William Hutton (colonial administrator)

He also served briefly in the British foreign service in the Ashanti Empire and as Commandant of St Mary's Island, the Gambia.

In January 1820, Hutton was part of a British party that received Adum, the nephew of the King of Ashanti, at Cape Coast.

Eleven Bathurst merchants had agreed to send goods up the river, provided Hutton could make satisfactory local treaties.

On 11 April 1829, he agreed to pay £50 to the chief of Kantalikunda if he allowed Bathurst merchants to set up houses and factories in the town.

It stated that in return for an annual payment of £200, the King would grant the British full access to and sovereignty over Fattatenda and 100 acres of land surrounding it.