Cecil Rhodes Declares Rhodesia

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.^¹ He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which the company named after him in 1895.^¹ He also devoted much effort to realizing his vision of a Cape to Cairo Railway through British territory.^¹ Rhodes set up the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate.^¹