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The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and other adjoining territories in what is today Zimbabwe, was granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, three agents acting on behalf of the South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, on 30 October 1888.
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.
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[2] [n 2] Having secured the Rudd Concession on mining rights from Lobengula in October 1888, [4] Rhodes and his British South Africa Company were granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in October 1889. [5] The Company was empowered under this charter to trade with local rulers, form banks, own and manage land and to raise and run a police ...
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