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'''John van der Puije''' (18 March 1848 – 12 September 1925) was a [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] merchant, newspaper publisher, traditional ruler and politician.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web| |
'''John van der Puije''' (18 March 1848 – 12 September 1925) was a [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] merchant, newspaper publisher, traditional ruler and politician.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last1=Vanderpuye |first1=J. O. |date= |title=van der Puije, John, 1848-1925, Anglican Communion, Ghana |url=https://dacb.org/stories/ghana/van-der-puije/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-11-17 |website=Dictionary of African Christian Biography}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muR8AQAACAAJ&q=A+Political+History+of+Ghana,+1850-1928|title=A Political History of Ghana: The Rise of Gold Coast Nationalism; 1850 - 1928|last1=Kimble|first1=David|date=1965|publisher=Clarendon Press|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LV5KAAAAIAAJ&q=A+Summary+History+of+the+Ghana+Press,+1822-1960|title=A Summary History of the Ghana Press, 1822-1960|last1=Jones-Quartey|first1=K. A. B.|date=1974|publisher=Ghana Information Services Department|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopaedia Africana: Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes)|last=|first=|publisher=Reference Publications Inc.|year=1977|isbn=|editor-last=Ofosu-Appiah|editor-first=L. H.|edition=Ethiopia-Ghana|volume=One|location=New York|pages=}}</ref> Between 1894 and 1904, he was appointed a member of the [[Parliament of Ghana|Legislative Council]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gold Coast Legislative Council Minutes, 1894-1904|last=|first=|publisher=Ghana National Archives|year=|isbn=|location=Accra|pages=}}</ref> He was also instrumental in the re-introduction of the [[Anglican Communion]] and [[United Grand Lodge of England|English Freemasonry]] to the colony. He also lobbied the British colonial government to have greater African representation in the civil service in the late nineteenth century. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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John van der Puije was born in Ussher Town, [[Accra]] on 18 March 1848 to Jacobus van der Puije, a [[Gold Coast Euro-Africans|Euro-African]] and Naa Karley Ankrah, of the royal house of Otublohum or |
John van der Puije was born in Ussher Town, [[Accra]] on 18 March 1848 to Jacobus van der Puije, a [[Gold Coast Euro-Africans|Euro-African]] and Naa Karley Ankrah, of the royal house of Otublohum or Otu's Quarter.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturalencyclopaedia.org/the-vanderpuije-s-family-house-entry|title=The Vanderpuije's Family House • Cultural Encyclopaedia|website=www.culturalencyclopaedia.org|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was [[Jacobus van der Puije]] (1754–1781), a Dutch administrator who served as the governor of the [[Dutch Gold Coast]] in its capital, [[Elmina]] in 1780.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/jacobus_van%20der%20puije|title=Jacobus van der Puije|last=|first=|date=|website=www.myheritage.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=_Van+der+puije&name_x=1_1|title=Van Der Puije - Ancestry.com|website=www.ancestry.com|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=basZAAAAYAAJ|title=The Pen-pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison: A Collective Biography of Elite Society in the Gold Coast Colony|last1=Hutchison|first1=Charles Francis|last2=Doortmont|first2=Michel|date=2005|publisher=Brill|isbn=9789004140974|language=en|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083313/https://books.google.com/books?id=basZAAAAYAAJ|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> John van der Puije attended the Accra Wesleyan School and the [[Dutch government school of Elmina|Dutch School for mulatto children]] at the [[Elmina Castle]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> |
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== Business and journalism == |
== Business and journalism == |
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He became a general commodities merchant after completing his education.<ref name=":2" /> He was also involved in the [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] trade.<ref name=":2" /> For a time, he was active in commerce in the eastern banks of the Volta River among the [[Anlo Ewe]] people.<ref name=":2" /> As his trade expanded, the paramount chief of Anlo Traditional Area made him one of his emissaries by to the British [[List of governors of the Gold Coast|Governor]], [[William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator)|William Brandford Griffith]] who ruled the Gold Coast at various points between 1885 and 1894. His commercial interests took him to England few times. In 1892, while in Britain he received commission from the Liverpool-based company, ''Messrs. J. J. Fischer and Co. Ltd'' to set up a subsidiary in Ghana. The firm thrived in the Gold Coast colony and was tasked by a different English firm, ''Messrs. Pickering and Berthoud Ltd.'' to open a local branch on the Gold Coast.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> |
