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title="Southern Rhodesia">Rhodesian</a> barrister, judge and politician. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Bulawayo" title="Bulawayo">Bulawayo</a> to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarkson_Henry_Tredgold&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clarkson Henry Tredgold (page does not exist)">Clarkson Henry Tredgold</a>, the Attorney-General of Southern Rhodesia,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Emily Ruth (née Moffat), and was the grandson of the missionary <a href="/wiki/John_Moffat_(missionary)" title="John Moffat (missionary)">John Moffat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ZimEncyclopedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZimEncyclopedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended first <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_School" title="Prince Edward School">Prince Edward School</a> and then <a href="/wiki/South_African_College_Schools" title="South African College Schools">South African College Schools</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town,_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Town, South Africa">Cape Town, South Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TedgoldBio_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TedgoldBio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholar</a> and read law at <a href="/wiki/Hertford_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Hertford College">Hertford College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TedgoldBio_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TedgoldBio-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1923 he was <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the bar">called to the bar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a> and then returned to Rhodesia to practice law.<sup id="cite_ref-SALJ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SALJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1934_Southern_Rhodesian_general_election" title="1934 Southern Rhodesian general election">1934 general election</a>, Tredgold was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly">Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Insiza" class="mw-redirect" title="Insiza">Insiza</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_Rhodesia_Party" title="United Rhodesia Party">United Rhodesia Party</a> of <a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Huggins" title="Godfrey Huggins">Godfrey Huggins</a>. He rose quickly, becoming Minister of Justice and Defence in 1936, Minister of Justice, Defence and Air (1940–1943), Minister of Mines and Public Works (1938), and Minister of Native Affairs (1942–1943). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_career">Later life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tredgold resigned his offices and Legislative Assembly seat in 1943, to take up an appointment as a Judge of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Southern_Rhodesia" title="High Court of Southern Rhodesia">High Court of Southern Rhodesia</a>. In 1950, on the retirement of Chief Justice <a href="/wiki/Robert_James_Hudson" title="Robert James Hudson">Sir Robert Hudson</a>, he was appointed to succeed him as chief justice of the court.<sup id="cite_ref-SALJ_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SALJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Serving until 1955, in this capacity he served as acting <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Southern_Rhodesia" title="Governor of Southern Rhodesia">Governor of Southern Rhodesia</a> from 21 November 1953 to 26 November 1954. In 1953, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Witwatersrand" title="University of the Witwatersrand">University of the Witwatersrand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, awarded Tredgold the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Laws">Doctor of Laws</a> (Hon LLD).<sup id="cite_ref-SALJ_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SALJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tredgold was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Federal Supreme Court of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> in 1955. In this capacity he served as acting <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Southern_Rhodesia" title="Governor of Southern Rhodesia">Governor of Southern Rhodesia</a> from 21 November 1953 to 26 November 1954, and as acting <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> from 24 January 1957 to February 1957. In November 1960 he resigned in protest from his <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Central African Federation">Central African Federation</a> position, criticising the actions authorised by <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Whitehead" title="Edgar Whitehead">Sir Edgar Whitehead</a> to suppress black nationalist opposition to the Federation in <a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a>, through the introduction of the <i>Law and Order (Maintenance) Bill</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tredgold noted that the bill "outrages almost every basic human right and is, in addition, an unwarranted invasion by the executive of the sphere of the courts. These are the custodians of individual rights and are my special responsibility."<sup id="cite_ref-SALJ_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SALJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sir Robert Tredgold was named a <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Counsellor</a> in 1957. He retired to <a href="/wiki/Marandellas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marandellas">Marandellas</a> with his second wife, Lady Margaret Tredgold, where he died on 8 April 1977 at 78.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had published the book <i>The Rhodesia That Was My Life</i> in 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A widower in 1974, Tredgold married his second wife, Mrs. Margaret Helen Phear (née Baines; 1910-2012), a widow and mother of three children, originally from <a href="/wiki/Aliwal_North" title="Aliwal North">Aliwal North</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. Together the couple researched the <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">folklore</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a>) and published children's books based on them. They also researched edible plants, culminating in <i>Food Plants of Zimbabwe</i>, which she completed after his death and published in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A devout Roman Catholic, Lady Tredgold died in 2012 at age 102 in England, where she had relocated in 2004 due to the Mugabe government's policies. She was predeceased by one son, and survived by a second son and her daughter, with whom she lived in England.