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Christiaan Lans

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Christiaan Ernst Lans
Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
11 May 1833 – 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

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

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  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.

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