Christiaan Lans

Christiaan Ernst Lans (12 September 1789 – 17 August 1843) was a soldier in the Royal Netherlands Army who eventually became the colonial head of the Dutch Gold Coast in 1834. He served until 1836 and returned to the Netherlands afterwards.[1]

Christiaan Ernst Lans
Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
16 March 1834  2 December 1836
MonarchWilliam I of the Netherlands
Preceded byMartinus Swarte
Succeeded byHendrik Tonneboeijer
Personal details
Born(1789-09-12)12 September 1789
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Died17 August 1843(1843-08-17) (aged 53)
Diepenveen, Netherlands

Lans was Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast when the ambitious George Maclean was Governor of the British Gold Coast. Lans tried to settle territorial disputes with the British in a peaceful manner. When he returned to the Netherlands in 1836, he was succeeded by the young and erratic Hendrik Tonneboeijer.[2]

Notes

  1. "Lans, Christiaan Ernst". GoldCoastDataBase. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. Van Dantzig 2013, pp. 220-221.

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