Christiaan Lans

Christiaan Ernst Lans
Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office 11 May 1833 – 2 December 1836
Monarch	William I of the Netherlands
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 (born 12 September 1789 – 17 August 1843) was a soldier in the Royal Netherlands Army who by royal decree of 2 December 1832 was appointed Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast.^[1] He took office on 11 May 1833 and served until 1836, upon which he returned to the Netherlands.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Notes

1. "Soldijregister van burgerlijke- en militaire ambtenaren: Christiaan Ernst Lans". nationaalarchief.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
2. "Soldijregister van burgerlijke- en militaire ambtenaren: Martinus Swarte". nationaalarchief.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
3. "Lans, Christiaan Ernst". GoldCoastDataBase. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
4. Van Dantzig 2013, pp. 220–221.

References

• Van Dantzig, Albert (2013). "The Ahanta 'Rebellion' of 1837". In Doortmont, Michel R.; Valsecchi, Pierluigi; Anquandah, James R. (eds.). The Ankobra Gold Route: Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch. Accra: The Ankobra Gold Route Project. ISBN 978-90-367-6210-6.