John Hope Smith
Male, Deceased Person
1817 –
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Who is John Hope Smith?
John Hope Smith was an English Colonial Head of the Gold Coast as Governor of the Committee of Merchants of the Gold Coast from 19 January 1817 until 27 March 1822.
"Respectably born and educated", John Hope Smith, aged fourteen, was placed by his father as a writer at Cape Coast Castle. He was appointed to be Governor in Chief of the Gold Coast aged 30. Disagreements with Charles MacCarthy led to his resignation. A cold caught in Paris led to his early death aged forty-four.
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