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Barney Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs; 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. He was known as a rival of Cecil Rhodes .
Feb 6, 2018 · Barney’s body was embalmed in Madeira and brought back to Southampton where an inquest was held at the South Western Hotel on Friday, June 18th, 1897 before the Coroner, Mr W Coxwell. There were only two witnesses at the inquest. Barney’s nephew, Solomon “Solly” Barnato Joel, who sailed with Barney on the RMS Scot in June,1897.
Jun 9, 2024 · Barney Barnato (born 1852, London, Eng.—died June 14, 1897, at sea) was a financier, diamond magnate, and gold baron who first rivaled and then later allied with Cecil Rhodes in struggling for control in the development of the Southern African mining industry. Barnett Isaacs was the son of a Jewish shopkeeper, Isaac Isaacs, in the East End of ...
Barney Barnato. South African Randlord and entrepreneur. Barney Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed it to Barney Barnatto when he was acting as a comedian. He followed his brother Harry to Cape Town in 1873 to seek fortune in the diamond rush that followed the 1866 ...
Feb 5, 1998 · Barney Barnato and Mzilikazi Khumalo never knew each other: Mr. Barnato died insane in 1897, and Mr. Khumalo was not born until 1955. But the two men who bracket the history of JCI Ltd. -- the ...
Barney Barnato was a South African financier and mining magnate who founded the Barnato Diamond Mining Company and became a life governor of De Beers. He was also a prominent figure in Johannesburg politics and a lover of Shakespeare and fancy waistcoats.
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Jun 14, 2015 · On June 14, 1897, the South African diamond magnate Barney Barnato, who was for some time one of the world’s wealthiest men, drowned after falling – or jumping – from a boat into the Atlantic, off the island of Madeira. The circumstances of his death have never been satisfactorily resolved. Barnett Isaacs, as he was called at birth, was ...
