Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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This is a list of the men who served as Governor-General
of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
(also known as the Central African Federation). The Federation was formed on 1 August 1953 from the former colonies of Southern Rhodesia
, Northern Rhodesia
and Nyasaland
, and was formally dissolved on 31 December 1963.
Governor-General
A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation , was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia,...
(also known as the Central African Federation). The Federation was formed on 1 August 1953 from the former colonies of Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa. From its independence in 1965 until its extinction in 1980, it was known as Rhodesia...
, Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
and Nyasaland
Nyasaland
Nyasaland or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi....
, and was formally dissolved on 31 December 1963.
List of Governors-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
- John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron LlewellinJohn Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron LlewellinColonel John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin GBE, PC, MC, TD was a British army officer, Conservative Party politician and minister in Winston Churchill's war government.-Background:...
(4 September 1953 - 24 January 1957)- Sir Robert Clarkson TredgoldRobert Clarkson TredgoldSir Robert Clarkson Tredgold was a British barrister and judge who held a number of political posts in Rhodesia....
(acting; 24 January 1957 - February 1957) - Sir William Lindsay MurphyWilliam Lindsay MurphySir William Lindsay Murphy was the British Governor of the Bahamas from 28 July 1945–1950. Prior to his appointment as Governor, he was the Colonial Secretary of Bermuda from 1942–1945, before which he was the Mayor of Colombo and first Municipal Commissioner from 1937 to 1941 in Ceylon. The Irish...
(acting; February 1957 - 8 October 1957)
- Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold
- Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of DalhousieSimon Ramsay, 16th Earl of DalhousieSimon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE, MC, DL was a British land-owner, statesman and politician....
(8 October 1957 - May 1963) - Sir Humphrey Vicary GibbsHumphrey GibbsSir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, GCVO, KCMG, OBE was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia who served through, and opposed, the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965....
(May 1963 - 31 December 1963)