Lord Malvern, formerly Sir Godfrey Huggins and foremost surgeon in Central Africa dominated the political life of that territory for nearly a quarter of a century. first as Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, and then of the iII-fated Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1911 Huggins went out to Southern Rhodesia and thirteen years later stood for election to Southern Rhodesia's first legislative Assembly. Catapulted into the premiership in 1933, he held office until his retirement in 1956, staying in power for a longer period than any prime minister in British history. But Malvern's career has greater intrinsic interest than just capacity for "hanging on", His most spectacular achievement was undoubtedly the establishment of the Central African Federation, though within a few months of his retirement the foundations of the new state were beginning to crack. The "Huggins" type of oligarchy has become unacceptable to modern world opinion, but in the more remote future, Lord Malvern, for all his archaic ideas, may possibly be regarded in some ways as a better judge of the needs and possibilities of Africa in his time than many of his critics. Dr. Gann and Professor Gelfand have drawn on a considerable amount of material that has never been made public. Their work tells the life story of one of the last great British imperialists in Africa, and forms an important contribution to the history of Rhodesia in our times.
Published	1964
Other	Hardback, 1st edition.

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