John Moore Caldicott
Sir John Moore Caldicott KBE, CMG was a Rhodesian government minister.Career
Kenya 1921, then Rhodesia. President of Nat. Farmers Union, 1946–48
- Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Health, 18 December 1953
- Minister of Finance, 3 September 1962 – 31 December 1963
- Minister of Public Service, 2 November 1956 – 3 September 1962
- Minister of Defence, 12 June 1959 – 7 May 1962
- Minister of Economic Affairs, 11 December 1958 – 7 May 1962
- Minister of Agriculture, 2 November 1956 – 11 December 1958
- Minister of Health, 2 November 1956 – 11 December 1958
In the Southern Rhodesian general election of 1948, Caldicott was elected MP for Mazoe for the United Party.
In the first Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election of 1953, Caldicott took 69% of the vote to win the seat of Darwin for the Federal Party.Honours
Caldicott was made Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 9 June 1955 and appointed Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year's Honours list of 1964. He was granted retention of the title Honourable from 31 December 1963, having served for more than three years as Ministers of the Federal Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
