Governor of Northern Rhodesia

This page contains a list of Governors of Northern Rhodesia from 1924 to 1964.

Governor of Northern Rhodesia
Coat of arms of Northern Rhodesia
Style	His Excellency The Right Honourable
Appointer	King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Formation	1 April 1924
First holder	The Rt Hon. Herbert Stanley
Final holder	The Rt Hon. Evelyn Dennison Hone
Abolished	24 October 1964

Establishment of the office

The office of the Governor of Northern Rhodesia was established on 20 February 1924, when the Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1924 was adopted. It provided that:

In place of the Administrator for whose appointment provision is made by the Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1911, there shall be a Governor and Commander in Chief in and over Northern Rhodesia...

Governors of Northern Rhodesia (1924–1964)

Took office	Left office	Name (Birth–Death)	Comments
1 April 1924	25 July 1927	Sir Herbert Stanley (1872–1955)
25 July 1927	31 August 1927	Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode (1873–1953)	Acting
31 August 1927	1 December 1932	Sir James Maxwell (1869–1932)
1 December 1932	7 January 1935	Sir Ronald Storrs (1881–1955)
7 January 1935	July 1938	Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young (1885–1950)
1 September 1938	9 April 1941	Sir John Maybin (1889–1941)	Died in office
9 April 1941	16 October 1941	William Marston Logan (1889–1968)	Acting
16 October 1941	16 October 1947	Sir John Waddington (1890–1957)
16 October 1947	19 February 1948	Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley (1899–1981)	Acting
19 February 1948	8 March 1954	Sir Gilbert Rennie (1895–1981)
8 March 1954	25 May 1954	Alexander Thomas Williams (1903–1984)	Acting
25 May 1954	22 April 1959	Sir Arthur Benson (1907–1987)
22 April 1959	24 October 1964	Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone (1911–1979)

For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Zambia

See also

• List of Presidents of Zambia
• Prime Minister of Zambia