Cornelis Nagtglas

Cornelis Nagtglas
Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office 15 May 1869 – 8 June 1871
Monarch	William III of the Netherlands
Preceded by	George Pieter Willem Boers
Succeeded by	Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholtz
In office 9 September 1857 – 23 June 1862
Monarch	William III of the Netherlands
Preceded by	Jules van den Bossche
Succeeded by	Henry Alexander Elias
Personal details
Born	(1814-05-16)16 May 1814 Utrecht, Netherlands
Died	19 January 1897(1897-01-19) (aged 82) Harderwijk, Netherlands
Spouse(s)	Anna Abraba Smith (1856–1862) Wilhelmina Michell (1862–1897)

Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas (born 16 May 1814 – 19 January 1897) was a Dutch politician and civil servant, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast. After originally beginning his career at the advanced age of 36, he was promoted through the ranks to eventually become Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast in 1858. He retired to the Netherlands in 1862, but returned to the Gold Coast as governor in 1869, to restore order in the embattled colony. In 1871, he left the Gold Coast again, one year before the transfer of the colony to the United Kingdom.