He became a general commodities merchant after completing his education.<ref name=":2" /> He was also involved in the [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] trade.<ref name=":2" /> For a time, he was active in commerce in the eastern banks of the Volta River among the [[Anlo Ewe]] people.<ref name=":2" /> As his trade expanded, the paramount chief of Anlo Traditional Area made him one of his emissaries by to the British [[List of governors of the Gold Coast|Governor]], [[William Brandford Griffith (colonial administrator)|William Brandford Griffith]] who ruled the Gold Coast at various points between 1885 and 1894. His commercial interests took him to England few times. In 1892, while in Britain he received commission from the Liverpool-based company, ''Messrs. J. J. Fischer and Co. Ltd'' to set up a subsidiary in Ghana. The firm thrived in the Gold Coast colony and was tasked by a different English firm, ''Messrs. Pickering and Berthoud Ltd.'' to open a local branch on the Gold Coast.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> |
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He co-founded the ''Gold Coast Chronicle'' in 1880, together with his brother, Isaac van der Puije, an Accra merchant and member of the Legislative Council from 1893 to 1898, J. H. Cheetham, Timothy Laing, and the Pan-Africanist, [[J. E. Casely Hayford]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> John van der Puije chaired the |
He co-founded the ''Gold Coast Chronicle'' in 1880, together with his brother, Isaac van der Puije, an Accra merchant and member of the Legislative Council from 1893 to 1898, J. H. Cheetham, Timothy Laing, and the Pan-Africanist, [[J. E. Casely Hayford]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> John van der Puije chaired the newspaper's board.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> |
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== Chieftaincy and politics == |
== Chieftaincy and politics == |
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He was enstooled the divisional chief of Otublohum, in Ussher Town Accra, of the Ga State on 12 September 1888. He was appointed the Eastern Province Representative |
He was enstooled the divisional chief of Otublohum, in Ussher Town Accra, of the Ga State on 12 September 1888. He was appointed the Eastern Province Representative to the governing body of the [[Gold Coast Aborigines' Rights Protection Society|Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society]] (ARPS).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> After [[John Mensah Sarbah]] died in 1892, the English Governor, William Brandford Griffith selected John van der Puije as his replacement on the Gold Coast Legislative Council on 15 May 1894. In 1897, together with the African members of the Legislative Council and ARPS, he campaigned against the Lands Bill that would have expropriated indigenous land that was hitherto governed by the land tenure system. A coalition of local newspapers coordinated the opposition to the bill, culminating in a petition by a group of nationalists, including major financier, [[Jacob Wilson Sey]] to the then [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] in London, [[Joseph Chamberlain]], who served in this position from 1895 to 1903.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyXZi1nNAGcC&q=jacob+wilson+sey&pg=PA81|title=Kwame Nkrumah: A Case Study of Religion and Politics in Ghana|last1=Addo|first1=Ebenezer Obiri|date=1999|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=9780761813187|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-wilson-sey-first-gold-coast.html|title=Jacob Wilson Sey: The First Gold Coast Millionaire, Nationalist and First Financier Of Ghana's Independence and the President Of Aborigine's Right Protection Society (ARPS)|website=Jacob Wilson Sey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425185837/http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-wilson-sey-first-gold-coast.html|archive-date=25 April 2017|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghanaculture.gov.gh/index1.php?linkid=337&adate=03/03/2007&archiveid=495&page=1|title=National Commission on Culture|website=ghanaculture.gov.gh|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528000941/http://www.ghanaculture.gov.gh/index1.php?linkid=337&adate=03%2F03%2F2007&archiveid=495&page=1|archive-date=28 May 2018|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref> |
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From 1901 to 1903, John van der Puije was elected a member of the Accra Town Council.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> He stepped down from his position on the Legislative Council in 1904 on account of illness.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> The president of ARPS at the time, J. P. Brown was appointed by the colonial governor to succeed van der Puije in the Legislative Council.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> |
From 1901 to 1903, John van der Puije was elected a member of the Accra Town Council.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> He stepped down from his position on the Legislative Council in 1904 on account of illness.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" /> The president of ARPS at the time, J. P. Brown was appointed by the colonial governor to succeed van der Puije in the Legislative Council.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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John van der Puije died on 12 September 1925 in Accra. |
John van der Puije died on 12 September 1925 in Accra.<ref name=":2" /> |
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== References == |
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John van der Puije (18 March 1848 – 12 September 1925) was a Gold Coast merchant, newspaper publisher, traditional ruler and politician.[1][2][3][4] Between 1894 and 1904, he was appointed a member of the Legislative Council.[5] He was also instrumental in the re-introduction of the Anglican Communion and English Freemasonry to the colony. He also lobbied the British colonial government to have greater African representation in the civil service in the late nineteenth century.
