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 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 | 22 June 1799 Zutphen, Netherlands |
| Died | 16 March 1833 (aged 33) Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast |
Biography
editEduard 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.
Notes
edit- ^ Almanak voor de Nederlandsche West-Indische bezittingen, en de kust van Guinea. Jaargang 1860. The Hague: De Gebroeders van Cleef. 1859.
- ^ "Soldijregister van burgerlijke- en militaire ambtenaren: Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen". nationaalarchief.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b Yarak 1990, p. 218.
- ^ "Soldijregister van burgerlijke- en militaire ambtenaren: Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen". nationaalarchief.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Yarak 1990, p. 81.
References
edit- Yarak, Larry W. (1990). Asante and the Dutch 1744-1873. Oxford: Clarendon Press.