Rhodes, Cecil John

(1853-1902). Born at Bishop Stortford, England. Educated at Oxford. Went to South Africa, 1871, and made a fortune in the diamond mines. Entered the A embly of Cape Colony, 1881, and became a member of the Executive Council, 1884, as treasurer-general. Appointed deputy-commi ioner of Bechuana Land, 1884. Organized the British South Africa Company, 1889. Premier of Cape Colony, 1890-1896. Left the greater part of his fortune for the establishment of scholarships at Oxford University, open to university students in each of the British colonies, the United States, and Germany. Index : Md Letter from, to Mac donald suggesting Imperial preferential trade, 343; makes same suggestion to Sir Henry Parkes of Australia, 343. Bib. : Hensman, Cecil Rhodes: a Study of a Career ; Scholz, Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships .