Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen | |
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Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
ad interim | |
In office 2 July 1832 – 16 March 1833 | |
Monarch | William I of the Netherlands |
Preceded by | Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer |
Succeeded by | Martinus Swarte |
Personal details | |
Born | Zutphen, Netherlands | 22 June 1799
Died | 16 March 1833 Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast | (aged 33)
Eduard Daniel Leopold baron van Ingen (born 22 June 1799 – 16 March 1833) was a Dutch colonial administrator on the Gold Coast. He was interim commander from 1832 until his death on 16 March 1833. [1]
Eduard van Ingen was born in Zutphen to baron Antoni Lucas van Ingen, a captain in the Dutch army, and Elisabeth Louise Heckers.
Eduard van Ingen was appointed assistant on the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree of 8 July 1828. He was promoted to resident on 1 July 1829. [2] Van Ingen became acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast after the previous acting commander Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer died in office on 1 July 1832. [3] Van Ingen took office on 2 July 1832. [4]
After Kwadwo Akyampon died on 18 September 1832, Van Ingen sent the military commandant Reinier Klaassen to Kumasi to inform the Asantehene about his death. [5]
Van Ingen himself also died in office on 16 March 1833, reportedly because of alcoholism. [3] He was buried in the Dutch Cemetery of Elmina.
Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen | |
---|---|
Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast | |
ad interim | |
In office 2 July 1832 – 16 March 1833 | |
Monarch | William I of the Netherlands |
Preceded by | Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer |
Succeeded by | Martinus Swarte |
Personal details | |
Born | Zutphen, Netherlands | 22 June 1799
Died | 16 March 1833 Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast | (aged 33)
Eduard Daniel Leopold baron van Ingen (born 22 June 1799 – 16 March 1833) was a Dutch colonial administrator on the Gold Coast. He was interim commander from 1832 until his death on 16 March 1833. [1]
Eduard van Ingen was born in Zutphen to baron Antoni Lucas van Ingen, a captain in the Dutch army, and Elisabeth Louise Heckers.
Eduard van Ingen was appointed assistant on the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree of 8 July 1828. He was promoted to resident on 1 July 1829. [2] Van Ingen became acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast after the previous acting commander Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer died in office on 1 July 1832. [3] Van Ingen took office on 2 July 1832. [4]
After Kwadwo Akyampon died on 18 September 1832, Van Ingen sent the military commandant Reinier Klaassen to Kumasi to inform the Asantehene about his death. [5]
Van Ingen himself also died in office on 16 March 1833, reportedly because of alcoholism. [3] He was buried in the Dutch Cemetery of Elmina.