Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe


Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast.

Biography

Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe was born in Amsterdam to Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe senior and Johanna Harbers. He was baptised on 24 March 1799 in the Westerkerk in Amsterdam.
He was appointed assistant on the Dutch Gold Coast in 1817 and promoted to commandant of Fort Saint Anthony in Axim on 5 September 1821. He became acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast on 27 June 1823. He remained in office until his death on 11 February 1824.