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robert Clarkson Tredgold was appointed <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George">Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1943_New_Year_Honours" title="1943 New Year Honours">1943 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1951_New_Year_Honours" title="1951 New Year Honours">1951 New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George">KCMG</a> in 1955. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Tredgold&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clarkson Henry Tredgold (1865–1938) became Public Prosecutor in 1898, in 1900 Solicitor General, and in 1903 Attorney General in Southern Rhodesia, before serving as a Judge of the High Court from 1919–1925.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ZimEncyclopedia-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ZimEncyclopedia_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBerens1988" class="citation book cs1">Berens, Denis (1988). <i>A Concise Encyclopedia of Zimbabwe</i>. Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0869224417" title="Special:BookSources/0869224417"><bdi>0869224417</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Concise+Encyclopedia+of+Zimbabwe&rft.place=Gweru%2C+Zimbabwe&rft.pub=Mambo+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0869224417&rft.aulast=Berens&rft.aufirst=Denis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TedgoldBio-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TedgoldBio_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TedgoldBio_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTredgold1968" class="citation book cs1">Tredgold, Robert (1968). <i>The Rhodesia that was my life</i>. London: George Allen and Unwin.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rhodesia+that+was+my+life&rft.place=London&rft.pub=George+Allen+and+Unwin&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Tredgold&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SALJ-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SALJ_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SALJ_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SALJ_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SALJ_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Resignation of the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, Chief Justice of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland". <i>South African Law Journal</i>. <b>78</b>: 13. 1961.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=South+African+Law+Journal&rft.atitle=Resignation+of+the+Rt.+Hon.+Sir+Robert+Clarkson+Tredgold%2C+Chief+Justice+of+the+Federation+of+Rhodesia+and+Nyasaland&rft.volume=78&rft.pages=13&rft.date=1961&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrendon,_Piers2010" class="citation book cs1">Brendon, Piers (9 February 2010). <i>The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1781-1997)</i>. Vintage Books (Random House). p. 588. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-38841-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-307-38841-4"><bdi>978-0-307-38841-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Decline+and+Fall+of+the+British+Empire+%281781-1997%29&rft.pages=588&rft.pub=Vintage+Books+%28Random+House%29&rft.date=2010-02-09&rft.isbn=978-0-307-38841-4&rft.au=Brendon%2C+Piers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/10/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html">"Sir Robert Treadgold"</a>. <i>New York Times</i>. 10 April 1977.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Sir+Robert+Treadgold&rft.date=1977-04-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1977%2F04%2F10%2Farchives%2Fobituary-1-no-title.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obituary-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLee2012" class="citation news cs1">Lee, Clive (2 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/dec/02/margaret-tredgold-obituary?INTCMP=SRCH">"Lady Margaret Tredgold obituary"</a>. <i>Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 February</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Guardian&rft.atitle=Lady+Margaret+Tredgold+obituary&rft.date=2012-12-02&rft.aulast=Lee&rft.aufirst=Clive&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftheguardian%2F2012%2Fdec%2F02%2Fmargaret-tredgold-obituary%3FINTCMP%3DSRCH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gorvett.co.za/ged/individual.php?pid=I640&ged=gorvett&view=preview">Genealogy site info for Margaret Helen Baines</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35841" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35841/page/5">"No. 35841"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 29 December 1942. p. 5.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35841&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1942-12-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35841%2Fpage%2F5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette39104" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39104/supplement/2">"No. 39104"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 29 December 1950. