Rhodesia Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ) was an unrecognised state in southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the "de facto" successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, which had been self-governing since achieving responsible government in 1923. A landlocked nation, Rhodesia was bordered by South Africa to the south, Bechuanaland (later Botswana) to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique (a Portuguese province until 1975) to the east. In the late 19th century, the territory north of the Transvaal was chartered to the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
Isaac Wilson (English politician) After Wilson's death aged 77, Nunthorpe Hall was occupied by Joseph Albert Pease MP. Wilson was fiercely anti-drinking but is commemorated by the former J.D. Wetherspoon Isaac Wilson public house in Middlesbrough. Isaac Wilson (English politician) Isaac Wilson (16 February 1822 – 22 September 1899) was an English industrialist and Liberal politician. Wilson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of Isaac Wilson and Mary Jowitt. He was related to the Pease family and in 1841 went to Middlesbrough where he managed a pottery in Commercial Street. Later, with Edward Gilkes, he established the Tees Engine Works at the corner