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Cecil Rhodes

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Noun1.Cecil Rhodes - British colonial financier and statesman in South AfricaCecil Rhodes - British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)


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High among them was Sir Abraham Bailey, friend to Cecil Rhodes, connected by marriage to Winston Churchill and able to call on the likes of Field Marshal Lord Haig and Louis Botha as godparents to his son, Derrick.
The 18th century mansion, once owned by Cecil Rhodes, who gave his name to Rhodesia.
It was bought by the South African politician Cecil Rhodes in 1901 before passing onto the Philipps family upon his death a year later.
 
 
 
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