Winston Joseph Field

Winston Joseph Field MBE, (1904 - 1969) former Dominion Party MP who founded the Rhodesian Front political party with Ian Douglas Smith. Field was born and brought up in Bromsgrove in the United Kingdom, and moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921. A tobacco farmer near Marandellas (now known as Marondera), in Mashonaland East, Field was President of the powerful Rhodesian Tobacco Association from 1938 to 1940, when he left for military service during the Second World War. The "imperious and intolerant" (Godwin & Hancock, 1993) Field was elected as Rhodesia's first Rhodesian Front Prime Minister in 1962 and served until he was replaced by Ian Douglas Smith in 1964. At the time of Field's election it was assumed that Britain would delay the process of independence for Rhodesia until "an African majority assumed power in Salisbury" (Godwin & Hancock, 1993). Many in the RF felt that Field did not fight hard enough for independence, and he was replaced as leader by Smith in April 1964.

Related Topics:
MBE - 1904 - 1969 - Rhodesian Front - Ian Douglas Smith - Bromsgrove - United Kingdom - Southern Rhodesia - 1921 - Tobacco - Marondera - Mashonaland East - Rhodesian Tobacco Association - 1938 - 1940 - Second World War - 1993 - Prime Minister - 1962 - 1964 - Africa - Salisbury - April

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References:Rhodesians Never Die, Godwin, P. & Hancock, I., 1995. Baobab Books, Harare, Zimbabwe.

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Preceded by:

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Edgar Whitehead

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Prime Minister of Rhodesia

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Followed by:

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Ian Douglas Smith1964-1979

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