Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone GCMG CVO OBE (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.
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.
[4] 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.
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.