Hone family

The Hone family is an Anglo-Irish art, cricket and political dynasty dating back to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland when Samuel Hone arrived with the Parliamentary army.^[1][2] The family is originally of Dutch extraction although the Hones did live in England.^[3]

Nathaniel Hone the Elder (a self-portrait before 1784).

History

The earliest documented ancestor of the Hones was Galyon Hone (fl. 1492-1526)^[4], a Flemish artist who moved to England and became glazier to King Henry VII of England.^[5][6]

Artists

Nathaniel Hone the Elder, RA

Nathaniel Hone the Elder was one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.

Nathaniel Hone the Elder (a self-portrait circa 1760).

Nathaniel Hone the Younger, RHA

Nathaniel Hone the Younger was an artist and the great-great-nephew of Nathaniel Hone the Elder.

Evie Hone, RHA

Evie Hone was a stained glass artist who worked with Mainie Jellett.

Evie Hone by Hilda van Stockum.

Leland Bardwell

Leland Bardwell, née Hone, was a novelist, poet and playwright.

Joseph Hone

Joseph Hone was an author who specialised in spy novels.

Joseph Maunsel Hone

Joseph Maunsel Hone was the biographer of W. B. Yeats and an historian.

Political figures

Sir Evelyn Hone

Sir Evelyn Hone was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia from 1959-1964.

Sir Evelyn Hone as Governor of Northern Rhodesia.

Major-General Sir Herbert (Ralph) Hone

Sir Ralph Hone was Governor of North Borneo from 1950-1954. He was a recipient of the Military Cross.

Clergymen

Ven Richard Hone

Richard Hone was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1849–1881.

Rt Rev Campbell Hone

Campbell Hone was Bishop of Pontefract from 1931-1938 and Bishop of Wakefield from 1938-1945.

Sportsmen

The family has many famous sportsmen (all of whom took up cricket). These are Jeffery Hone, Leland Hone, Pat Hone, Thomas Hone, William Hone and William Hone Junior.

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