Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (died 1902)

Cecil Rhodes

English mining magnate and politician (1853–1902)

Cecil John Rhodes was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which the company named after him in…

List of governors of British South African colonies

This article lists the governors of British South African colonies, including the colonial prime ministers. It encompasses the period from 1797 to 1910, when present-day South Africa was divided into four British colonies namely: Cape Colony, Natal Colony, Orange River Colony…