He tackled with remarkable success the prevalent problems of slavery, panyarring and appointed a judicial assessor in 1843. He was able to negotiate a deal with the Ashantis on 27th April 1831. This was the time when Britain had soured on the colony. George Mclean was hired by the Committee of Merchants as President, not Governor as he did not represent the British Crown (though he presented himself as Governor of His Britannic Majesty's Settlements on the Gold Coast and received a rebuke from the Colonial Office for this).įrom the British point of view, the period between 18 was the most shining part of his career in the Gold Coast as he was able to extend the limits of British influence.
CAPTAIN GEORGE FULL
However, British merchants on the coast were determined to stay. A full figure bronze statue of Captain George Vancouver stands on the north side of City Hall, pointing towards Vancouver harbour and holding a partially. Shortly after the Battle of Dodowa in 1826, the British government decided to withdraw from the Gold Coast, without seeming to retreat as they had determined before then that earlier Ashanti invasions to the coast made the forts too costly to maintain. George is reported to have accompanied Colonel Lumley to the Gold Coast as military secretary. Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 ) was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 179195 expedition, which explored and charted North Americas northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Captain George Maclean 1830-1847: Regarded as the seminal builder of the Gold Coast Colony which preceded modern Ghana, Captain George Maclean was born on 24th February 1801 and was an officer in the Royal African Company Corps.
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