Thomas Spurgeon Page

Thomas Spurgeon Page
Speaker of the Legislative Council
Nyengo: 1948–1956
Kupokela	Post created
Kuwiska na	Thomas Williams
Member of the Legislative Council for North-Eastern
Nyengo: 1941–1948
Kupokela	Seat created
Kuwiska na	Frank Robertson
Member of the Legislative Council for Eastern
Nyengo: 1938–1941
Kupokela	John Bruce
Kuwiska na	Seat abolished
Umoyo wamunthu
Kubabika	19 December 1879 Newington, United Kingdom
Kufwa	10 February 1958(1958-02-10) (vyaka vikaŵa 78) Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia

Sir Thomas Spurgeon Page CBE (19 Okutobala 1879  -10 February 1958) wakaŵa ndyali wa ku Northern Rhodesia uyo wakaŵa membala wa Legislative Council ndipo wakaŵa Speaker wakwamba.^[1]

Mbili

Page wakababikira ku Newington mu Surrey kwa Thomas na Louisa Page; banja ili pakwamba likakhalanga ku Croydon, pambere ŵandalute ku Sutton. Mubali uyu wakaŵa mwana wakwamba pa ŵana 6, ndipo wakasambiranga pa sukulu ya City of London.^[2][3] Wakati waleka sukulu apo wakaŵa na vyaka 15, wakagwiranga nchito mu ofesi ya adada ŵake. Wakati wacita uteŵeti wa ku mpingo wa Baptist ku Sutton, wakasamira ku Nyasaland mu 1899.^[3][2] Pakwamba wakaŵa ku Cholo, uko ŵakamuthya zina lakuti 'Chintali' chifukwa cha utali wake wa mamita 1.88. Apo wakaŵa ku Nyasaland wakasambira kuyowoya ciyowoyero ca Chewa. Mu 1901, Page wakawelera ku England cifukwa ca kulwara maleriya, kweni wakawelera ku Africa, ndipo mu 1907 wakaluta ku Fort Jameson ku Northern Rhodesia kuti wakaŵe na mudumbu wake Grace na mfumu wake pa mulimo wa kulima kotoni na hona.

Pa 4 June 1910, Page wakatorana na Elsie Harris ku Salisbury mu Southern Rhodesia. Caka cakulondezgapo, mbumba iyi yikapanga famu yawo pa malo ghambura kupangika, ndipo yikacemeka Kapundi. Ŵakababa ŵana ŵaŵiri ŵasungwana, mu 1911 na 1913. Mu nyengo ya Nkhondo Yakwamba ya Caru Cose, wakaŵa kutali na Northern Rhodesia kwa vilimika vitatu, pakwamba wakateŵeteranga na Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve ndipo wakakhala pafupi na Fort Johnston, pambere wandanjire gulu la Nyasaland Field Force, ilo wakazgoka kapiteni. Nkhondo yikati yamara, ŵakamuphalira kuti wagwirenge nchito pa famu ya hona ya Msekera, iyo yikaŵa pa mtunda wa makilomita ghankhondi na ghatatu kufuma ku Fort Jameson. Pakati pajumpha vyaka vya m'ma 1920 wakamba kugwira nchito yakupakira hona, ndipo wakagwiranga nchito iyi mpaka mu 1932, apo wakambiska bizinesi yakunyamura katundu na magalimoto pakati pa Northern Rhodesia na Salisbury. Muwoli wake wakafwa mu Febuluwale 1935.

Mu September 1935, Page wakaluta ku mpando wa Eastern, kweni wakathereskeka na John Bruce. Wakalutaso ku mavoti mu 1938, ndipo nyengo iyi wakathereska mpando uwu na kuŵa mu wupu wa malango. Mu 1939 wakagura nyumba ku Fort Jameson ndipo wakaŵa mulembi wa wupu wa Eastern Tobacco Board na wa wupu wa ŵalimi. Mu 1941 wakaluta ku North-Eastern ndipo wakasoleka. Chaka chakulondezgapo, Page wakasankhika kuŵa mulaŵiliri wa mitengo na mafuta ku Northern Rhodesia, ndipo wakakhala pa udindo uwu mpaka mu 1948 na 1945. Cifukwa ca nchito yake yiphya, wakeneranga kusamira ku Lusaka. Mu Malici 1943, wakatoraso Edith Mortlock kuŵa muwoli wake. Mu 1944, wakathereskeka na Grant Robertson.

Mu 1948, Page wakakana kusankhika, kweni pa Novembala 10, wakasankhika kuŵa mulara wakwamba wa Nyumba ya Malamulo.^[4] Ŵakati ŵamuŵika kuŵa mulara wa ŵasilikari mu 1947, mu 1956 ŵakamuŵika kuŵa mulara wa ŵasilikari chifukwa cha kuteŵetera ŵanthu. Mu Okutobala chaka chenechichi, wakafumapo pa udindo wake.

Iyo wakafwa pa 10 February 1958 ku Lusaka ndipo wakasungika mu msumba uwu pamanyuma pa mazuŵa ghatatu.^[4][2]

Ukaboni

1. Lorna E. Webb (1995) Chintali, Newton Publishers
2. Nancy R. Purchase, H. Graham Purchase (2008) Genealogy of the Purchase Family in Britain and Southern Africa: The Ancestors of Harvey Spurgeon Purchase, 1906–1968, and the Descendants of James Purchase, 1689/90-1723/24, pp70–71
3. "Three New Members in N. Rhodesian Council", East Africa and Rhodesia, 5 October 1944
4. Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) The Parliament of Zambia, p35