Humphrey Gibbs, Beleaguered Governor

Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69

By: A. Megahey

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Hardcover | 27 April 2016 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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'...a highly readable and impartial book, unlikely to be superseded...a welcome corrective to the tendentious version of events in Ian Smith's recently published autobiography.' - Robert Blake

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List of Plates	p. x
Introduction	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
A Note on Place-names	p. xix
Map of Places Mentioned in the Text	p. xx
Chronology	p. xxi
The Early Years
Family Background	p. 1
Boyhood	p. 4
The Student	p. 7
Into Africa
Empire Settlement	p. 12
South African Diary	p. 15
Rhodesian Diary	p. 18
Rhodesia in 1929	p. 19
Farming in Peace and War
Beginning to Farm	p. 23
The Second World War	p. 26
Farming Politics	p. 28
Helping the Church	p. 32
Politics and Federation
Parliament	p. 37
Federation	p. 40
'Legitimate to Hope'	p. 44
Southern Rhodesia in the Late 1950s
Personal Matters	p. 47
'Establishment' Values	p. 50
Lost Chance?	p. 53
The Colony in Early 1959	p. 57
First Year as Governor
A Governor's Life	p. 61
Royalty in Rhodesia	p. 64
Africa Year 1960	p. 67
The End of Federation
Protest and Discontent	p. 72
A New Constitution	p. 75
The Election of December 1962	p. 79
Federation Ended	p. 81
Prelude to UDI
The Governor	p. 85
The Fall of Field	p. 88
New Governments in London and Salisbury	p. 91
Last Months of Legality	p. 93
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence
Collision Course	p. 98
Eleven Days in November	p. 106
Beleaguered Governor	p. 111
Tensions and Talks
Under Siege	p. 115
Talks about Talks	p. 120
The Tiger Talks	p. 128
A Long Haul
The Climate of Opinion	p. 132
The 'Reluctant Right-winger'	p. 137
More Talks about Talks	p. 140
A State of Uncertainty
Legal Uncertainties	p. 145
Political Uncertainties	p. 151
Knight in the Cold	p. 155
Near the End of the Road
Long Incarceration	p. 160
The Referendum	p. 164
Aftermath	p. 169
Retirement at Bonisa	p. 174
Epilogue	p. 186
Notes	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 222
Index	p. 235
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Southern Rhodesia, 1929-69

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