How to Pronounce Robert Clarkson Tredgold
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Jun 02, 1899 Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe Died on 08 Apr 1977 (aged 77)
Rhodesian politician
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About Robert Clarkson Tredgold
- Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, KCMG (2 June 1899 – 8 April 1977) was a Rhodesian barrister, judge and politician. He was born in Bulawayo to Clarkson Henry Tredgold, the Attorney-General of Rhodesia, and Emily Ruth (née Moffat), and was the grandson of the missionary John Moffat.
- He attended first Prince Edward School and then Rondebosch Boys' School in Cape Town, South Africa.
- He was a Rhodes Scholar and read law at Hertford College.He held the posts of Minister of Defence in Rhodesia during World War II, Federal Chief Justice, acting Governor-General of Rhodesia from 21 November 1953 to 26 November 1954, and acting Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 24 January 1957 to February 1957; he later resigned in protest from his Central African Federation (CAF) position, criticising the actions authorised by Sir Edgar Whitehead to suppress black nationalist opposition to the Federation in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia.Sir Robert Tredgold was named Privy Counsellor in 1957.
- He retired to Marondera with his second wife, Lady Margaret Tredgold.
- He published the book The Rhodesia That Was My Life in 1968.
