<P> This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Sir William St. John, 1621--1623 </Li> <Li> William Greenhill, 1660 </Li> <Li> Henry Nurse, 1685 </Li> <Li> John Bloome, 1691 </Li> <Li> Baggs, 1697--1701 </Li> <Li> Thomas Dalby, 1701--1708 </Li> <Li> Henry Meredith, died 1812 after being killed by locals . Author of' An Account of the Gold Coast of Africa: With a Brief History of the African Company .' </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sir William St. John, 1621--1623 </Li>

Who was the first governor of gold coast