Rhodesia (region) was first used to refer to the region by white settlers in the 1890s who informally named their new home after Cecil Rhodes, the Company's founder and managing director. It was used in newspapers from 1891 and was made official by the Company in 1895. To confuse matters, Southern Rhodesia, which became a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom in 1923, referred to itself simply as "Rhodesia" from 1964 to 1979, and in 1965 unilaterally declared independence under that name. It thereafter briefly renamed itself "Zimbabwe Rhodesia" in 1979. The usage of the term Rhodesia to refer to the historical
Sydney Robinson (businessman) but the Tories jumped into second place over the Liberals. Robinson did not contest the 1935 general election but was prevailed upon to fight in 1945. He switched constituencies to Epping but, standing as a Liberal, he came a poor third behind the two main parties. Robinson died on 17 November 1950 aged 74 years at his home at The Drive, Snaresbrook in Essex. Sydney Robinson (businessman) Sir Sydney Walter Robinson JP (1876 – 17 November 1950) was an English farmer, building contractor and Liberal politician. Sydney Robinson was born in 1876 in Walthamstow which was then in the county