Major Henry John Ricketts (died 1838) was an English soldier and administrator who served in the Royal African Corps in British West Africa.
Sir Neil Campbell had been appointed Governor of Sierra Leone, where he arrived in August.
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.
He was required to return to the Gold Coast in June of that year, to oversee the hand-over of forts to merchants, and to evacuate the garrison.
[5] These moves were part of Dixon Denham's efforts to obtain peace with the Ashanti Empire.