In office 28 December 1959 – 11 November 1965[b] De jure: 28 December 1959 – 24 June 1969[c]
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Sir Edgar Whitehead Winston Field Ian Smith
Preceded by
Sir Peveril William-Powlett
Succeeded by
De facto: Clifford Dupont (Acting Officer Administering the Government) De jure: Christopher Soames, Lord Soames (holding the reinstated office of Governor after 12 December 1979)
Personal details
Born
(1902-11-22)22 November 1902 London, England
Died
5 November 1990(1990-11-05) (aged 87) Harare, Zimbabwe
Spouse
Molly Gibbs
(m. 1934)
Residence(s)
Government House, Salisbury
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
^Called by the internationally unrecognised government the Governor of Rhodesia from 24 October 1964. Post reinstated from 12 December 1979 under the original name of Governor of Southern Rhodesia.
^The post-independence internationally unrecognised Constitution of Rhodesia, which came into force on 11 November 1965, abolished the post of Governor and replaced it with the positions of Governor-General and Officer Administering the Government for when the internationally unrecognised Queen of Rhodesia did not appoint a Governor-General. On 17 November 1965, his responsibilities were officially bestowed upon Clifford Dupont as Acting Officer Administering the Government.
^The date his appointment came to an end under United Kingdom law, being the law of the internationally recognised responsible government. No longer recognised by the internationally unrecognised government in Rhodesia from 11 November 1965, when independence was unilaterally declared.
Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, GCVO KCMG OBE KStJ PC (22 November 1902 – 5 November 1990), was the penultimate Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia, from 24 October 1964 described by its internationally unrecognised government simply as Rhodesia, who served until, and opposed, the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965.
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