Christiaan Lans

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

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]

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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