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![[Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]](../images/f/frn.gif)
by Steven Shea, 15 Aug 1996 and Mark Sensen, 12 Apr 1997
The Federation was ended on 31 Dec 1963, and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland
gained independence in 1964 as Zambia and Malawi.
Mark Sensen, 12 Apr 1997
![[Great Arms of the Federation]](../images/f/frn).gif)
by Dean Thomas, 17 Sep 2002
I've found a GIF of the State Arms of the Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland. I thought that it would make a nice addition to your FOTW page
on that flag.....
Dean Thomas, 17 Sep 2002
![[Governor-General flag]](../images/f/frn_gg.gif)
by Zeljko Heimer, 3 Jan 2003
Carr's Flags of the World (1961) has:
"The flag of ther Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland is similar to those of Australia, Canada, etc. The precise insription
is as follows: FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND.
Jarig Bakker, 2 Jan 2003
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland came into being on 3 September
1953 comprising the colonies of Northern and
Southern Rhodesia and the protectorate of Nyasaland; A Governor-General
was appointed in addition to the Governor of the three constituent territories.
The Governor-General had the same powers as the local Governors, but represented
the Crown with regard to the activates of the Federal Government and was
Commander-in-Chief of the Federal armed forces.
There appear to have been two different flags used by the Governor-General:
an official flag in proportions 1:2 of dark blue charged with a crowned
lion upon a St. Edward's crown, with a gold scroll beneath bearing the
words "Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland" and a personal flag. The official flag follows the
pattern approved by King George V in 1930 for use by the
Governors-General of South Africa and Canada, and later adopted as
the standard design for use by other Governors-general in
Commonwealth countries, the central device being:
"Upon a royal crown proper a lion statant guardant Or, royally crowned
also proper".
The personal and car flag was chosen by the Lord Llewellin, the first
Governor-General, on his arrival in the Federation. It was the duty of
the Governor-General to authorise the design of a personal flag which was
to be a purely local symbol intended for
domestic purposes. This flag was flown at his residence and on
any vehicle in which he travelled and was also used with the
territorial flag when the Governor-General was staying at the Government
House of the territory concerned. The car flag of the
Governor-General took precedence over that of a Governor when both
official travelled together.
The design chosen by Lord Llewellin was a pale cream flag charged in
the centre with a Flame Lily flower in the centre.
"I have decided to use an African flame lily (Gloriosa Superba)
as the emblem, a flower of great beauty which grows in
each of the three territories which comprise the Federal area) (National
Archives of Zimbabwe ref: F201/GG24).
Unfortunately the National Archives of Zimbabwe do not have an example
of this flag in its collection and I have not seen any
illustrations. However, a black and white illustration based on the
above description was prepared for inclusion in SAVA Journal SJ:5/96
entitled Flags and Symbols of Rhodesia 1890 - 1980 by Richard Allport.
Lord Dalhousie, who succeeded Llewellin, continued to use the Flame
Lily flag as his personal standard until the Federation was formally dissolved
on 31 December 1963.
Bruce Berry, 20 Jan 2003
There is no red variaion - was there a short lived pre-1953 crown version?
Zeljko Heimer, 23 Mar 2003
![[Governor-General incorrect flag]](../images/f/frn_gg1.gif)
by Zeljko Heimer, 23 Mar 2003
Some time ago Zeljko Heimer giffed the flag of the Governor General
of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. I just had a look in Znamierowski's
Encyclopedia of Flags (1999), p. 71, where that flag has a red field.
Jarig Bakker, 23 Mar 2003
I queried this with Bruce Berry when the book first came out. He replied:
The illustration in Znamierowski for the G-G of the Federation of Rhodesian
and Nyasaland is incorrect. The field should be the standard dark
blue as found in the flags of other G-Gs elsewhere in the "Empire/Commonwealth"
at that time. I guess this is a printing error in the book.
The National Archives of Zimbabwe has such a flag in its collection of
which I have a photograph.
David Prothero, 23 Mar 2003
This practice was also followed in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
(Federal flag and Union Jack)
Devereaux Cannon, 10 Jan 1998