Godfrey Huggins

The Viscount Malvern
Huggins in 1936
1st Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
In office
7 September 1953 – 2 November 1956
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralLord Llewellin
Succeeded bySir Roy Welensky
4th Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
In office
12 September 1933 – 7 September 1953
Monarchs
Governor
Preceded byGeorge Mitchell
Succeeded byGarfield Todd
Personal details
Born
Godfrey Martin Huggins

(1883-07-06)6 July 1883
Bexley, Kent, United Kingdom
Died8 May 1971(1971-05-08) (aged 87)
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Political party

Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern CH KCMG PC KStJ FRCS (6 July 1883 – 8 May 1971), was a Rhodesian politician and physician. He served as the fourth Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1933 to 1953 and remained in office as the first prime minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland until October 1956, becoming the longest serving prime minister in British Commonwealth history, until 1961.[1]

  1. ^ Statesman and Surgeon. British Medical Journal, 20 November 1971, pp. 497.