Early life and education
[edit]John van der Puije was born in Ussher Town, Accra on 18 March 1848 to Jacobus van der Puije, a Euro-African and Naa Karley Ankrah, of the royal house of Otublohum or Otu's Quarter.[1][4][6] His paternal grandfather was Jacobus van der Puije (1754–1781), a Dutch administrator who served as the governor of the Dutch Gold Coast in its capital, Elmina in 1780.[7][8][9] John van der Puije attended the Accra Wesleyan School and the Dutch School for mulatto children at the Elmina Castle.[1][4]
Business and journalism
[edit]He became a general commodities merchant after completing his education.[1] He was also involved in the cocoa trade.[1] For a time, he was active in commerce in the eastern banks of the Volta River among the Anlo Ewe people.[1] As his trade expanded, the paramount chief of Anlo Traditional Area made him one of his emissaries by to the British Governor, William Brandford Griffith who ruled the Gold Coast at various points between 1885 and 1894. His commercial interests took him to England few times. In 1892, while in Britain he received commission from the Liverpool-based company, Messrs. J. J. Fischer and Co. Ltd to set up a subsidiary in Ghana. The firm thrived in the Gold Coast colony and was tasked by a different English firm, Messrs. Pickering and Berthoud Ltd. to open a local branch on the Gold Coast.[1][4]
He co-founded the Gold Coast Chronicle in 1880, together with his brother, Isaac van der Puije, an Accra merchant and member of the Legislative Council from 1893 to 1898, J. H. Cheetham, Timothy Laing, and the Pan-Africanist, J. E. Casely Hayford.[1][4] John van der Puije chaired the newspaper's board.[1][4]
Chieftaincy and politics
[edit]He was enstooled the divisional chief of Otublohum, in Ussher Town Accra, of the Ga State on 12 September 1888. He was appointed the Eastern Province Representative to the governing body of the Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society (ARPS).[1][4] After John Mensah Sarbah died in 1892, the English Governor, William Brandford Griffith selected John van der Puije as his replacement on the Gold Coast Legislative Council on 15 May 1894. In 1897, together with the African members of the Legislative Council and ARPS, he campaigned against the Lands Bill that would have expropriated indigenous land that was hitherto governed by the land tenure system. A coalition of local newspapers coordinated the opposition to the bill, culminating in a petition by a group of nationalists, including major financier, Jacob Wilson Sey to the then Secretary of State for the Colonies in London, Joseph Chamberlain, who served in this position from 1895 to 1903.[2][3][10][11][12]
From 1901 to 1903, John van der Puije was elected a member of the Accra Town Council.[2][3] He stepped down from his position on the Legislative Council in 1904 on account of illness.[1][4] The president of ARPS at the time, J. P. Brown was appointed by the colonial governor to succeed van der Puije in the Legislative Council.[3][2]
Freemasonry and Anglicanism
[edit]In 1891, he was installed a Freemason in England. He was a member of the Royal Victorian Lodge in Accra. He switched from the Methodist Church to the Church of England.[1][4] He persuaded the Anglican church to return to the Gold Coast in 1906 after a century and half of dormancy.[1][4]
Death
[edit]John van der Puije died on 12 September 1925 in Accra.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Vanderpuye, J. O. "van der Puije, John, 1848-1925, Anglican Communion, Ghana". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d Kimble, David (1965). A Political History of Ghana: The Rise of Gold Coast Nationalism; 1850 - 1928. Clarendon Press.
- ^ a b c d Jones-Quartey, K. A. B. (1974). A Summary History of the Ghana Press, 1822-1960. Ghana Information Services Department.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ofosu-Appiah, L. H., ed. (1977). The Encyclopaedia Africana: Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Vol. One (Ethiopia-Ghana ed.). New York: Reference Publications Inc.
- ^ Gold Coast Legislative Council Minutes, 1894-1904. Accra: Ghana National Archives.
- ^ "The Vanderpuije's Family House • Cultural Encyclopaedia". www.culturalencyclopaedia.org. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Jacobus van der Puije". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Van Der Puije - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Hutchison, Charles Francis; Doortmont, Michel (2005). The Pen-pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison: A Collective Biography of Elite Society in the Gold Coast Colony. Brill. ISBN 9789004140974. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Addo, Ebenezer Obiri (1999). Kwame Nkrumah: A Case Study of Religion and Politics in Ghana. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761813187.
- ^ "Jacob Wilson Sey: The First Gold Coast Millionaire, Nationalist and First Financier Of Ghana's Independence and the President Of Aborigine's Right Protection Society (ARPS)". Jacob Wilson Sey. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "National Commission on Culture". ghanaculture.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.