Sir John Pestell, KCVO, Private Secretary and Comptroller to the Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1965-1969. Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... See Private Secretary to the Sovereign. ... A comptroller may refer to a royal-household official who examines and supervises expenditures, or a public official who audits government accounts and sometimes certifies expenditures. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... This article is about the former British colony of (Southern) Rhodesia , today Zimbabwe. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

He was born in 1916 and educated at Portsmouth Northern Secondary School. After a short time in a Civil Service office he joined the British South Africa Police (the police force in Southern Rhodesia) on 23 April 1939. From 1943 to 1946 he served with the British army in North Africa, including Cyrenaica, and reached the rank of Major. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was a regimented police force which operated in Britains Southern African territories such as Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia. ... Southern Rhodesia was the name of the African country of Zimbabwe when still a colony of the United Kingdom. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Azores, Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa. ... Roman province of Cyrenaica, 120 AD Cyrenaica was a Roman province on the northern coast of Africa between Egypt and Numidia; it had been formerly Greek. ... Badge of rank of a Major in the British Army. ...

He returned to Rhodesia as a police sergeant, and resumed his career. On 30 June 1965 he retired from the police force as an Assistant Commissioner to take up the position of Private Secretary to the Governor, Sir Humphrey Gibbs. Within a few months he was embroiled in the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, in which his inexperience may have contributed a little to the ease with which Ian Smith was able to seize power. After the beleaguered Governor eventually resigned and left Government House in 1969 Pestell returned with him to the United Kingdom. He became chief adjudicator on immigration appeals at Heathrow Airport, retiring after 17 years. This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Sir Humphrey Gibbs (1902-1990) was the last British Governor of the colony of Southern Rhodesia (1959-1970), notable for his defiant stance against the Rhodesian Fronts Unilateral Declaration of Independence. ... A declaration of independence is a proclamation of the independence of a newly formed or reformed independent state from a part or the whole of the territory of another, or a document containing such a declaration. ... Ian Smith Ian Douglas Smith (born April 8, 1919) was the Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia from April 13, 1964 to November 11, 1965 and the Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from November 11, 1965 to June 1, 1979, when Rhodesia was ruled by its... Government House is the name usually given to the residence of Governors-General, Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the former British Empire. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...

He died in 2005, and was buried in Charleton Hawthorne, Somerset. Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...