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Edgar Whitehead was born on 8 February, 1905 in British Embassy, Berlin, German Empire, is a Rhodesian politician (1905–1971). Discover Edgar Whitehead's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 8 February 1905
Birthday 8 February
Birthplace British Embassy, Berlin, German Empire
Date of death 22 September, 1971
Died Place Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Nationality Berlin

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1905

Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle Whitehead, (8 February 1905 – 22 September 1971) was a Rhodesian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1958 to 1962.

He had a long and varied political career, serving as a longstanding member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly and in a variety of minister posts over the course of nearly three decades.

simultaneously serving in a variety of government position posts.

His work was frequently interrupted by recurring health problems; he suffered from poor eyesight and later experienced deafness whilst in office.

1928

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and University College, Oxford, and moved to the colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1928 for health reasons.

After working briefly for the civil service at Gwelo, he moved to a farm in the Bvumba Mountains near Umtali.

Whitehead became active in the local farming unions.

1939

He became a member of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly in 1939, but his service was interrupted by the Second World War.

During the Second World War, he was in West Africa and was an Air Despatcher with the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom.

1944

Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1944, in the 1952 New Year Honours Whitehead was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).

1945

He served as Acting High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia in London from 1945 to 1946, before returning to Salisbury as Minister of Finance and Minister of Posts and Telegraphs from September 1946 to March 1947.

1954

In the 1954 Birthday Honours he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) for "public services rendered in connection with the setting up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland".

1957

During the Federation period, Whitehead served as Minister for Rhodesia & Nyasaland Affairs in Washington, D.C. from 1957 to 1958.

1958

An ally of Sir Roy Welensky, he was Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1958 to 1962.

Following a cabinet revolt which brought about the resignation of the liberal Garfield Todd in 1958, Whitehead was chosen as the compromise candidate for his United Federal Party's leadership.

Recalled from Washington, a by-election for the seat of Hillside in Bulawayo was held on 16 April 1958 to elect him to parliament, which Whitehead lost the opposition Dominion Party candidate, Jack Pain.

Whitehead then called general elections and entered parliament as member for the Salisbury North constituency, becoming Prime Minister and Minister for Native Affairs.

His near five years in office saw continued rapid economic growth but also the beginnings of the dismantling of the Central African Federation against the wishes of his party.

1961

He was crucial in the negotiation of the 1961 constitution, which increased black representation in the Southern Rhodesian parliament.

There was a relaxation of racial discrimination laws and a drive to enroll black voters during his period of office, but this was done against a background of civil unrest and a tightening of security measures.

The policies of Whitehead's government caused alarm among the white population, while the blacks remained dissatisfied with the advances they had made.

1962

His government was defeated in the 1962 general election by the Rhodesian Front.

Whitehead was born in the British Embassy in Berlin, where his father Sir James Beethom Whitehead was a diplomat.

The conservative Rhodesian Front, led by Winston Field, defeated the UFP in the 1962 elections, riding upon opposition to the new constitution and Whitehead's relatively liberal views on race, winning 35 of 50 white seats.

Of the 15 seats for blacks, the UFP won 14.

Whitehead was Leader of the Opposition in Parliament from 1962 until February 1965.

1964

The Rhodesian Front, from 1964 under the leadership of Ian Smith, would rule Rhodesia until 1979.

Alec Douglas-Home in his memoir 'The Way the Wind Blows' noted his view of Whitehead as being very deaf, very blind and able to consume 13 beers in an evening without leaving the room.

He was a bachelor and was seen by former Federation Minister Julian Greenfield in his memoirs (page 234) as having even less charisma than Edward Heath with voters, whether male or female.

After leaving politics, Whitehead retired back to the United Kingdom to live with his sister near Whitchurch in Hampshire.

From there he called for a union between the UK and Rhodesia as a way forward following UDI.

1965

He later lost his seat in the May 1965 election when the Rhodesian Front took all the white seats in Parliament.

1971

He died of cancer of the oesophagus and lung in a nursing home in Hamstead Marshall near Newbury in September 1971.

1972

A plaque to him in Salisbury (now Harare) Cathedral Cloisters was unveiled by former Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs in 1972.

His papers, including an unpublished autobiography, are in the Rhodes House Library, Oxford.