Governor of Southern Rhodesia

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This page contains a list of Governors of Southern Rhodesia from 1923 to 1980, and includes the period of UDI (1965–1970) when a competing position to the legal Governor was created.

[edit] List of Governors

Start Date End Date Name Additional
1 October 1923 15 June 1928 Sir John Robert Chancellor First Governor of Self-Governing Colony of Southern Rhodesia.
15 June 1928 24 November 1928 Sir Murray Bisset acting
24 November 1928 1 May 1934 Sir Cecil Hunter Rodwell
1 May 1934 8 January 1935 Sir Fraser Russell 1st time acting
8 January 1935 8 January 1942 Sir Herbert Stanley
8 January 1942 10 December 1942 Sir Fraser Russell 2nd time acting
10 December 1942 26 October 1944 Sir Evelyn Baring
26 October 1944 20 February 1945 Sir Robert James Hudson 1st time acting
20 February 1945 2 February 1946 Sir William Eric Campbell Tait
2 February 1946 19 July 1946 Sir Fraser Russell 3rd time acting
19 July 1946 14 January 1947 Sir Robert James Hudson 2nd time acting
14 January 1947 21 November 1953 Sir John Noble Kennedy
21 November 1953 26 November 1954 Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold acting
26 November 1954 28 December 1959 Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett
28 December 1959 24 June 1969 Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs After 11 November 1965, position not recognized by Rhodesian Government.
24 June 1969 11 December 1979 No Governor On 1 September 1977,
Lord Carver was named as Resident Commissioner-
designate.
11 December 1979 18 April 1980 Lord Soames Last Governor of Rhodesia

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