- Henry Everard
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name = Henry Everard
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office =Acting President of Rhodesia
term_start =31 December ,1975 to14 January ,1976 ;
31 August ,1978 to1 November ,1978 ;
term_end =5 March ,1979 to1 June ,1979
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birth_date =February 21 ,1897
birth_place =Barnet ,London ,United Kingdom
death_date =August 7 ,1980
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nationality = British
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footnotes =Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Breedon Everard DSO (
February 21 ,1897 –August 7 ,1980 ) was a railway engineer and executive who became for a brief time the ActingPresident of Rhodesia during the U.D.I. period.Everard was born in
Barnet and educated atMarlborough College andCambridge University . During theFirst World War he served in France with the Rifle Brigade, where he was wounded in combat and reached the rank ofCaptain . He worked as a railway engineer from 1922, but was commissioned again on the outbreak of theSecond World War , this time in theSherwood Foresters ; he was taken prisoner by German forces, awarded theDistinguished Service Order , and reached the rank ofLieutenant-Colonel . When repatriated after the war he became an executive ofBritish Railways .In 1953 Everard moved to
Bulawayo ,Southern Rhodesia to become General Manager ofRhodesia Railways , which he remained for five years before retiring. He supported theRhodesian Front and stood in forClifford Dupont (who had been made "Officer Administering the Government ") in 1968-69. Following the proclamation of a Republic, Everard was Acting President on several occasions.References
*"Encyclopaedia Rhodesia" (The College Press, Salisbury, 1973)
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NAME = Everard, Henry Breedon
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Acting President of Rhodesia
DATE OF BIRTH =February 21 ,1897
PLACE OF BIRTH =Barnet ,London ,United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH =August 7 ,1980
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