Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe

Hendrik Adriaan Mouwe (born 9 March 1799 – 11 February 1824) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as acting commander of the Dutch Gold Coast.

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.

[1] 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.