Janet Duvenage Watt Smith

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Janet Duvenage Watt Smith was previously married to Ian Smith (1948).

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Janet Duvenage Watt Smith is a member of the following lists: 1915 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century South African people.

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Relationship Statistics

Type	Total	Longest	Average	Shortest
Married	1	-	-	-
Total	1		-	-

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First Name	Janet
Middle Name	Duvenage Watt
Last Name	Smith
Full Name at Birth	Janet Duvenage Watt
Alternative Name	Janet Duvenage Watt Smith, Janet Duvenaget Smith, Janet Smith, Janet Watt, Janet Duvenage Watt, Janet Duvenage Smith, Janet Smith
Birthday	30th November, 1914
Birthplace	Cape Town, South Africa
Died	1st December, 1994
Place of Death	Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia
Buried	Shurugwi, Zimbabwe
Build	Slim
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Blonde
Sexuality	Straight
Religion	Christian
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Occupation Text	Teacher; farmer
Occupation	First Lady

Janet Duvenage Smith (née Watt; 1915 – 3 December 1994), was the wife of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she studied history at the University of Cape Town and became a teacher. In 1942, she married Piet Duvenage, a rugby player, and had two children. He died in an accident on the rugby field in 1947. The next year, a short visit with family in Southern Rhodesia became permanent when she accepted a teaching job in Selukwe. There, she met her future husband, Ian Smith, who had recently come home from the Second World War. In 1948, the couple got married and bought a farm, and Ian was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly.

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