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 |
This page contains a list of Governors of Northern Rhodesia from 1924 to 1964.
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...
For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Zambia