Governor of Northern Rhodesia
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This page contains a list of Governors of Northern Rhodesia from 1924 to 1964.
Governor of Northern Rhodesia | |
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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.[1] 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 |
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1 April 1924 | 25 July 1927 | Sir Herbert Stanley (1872–1955) |
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25 July 1927 | 31 August 1927 | Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode (1873–1953) |
Acting |
31 August 1927 | 1 December 1932 | Sir James Maxwell (1869–1932) |
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1 December 1932 | 7 January 1935 | Sir Ronald Storrs (1881–1955) |
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7 January 1935 | July 1938 | Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young (1885–1950) |
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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) |
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16 October 1947 | 19 February 1948 | Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley (1899–1981) |
Acting |
19 February 1948 | 8 March 1954 | Sir Gilbert Rennie (1895–1981) |
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8 March 1954 | 25 May 1954 | Alexander Thomas Williams (1903–1984) |
Acting |
25 May 1954 | 22 April 1959 | Sir Arthur Benson (1907–1987) |
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22 April 1959 | 24 October 1964 | Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone (1911–1979) |
For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Zambia
See also
References
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- ↑ Northern Rhodesia Order in Council, 1924