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Rhodes, Cecil John

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(sĕs'ĭl, rōdz), 1853–1902, British imperialist and business magnate. The son of a Hertfordshire clergyman, he first went to South Africa in 1870, joining his oldest brother, Herbert, on a cotton plantation in Natal. In 1871 the brothers staked a claim in the newly opened Kimberley diamond fields, where Cecil was to make most of his fortune. He returned to England in 1873 and entered Oxford, but his studies were repeatedly interrupted by visits to South Africa and he did not receive his degree until 1881. His power in the diamond-mining industry developed until, in 1880, he formed the De Beers Mining Company, which was second only to that organized by Barney Barnato . In 1888 he tricked Lobengula , the Ndebele (Matabele) ruler, into an agreement by which Rhodes secured mining concessions in Matabeleland and Mashonaland. He exploited these through the British South Africa Company (organized 1889), which soon established complete control of the territory. In 1888, Rhodes had also secured…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
Imperialist and capitalist, probably in that order. In 1870 Rhodes went to *Natal to help his brother grow cotton, but amassed a huge fortune in diamonds and gold. The early appearance of the heart and lung ailments that were eventually to kill him prompted him to make a series of wills from his…
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From Encyclopedia of African History
As a young man, Cecil John Rhodes, who would later become a mining capitalist, colonial politician, and imperial ideologue, was imbued with the racial pride and imperial enthusiasm of his times. He believed that the English were “the finest race in the world” and advocated the formation of a secret…
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From Encyclopedia of South Africa
Cecil John Rhodes is one of colonial southern Africa's most prominent economic and political figures. Not only did he play a major role in expanding British territories in South Africa and across the African continent, he was also the founder of Rhodesia (current-day Zambia and Zimbabwe ) as well as…
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South African statesman. He entered the Cape House of Assembly, where he secured the charter for the British South Africa Company (1889), whose territory was later named Rhodesia. Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-6), he resigned after the Jameson raid (when the Boers defeated Dr Jameson’s attempt…
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Full text Article Cecil Rhodes 1853–1902

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From Chambers Dictionary of World History
South African politician. After studying in Oxford, he entered the Cape House of Assembly, securing Bechuanaland as a protectorate (1885) and the charter for the British South Africa Company (1889), whose territory was later to be named after him, as Rhodesia. In 1890 he became Prime Minister of…
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Full text Article Rhodesia

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The former country of Southern Africa was named after Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902). It consisted of the historic territories of Matabeleland and Mashonaland, which became part of the British Empire by 1894 through the enterprise of Rhodes and his British South Africa Company. In 1964 Northern Rhodesia…
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