Cecil John Rhodes (/ ˈsɛsəl ˈroʊdz / SES-əl ROHDZ; 5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) [2] was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony …

Nov 14, 2025 · Cecil Rhodes, financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De …

Dec 2, 2025 · Revered as a national hero until too recently, Cecil Rhodes is now portrayed as an increasingly controversial figure and is slowly losing his status as a philanthropist in the history books.

Aug 7, 2025 · Gold and diamond-mining magnate, railway and telegraph entrepreneur, coloniser of swathes of southern Africa, and prime minister of the Cape Colony, in the 1890s he was one of the …

The English businessman and financier Cecil Rhodes founded the modern diamond industry and controlled the British South Africa Company, which acquired Rhodesia and Zambia as British …

Rhodes was born in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire and became the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 60 percent of the world's rough diamonds. At one time De …

Jul 25, 2025 · Much has been written about Rhodes, the notorious late Victorian British imperialist whose life and legacy has been placed at the centre of the “statue wars” of recent years.

Jul 31, 2025 · Who was Cecil Rhodes? A new biography describes the businessman and imperialist behind the global protest movement

By the time Cecil Rhodes enrolled as an undergraduate at Oriel College, Oxford, aged 20, he had an annual income of £23,000 – the equivalent of about £1.5 million today.

Mar 26, 2009 · Cecil John Rhodes DCL (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902 [1]) was an English -born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. He was the founder of the diamond …