Henry Everard

Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Everard
GLM ICD DSO TD
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Everard GLM ICD DSO TD
	Henry Breedon Everard
President of Rhodesia
	In office; 31 December 1975 – 14 January 1976; Acting
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	Clifford Dupont
Succeeded by	John Wrathall
	In office; 31 August 1978 – 1 November 1978; Acting
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	John Wrathall
Succeeded by	Jack William Pithey (Acting)
	In office; 5 March 1979 – 1 June 1979; Acting
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	Jack William Pithey (Acting)
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Personal details
Born	21 February 1897; Barnet, United Kingdom
Died	7 August 1980 (aged 83); Salisbury, Zimbabwe
Political party	Rhodesian Front
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Civilian awards
Military awards

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Breedon Everard GLM ICD DSO TD (21 February 1897 – 7 August 1980) was a railway engineer and executive who briefly became the Acting President of Rhodesia on three occasions between 1975 and 1979.

Everard was born in Barnet and educated at Marlborough College and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1922.^[1] During the First World War he served in France with the Rifle Brigade, where he was wounded in combat and reached the rank of captain. He worked as a railway engineer from 1922, but was commissioned again on the outbreak of the Second World War, this time in the Sherwood Foresters; he was taken prisoner by German forces, awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel. When repatriated after the war he became an executive of British Railways.

In 1953 Everard moved to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia to become General Manager of Rhodesia Railways, which he remained for five years before retiring. He supported the Rhodesian Front and stood in for Clifford Dupont (who had been made "Officer Administering the Government") in 1968–69.^[2] Following the proclamation of a republic, Everard was Acting President on three occasions between 1975 and 1979.^[3]

His maternal first cousin was the eminent scientist and professor Naomi Datta; their maternal grandfather's first cousins were architect Henry Goddard and Mormon pioneer George Goddard.

Awards

Legion of Merit (Grand Officer - Civilian) (GLM) (Rhodesia)
Independence Commemorative Decoration (ICD) (Rhodesia)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (Great Britain)
Territorial Decoration (South Africa) (TD) (Great Britain)

References

^ The Cambridge University List of Members, 1976
^ Survey of British and Commonwealth Affairs, Volume 2, British Information Services, 1968, page 715
^ Heads of State and Government, John V. Da Graça, Springer, 1985, page 265

Primary sources

Encyclopaedia Rhodesia (The College Press, Salisbury, 1973)

Political offices
Preceded by Clifford Dupont John Wrathall Jack Pithey	President of Rhodesia 1975–1976 1978 1979	Succeeded by John Wrathall Jack Pithey Josiah Zion Gumede (of Zimbabwe Rhodesia)

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[1] The Cambridge University List of Members, 1976

[2] Survey of British and Commonwealth Affairs, Volume 2, British Information Services, 1968, page 715

[3] Heads of State and Government, John V. Da Graça, Springer, 1985, page 265

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v t e Presidents of Zimbabwe and its antecedents
Rhodesia (1965–1979, an unrecognised state)	Clifford Dupont Henry Everard* John Wrathall Henry Everard* Jack Pithey* Henry Everard*
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979, an unrecognised state)	Josiah Zion Gumede
Zimbabwe (since 1980, a recognised state)	Canaan Banana Robert Mugabe Emmerson Mnangagwa
*Acting President