Reverend Derek Jones (12 April 1927- 26 February 2013)

Abstract

Derek Jones arrived in this country in 1954, accompanied by his newly married wife, Joan to take up the post of District Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (LMS) in Maun. He might then have assumed or perhaps even wished that his role would be no different from those of the many LMS missionaries who had preceded him. Yet within 12 years, and in startling contrast, he was Mayor of a national capital, Gaborone, which had not previously existed, and dancing with Princess Marina in the Independence Ball.