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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Hone was born in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. 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.<ref name=HDZ>{{cite book|editor-first=David J.|editor-last=Simon|editor2-first=James R.|editor2-last=Pletcher|editor3-first=Brian V.|editor3-last=Siegel|title=Historical Dictionary of Zambia|series=African Historical Dictionaries|volume=106|location=Metuchen, New Jersey|publisher=Scarecrow Press|edition=3rd|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5305-8|contribution=Hone, SIr Evelyn Dennison|pages=136–7}}</ref> | [[File:Evelyn Hone RollsRoyce.jpg|200px|thumbnail|left|1959: Sir Evelyn Hone's Rolls Royce parked outside [[Cabinet Office]].]] | ||
Hone was born in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. 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 | |||
[[File:Evelyn Hone College.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Evelyn Hone College]] in [[Lusaka]]. Source: Zambia Advisor]] | |||
relationship with [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and helped pave the way to [[Northern Rhodesia]] gaining independence as Zambia in October 1964.<ref name=HDZ>{{cite book|editor-first=David J.|editor-last=Simon|editor2-first=James R.|editor2-last=Pletcher|editor3-first=Brian V.|editor3-last=Siegel|title=Historical Dictionary of Zambia|series=African Historical Dictionaries|volume=106|location=Metuchen, New Jersey|publisher=Scarecrow Press|edition=3rd|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8108-5305-8|contribution=Hone, SIr Evelyn Dennison|pages=136–7}}</ref> | |||
The [[Evelyn Hone College]] in [[Lusaka]] was later named after him.<ref>[http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Evelyn_Hone_College_Closed Evelyn Hone College Closed]</ref> He died in September 1979.<ref>''African Affairs'', January 1980</ref> | The [[Evelyn Hone College]] in [[Lusaka]] was later named after him.<ref>[http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Evelyn_Hone_College_Closed Evelyn Hone College Closed]</ref> He died in September 1979.<ref>''African Affairs'', January 1980</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1911 births]] | [[Category:1911 births]] | ||
[[Category:1979 deaths]] | [[Category:1979 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Rhodesia]] | |||
[[Category:Zambian people of British descent]] | [[Category:Zambian people of British descent]] | ||
[[Category:White Rhodesian people]] | [[Category:White Rhodesian people]] | ||
[[Category:Governors of Northern Rhodesia]] | [[Category:Governors of Northern Rhodesia]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:07, 13 January 2023
Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone, GCMG, CVO, OBE (1911-1979) was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until Zambia's independence in 1964.
Life
1959: Sir Evelyn Hone's Rolls Royce parked outside Cabinet Office.
Hone was born in Salisbury (Harare), Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. 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.[1]
The Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka was later named after him.[2] He died in September 1979.[3]
References
- ↑ Lua error in ...ribunto/includes/engines/LuaCommon/lualib/mwInit.lua at line 23: bad argument #1 to 'old_ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Evelyn Hone College Closed
- ↑ African Affairs, January 1980
