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Henry Ricketts
Major Henry John Ricketts (died 1838) was an English soldier and administrator who served in the Royal African Corps in British West Africa. Life Ricketts was a survivor of the Battle of Nsamankow in 1824, where Sir Charles MacCarthy was defeated. Ricketts was Governor of the Gold Coast 15 November 1826 – 11 October 1827, and 5 June 1828 – 25 June 1828. This was the period of the First Anglo-Ashanti War, which took place in the years 1824 to 1831. Ricketts describes the circumstances of his first appointment in his account of that war. Charles Turner, the previous Governor, had died in March 1826. Sir Neil Campbell had been appointed Governor of Sierra Leone, where he arrived in August. He sailed on in HMS ''Lively'', and arrived in September on the Gold Coast. A battle had been fought at Dodowa Forest. Campbell disembarked at Cape Coast Castle, and gave Edward Purdon, who had earlier served as Governor and was acting in the post, leave to return to the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Nsamankow
The Battle of Nsamankow was a battle between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire that took place in 1824 as part of the First Anglo-Ashanti War. The British force under Charles MacCarthy was defeated by an Ashanti force. Background In late 1823, following the disagreements between the Fante and the Ashantis, the British declared war on the king of the Ashanti; after organising the defences of Cape Coast, MacCarthy set out with an expedition of some 80 men of the Royal African Colonial Corps (RACC), 170 men of the Cape Coast Militia, and 240 Fanti tribesmen under their local chiefs. He was accompanied by a captain and an ensign of the 2nd West India Regiment, as aides-de-camp, a surgeon of the same regiment, and J. T. Williams, his colonial secretary. This was not the only part of his force; three other groups of infantry were in the region, one of 600 regulars of the RACC and 3,000 native levies, one of 100 regulars and militia and 2,000 levies (under Major Alexander G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