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+39104&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1950-12-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F39104%2Fsupplement%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Tredgold" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly">Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Martin_Lanigan_O%27Keeffe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Martin Lanigan O'Keeffe (page does not exist)">Stephen O'Keeffe</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Insiza" class="mw-redirect" title="Insiza">Insiza</a> </b><br />1934 – 1943 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leslie_Thomas_Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leslie Thomas Smith (page does not exist)">Leslie Thomas Smith</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Arthur_Lewis" title="Vernon Arthur Lewis">Vernon Arthur Lewis</a></div><i><b>as Minister of Justice and Defence </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Rhodesia)" title="Ministry of Justice (Rhodesia)">Minister of Justice</a> </b><br />1936 – 1940 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as Minister of Justice, Defence and Air </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Zimbabwe)" title="Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)">Minister of Defence</a> </b><br />1936 – 1940 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as Minister of Justice<br />and Minister of Defence </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Rhodesia)" title="Ministry of Justice (Rhodesia)">Minister of Justice</a><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Zimbabwe)" title="Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)">, Defence and Air</a> </b><br />1940 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as Minister of Justice and Defence </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lucas_Guest" title="Ernest Lucas Guest">Ernest Lucas Guest</a></div><i><b>as Minister of Air </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Himself</div><i><b>as Minister of Justice, Defence and Air </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Rhodesia)" title="Ministry of Justice (Rhodesia)">Minister of Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Zimbabwe)" title="Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)">and Defence</a> </b><br />1940 – 1943 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Bertin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry Bertin (page does not exist)">Harry Bertin</a></div><i><b>as Minister of Justice </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Huggins" title="Godfrey Huggins">Sir Godfrey Huggins</a></div><i><b>as Minister of Defence </b></i> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Sydney_Senior&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Sydney Senior (page does not exist)">William Sydney Senior</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of Mines and Public Works </b><br />1938 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lucas_Guest" title="Ernest Lucas Guest">Ernest Lucas Guest</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Huggins" title="Godfrey Huggins">Sir Godfrey Huggins</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of Native Affairs </b><br />1942 – 1943 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Bertin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry Bertin (page does not exist)">Harry Bertin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Lewis_(judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vernon Lewis (judge)">Vernon Lewis</a> (acting)</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Zimbabwe" title="Chief Justice of Zimbabwe">Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia</a> </b><br />1950 – 1955 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Murray_(judge)" title="John Murray (judge)">Sir John Murray</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> </b><br />1955 – 1960 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Clayden" title="John Clayden">Sir John Clayden</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Kennedy_(British_Army_officer,_born_1893)" title="John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893)">Sir John Kennedy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Southern_Rhodesia" title="Governor of Southern Rhodesia">Governor of Southern Rhodesia</a><br /><i>Acting</i> </b><br />1953 – 1954 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peveril_William-Powlett" title="Peveril William-Powlett">Sir Peveril William-Powlett</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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href="/wiki/Cecil_Hunter-Rodwell" title="Cecil Hunter-Rodwell">Cecil Hunter-Rodwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraser_Russell" title="Fraser Russell">Fraser Russell</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Stanley" title="Herbert Stanley">Herbert Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraser_Russell" title="Fraser Russell">Fraser Russell</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Baring,_1st_Baron_Howick_of_Glendale" title="Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale">Evelyn Baring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_James_Hudson" title="Robert James Hudson">Robert James Hudson</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Tait" title="Campbell Tait">Campbell Tait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraser_Russell" title="Fraser Russell">Fraser Russell</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_James_Hudson" title="Robert James Hudson">Robert James Hudson</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kennedy_(British_Army_officer,_born_1893)" title="John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893)">John Noble Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Clarkson_Tredgold" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Clarkson Tredgold">Robert Clarkson Tredgold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peveril_William-Powlett" title="Peveril William-Powlett">Peveril William-Powlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Gibbs" title="Humphrey Gibbs">Humphrey Gibbs</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i> (1969–1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Soames" title="Christopher Soames">The Lord Soames</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_%281953%E2%80%931963%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a> <br /> (1953–1963, of which <a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a> was part)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Llewellin,_1st_Baron_Llewellin" title="John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin">The 1st Baron Llewellin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Clarkson_Tredgold" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Clarkson Tredgold">Robert Clarkson Tredgold</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lindsay_Murphy" title="William Lindsay Murphy">William Lindsay Murphy</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Ramsay,_16th_Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie">The 16th Earl of Dalhousie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Gibbs" title="Humphrey Gibbs">Humphrey Gibbs</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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