Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen

Eduard Daniel Leopold baron van Ingen (born 22 June 1799 – 16 March 1833) was a Dutch colonial administrator on the Gold Coast. He was interim commander from 1832 until his death on 16 March 1833.^[1]

Eduard Daniel Leopold van Ingen
Commander of the Dutch Gold Coast
ad interim
In office 2 July 1832 – 16 March 1833
Monarch	William I of the Netherlands
Preceded by	Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer
Succeeded by	Martinus Swarte
Personal details
Born	(1799-06-22)22 June 1799 Zutphen, Netherlands
Died	16 March 1833(1833-03-16) (aged 33) Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast

Biography

Eduard van Ingen was born in Zutphen to baron Antoni Lucas van Ingen, a captain in the Dutch army, and Elisabeth Louise Heckers.

Eduard van Ingen was appointed assistant on the Dutch Gold Coast by royal decree of 8 July 1828. He was promoted to resident on 1 July 1829.^[2] Van Ingen became acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast after the previous acting commander Jan Tieleman Jacobus Cremer died in office on 1 July 1832.^[3] Van Ingen took office on 2 July 1832.^[4]

After Kwadwo Akyampon died on 18 September 1832, Van Ingen sent the military commandant Reinier Klaassen to Kumasi to inform the Asantehene about his death.^[5]

Van Ingen himself also died in office on 16 March 1833, reportedly because of alcoholism.^[3] He was buried in the Dutch Cemetery of Elmina.