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Rhodes was born in 1853 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, the fifth son of the Reverend Francis William Rhodes (1807–1878) and his wife, Louisa Peacock. [10] Francis was a Church of England clergyman who served as perpetual curate of Brentwood, Essex (1834–1843), and then as vicar of nearby Bishop's Stortford (1849–1876 ...
He was born at Hamworth Hall, Norfolk, the son of Henry Rudd (1809–1884) and his first wife Mary Stanbridge. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 32 His family had been in the shipbuilding and paint businesses. Rudd studied at Harrow School (1857–1862) [ 2 ] : 32 and then entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1863, [ 3 ] where he excelled in playing rackets .
Holland had three children in Rhodesia with his wife Susan Jessica (Browning) Holland. His South African grandfather, Arthur Herbert was personal secretary to Cecil Rhodes [3] His South African grandmother, Madeleine Holland, was a poet and academic who studied the Bantu of modern-day of central and Southern Africa. [3]
Frank and Cecil learnt to ride at the Manor and it was during these visits to Sleaford that Cecil began his long friendship with Robert Yerburgh, a son of the town's vicar. [25] On Sophia Peacock's death in 1892, [26] Frank Rhodes inherited the Manor House. [27] He was still living there in 1897. [28]
In this novel, the Ballantyne saga continues with the interaction between Zouga Ballantyne, Cecil Rhodes and the other whites who took over southern Africa. Zouga now has a frail wife and two sons, Ralph and Jordan. He hopes to raise enough resources from the new diamond working in Kimberley.
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Millin is credited as one of the contributors to the screenplay for the film Rhodes of Africa, which was released in 1936 and starred Walter Huston. To coincide with the release of Rhodes of Africa, Grosset & Dunlap reprinted this biography in the US under the title Cecil Rhodes, Empire Builder. General Smuts [15] is Millin's second biography ...
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for people suffering from poverty and homelessness and living on the margins, has died.