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
Robert Dickinson (British Columbia politician) 1863 to 1865 and was mayor from 1874 to 1875, from 1880 to 1881 and from 1883 to 1888. Dickinson also served as president of the local Mechanics' Institute and of the Royal Columbian Hospital. He died in New Westminster at the age of 53. Dickenson [sic] Street in New Westminster was named after him. Robert Dickinson (British Columbia politician) Robert Dickinson (1835 – November 1, 1889) was an English-born businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented New Westminster City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1875 to 1878. He was born in Liverpool and came