made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II. After independence in 1980 he decided to "stay on" and took up Zimbabwean citizenship. He stayed on his farm where he had been living since 1970 until 1983 when he moved to Harare in 1983 where he lived until his death in 1990. Gibbs died in Harare on 5 November 1990, with his funeral held at the Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints, Harare. In 2004 a memorial to Gibbs by Lettering and Sculpture Limited was unveiled in St Paul's Cathedral in London. Marriage On 17 January 1934, Gibbs married Molly Peel Nelson (b. 13 July 1912, Johannesburg) in Bulawayo, and they had five sons together. Molly Gibbs (Lady Gibbs from 1960), was appointed as a Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (CStJ) in 1960, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1969. Following Gibbs' death in 1990, Molly Gibbs moved to England and died on 20 January 1997 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Honours References 1902 births 1990 deaths Politicians from London Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia Governors-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Governors of Southern Rhodesia Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights of the Order of St John Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Officers of the Order of the British Empire Rhodesian farmers British emigrants to Southern Rhodesia Rhodesian politicians Zimbabwean farmers Younger sons of barons Humphrey People educated at Ludgrove School