ghana
John Pope Hennessy	1872	1872		Ghana
Charles Spencer Salmon	1872	1872	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Robert William Harley	1872	1873		Ghana
Harnet Joseph Wolseley	1873	1874		Ghana
James Maxwell	03/1874	03/1874	Acting Governor	Ghana
Charles Cameron Lees	03/1874	06/1874	Acting Governor	Ghana
George Cumine Strahan	1874	1876		Ghana
Charles Cameron Lees	r. 04/1876	12/1876	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sanford Freeling	1876	1878	Acting Governor in 1877.	Ghana
Charles Cameron Lees	rr. 1878	1879	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Herbert Taylor Ussher	r. 1879	1880		Ghana
William Brandford Griffith	1880	1881	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Samuel Rowe	1881	1884		Ghana
William A. G. Young	1884	1885		Ghana
Sir William Brandford Griffith	r. 1885	1895		Ghana
Sir William Edward Maxwell	1895	1897		Ghana
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson	1897	1900	Acting Governor in 1898.	Ghana
W. Low	08/1900	12/1900	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Matthew Nathan	1900	1904		Ghana
Herbert Bryan	02/1904	03/1904	Acting Governor.	Ghana
John Pickersgill Rodger	1904	1910		Ghana
Herbert Bryan	r. 09/1910	11/1910	Acting Governor.	Ghana
James Jamison Thorburn	1910	1912		Ghana
Herbert Bryan	rr. 06/1912	12/1912	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Hugh Clifford	1912	1919		Ghana
Alexander Ransford Slater	04/1919	10/1919	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Frederick Gordon Guggisberg	1919	1927		Ghana
Sir James Crawford Maxwell	04/1927	06/1927	Acting Governor.	Ghana
John Crawford Maxwell	06/1927	07/1927	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Alexander Ransford Slater	r. 1927	1932		Ghana
Geoffrey Northcote	04/1932	11/1932	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas	1932	1934		Ghana
Geoffrey Northcote	r. 05/1934	10/1934	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodgson	1934	1941		Ghana
George Ernest London	1941	1942	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns	1942	1947		Ghana
Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy	1948	1949		Ghana
Sir Robert Scott	02/1949	03/1949	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin	03/1949	06/1949	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Robert Scott	r. 06/1949	08/1949	Acting Governor.	Ghana
Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke	1949	06/1957	Governors-General	Ghana
William Francis Hare, Earl of Listowel	1957	1960	Governors-General	Ghana
To Republic of Ghana	1960	Present		Ghana

Footnotes
1. Kwaku Dua III was detained by the British colonial authorities in 1896, and sent to Sierra Leone under what was in effect arrest. He was later transferred to the Seychelles, but was allowed to return to his home in 1924. By the terms of his release, he was recognized as nothing more than the local chief of Kumasi, but the Asante people still accorded him sovereign honours.