Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) was father of the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, as well as a major architect of British policy in southern Africa, founder of a university at Salisbury, Rhodesia, and a benefactor to Oxford University.

Information on the ancestors of Cecil John Rhodes has been gleaned from trees on Ancestry.co.uk researched by G A Hood Muswell Hill N10 London, London, England

Dale Popp Johnsburg, Illinois, USA

It would be good to verify this tree as Cecil John Rhodes was a figure of historical interest. CJB

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