Governor of Southern Rhodesia

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.

List of Governors

Term start	Term end	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 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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