Evelyn Hone Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Evelyn Dennison Hone
Honorific-Suffix:GCMG, CVO, OBE
Office:Governor of Northern Rhodesia
Term Start:22 April 1959
Term End:24 October 1964
Predecessor:Sir Arthur Benson
Successor:Kenneth Kaunda as President of Zambia
Birthname:Evelyn Dennison Hone
Birth Date:13 December 1911
Birth Place:Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Death Place:Lusaka, Zambia

Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone (13 December 1911[1] – 18 September 1979)[2] was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until it gained its independence as Zambia in 1964.

Early life

Hone was born into the Hone family in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. He was the son of Arthur Rickman Hone, the Chief Magistrate in Southern Rhodesia, and Olive Gertrude Fairbridge Scanlen, the daughter of Sir Thomas Scanlen.[3] He was the nephew of Rt. Rev. Campbell Hone and the great-grandson of Ven. Richard Hone.[4]

Career

After studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Hone entered the Colonial Service. He served in the Tanganyika Territory, Seychelles, Palestine, British Honduras, and Aden. He was chief secretary to the Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1957 to 1959, became governor himself in 1959. Quickly beginning talks with African nationalists, he developed a good working relationship with Kenneth Kaunda and helped pave the way for Northern Rhodesia to gain independence as Zambia in October 1964.[5]

The Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka was later named after him.[6] He died in September 1979.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South African Who's who. 1957.
  2. Web site: Search results . www.google.com.
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p68655.htm#i686550?title=Darryl Lundy, The Peerage.
  4. http://www.thepeerage.com/p62589.htm#i625886?title=Darryl Lundy, The Peerage.
  5. Book: David J.. Simon. James R.. Pletcher. Brian V.. Siegel. Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries. 106. Metuchen, New Jersey. Scarecrow Press. 3rd. 2008. 978-0-8108-5305-8. Hone, SIr Evelyn Dennison. 136–7.
  6. http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Evelyn_Hone_College_Closed Evelyn Hone College Closed
  7. African Affairs, January 1980