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.
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sir William St John | 1621 | 1623 |
| | William Greenhill | 1660 | Unknown |
 | Henry Greenhill | 1680 | 1685 |
| | Henry Nurse | 1685 | 1695 |
| | John Bloome | 1691 | 1697 |
| | Baggs | 1697 | 1701 |
| | Sir Dalby Thomas | 1703 | 1711 |
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Thomas Melvil | 23 June 1751 | 23 January 1756 |
| | William Tymewell | 23 January 1756 | 17 February 1756 |
| | Charles Bell | 17 February 1756 | 15 October 1757 |
| | Nassau Senior | 15 October 1757 | 10 May 1761 |
| | Charles Bell | 10 May 1761 | 15 August 1763 |
| | William Mutter | 15 August 1763 | 1 March 1766 |
| | John Hippersley | 1 March 1766 | 11 August 1766 |
| | Gilbert Petrie | 11 August 1766 | 21 April 1769 |
| | John Crossle | 21 April 1769 | 11 August 1770 |
| | Richard Miles | 20 January 1777 | 25 March 1780 |
| | John Roberts | 25 March 1780 | 20 May 1781 |
| | John B. Weuves | 20 May 1781 | 29 April 1782 |
| | Richard Miles | 29 April 1782 | 29 January 1784 |
| | James Morgue | 29 January 1784 | 24 January 1787 |
| | Thomas Price | 24 January 1787 | 27 April 1787 |
| | Thomas Morris | 27 April 1787 | 20 June 1789 |
| | William Fielde | 20 June 1789 | 15 November 1791 |
| | John Gordon | 15 November 1791 | 31 March 1792 |
 | Archibald Dalzel | 31 March 1792 | 16 December 1798 |
| | Jacob Mould | 16 December 1798 | 4 January 1799 |
| | John Gordon | 4 January 1799 | 28 April 1800 |
| | Archibald Dalzel | 28 April 1800 | 30 September 1802 |
| | Jacob Mould | 30 September 1802 | 8 February 1805 |
| | George Torrane | 8 February 1805 | 4 December 1807 |
| | Edward White | 4 December 1807 | 21 April 1816 |
| | Joseph Dawson | 21 April 1816 | 19 January 1817 |
| | John Hope Smith | 19 January 1817 | 27 March 1822 |
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.
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