Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor: Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69

ISBN: 0333721586

Author: Megahey, A.

Condition: New

This is a biography of Sir Humphrey Gibbs, an upper-class Englishman who settled in Southern Rhodesia soon after it became a self-governing colony. He was a leading farmer and churchman, an MP, and eventually Governor of the country. In 1964 the Rhodesian Front declared UDI, but he remained at his post in Government House for a further five years, and was a conduit for negotiations between the British Government and the rebel regime.