J.H. "Jack" Howman was a Rhodesian politician. He was a Rhodesian Front MP in Salisbury, and served as the Minister of Tourism and Information in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ian Smith. He was one of the signatories to the UDI of Rhodesia on November 11, 1965. The Rhodesian Front (RF) was a political party in Southern Rhodesia, later known simply as Rhodesia, now called Zimbabwe, when the country was under white minority rule. ... Salisbury Cathedral from the Cathedral Yard High Street Market Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury (pronounced Solsbree or Sauls-bree) is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. ... Ian Smith on the cover of a 1965 TIME Magazine. ... The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was signed on November 11, 1965 by the white minority regime of Ian Smith, whose Rhodesian Front party opposed rushed moves by the United Kingdom towards black majority rule in the then British colony. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

Howman was one of Smith's closest confidents and friends in his cabinet and accompanied him to the Gibraltar Conferences in 1966 and 1968.