Evelyn Dennison Hone

Sir
Evelyn Hone
GCMG, CVO, OBE
Governor of Northern Rhodesia
In office
22 April 1959 – 24 October 1964
Preceded by Sir Arthur Benson
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born Evelyn Dennison Hone
1911
Died 1979 (aged 68)

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone, GCMG, CVO, OBE (1911-1979) was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until Zambia's independence in 1964.

Early life

Hone was born into the Hone family in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Percy Hone and Edith Frances Monro.[1] He was the nephew of Rt. Rev. Campbell Hone and the grandson of Ven. Richard Hone.[2]

Career

After studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Hone entered the Colonial Service and served in Tanganyika Territory, the Seychelles, Palestine, British Honduras and Aden. Chief secretary to the Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1957 to 1959, he himself became Governor in 1959. Quickly beginning talks with African nationalists, he developed a good working relationship with Kenneth Kaunda and helped pave the way to Northern Rhodesia gaining independence as Zambia in October 1964.[3]

The Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka was later named after him.[4] He died in September 1979.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lundy, The Peerage.
  2. ↑ Lundy, The Peerage.
  3. ↑ Simon, David J.; Pletcher, James R.; Siegel, Brian V., eds. (2008). "Hone, SIr Evelyn Dennison". Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries. 106 (3rd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. pp. 136–7. ISBN 978-0-8108-5305-8.
  4. ↑ Evelyn Hone College Closed
  5. ↑ African Affairs, January 1980


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