James Cowden

James Cowden (b. 1869) was an Australian-born Southern Rhodesian politician who acted as mayor of Bulawayo for four consecutive terms during the early 20th century.[1][2] Born and educated in New South Wales, he moved to Johannesburg in 1896 and to Rhodesia the following year. He married Mary Ann (née Jones) in 1899, and had seven children.[1] On 5 March 1920 he welcomed the first aircraft to land in Southern Rhodesia.[3] A member of the Rhodesia Party, he served in the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council as the member for Bulawayo Central from 1924 to 1939.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who of Southern Africa. Volume 26. Salisbury: Argus Printing & Publishing Company. 1941. p. 82.
  2. 1 2 Ranger, Terence (2010). Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893–1960. Boydell & Brewer.
  3. ↑ McAdam, J (July 1970). "Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin Brand KBE, DSO, MC, DFC: Co-Pilot of the First Aeroplane to Land in Rhodesia" (PDF). Rhodesiana (Salisbury: The Rhodesiana Society) 22: 63.


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