See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• ALFRED BEIT (1853-1906)

BEIT (1853-1906)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African financier, was the son of a well-to-do See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and in 1875, after a commercial See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, was sent out to See also:

• KIMBERLEY
• KIMBERLEY, JOHN WODEHOUSE, 1ST EARL OF (1826-1902)

Kimberley, South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, to investigate the See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond prospects . He had relatives, the Lipperts, out there in business, and in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Mr (afterwards See also:

• SIR

Sir) See also:

• JULIUS

Julius Wernher (b . 185o) he rapidly acquired a leading position on the diamond See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, and became closely allied with the ideals of See also:

• CECIL

Cecil See also:

• RHODES
• RHODES, CECIL JOHN (1853-1902)
• RHODES, JAMES FORD

Rhodes (q.v.) . In 1889 Rhodes and See also:

• BEIT, ALFRED (1853-1906)

Beit effected the amalgamation of various interests in the De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited . It was largely owing to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and enterprise of Beit that the deep-level See also:

• MINING

mining in the Witwatersrand See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal was started, and he had a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• COMPANY

company, the See also:

• RAND

Rand Mines Limited . The See also:

• FIRM

firm of Wernher, Beit & Co. gradually transferred the centre of their See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial operations to See also:

• LONDON

London, where they became the leading See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in the dealings in South African mines . The rapid progress made in developing the diamond and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold output made Beit a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of enormous See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, and he utilized it lavishly in pursuit of Rhodes's South African policy . He was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of the British South Africa company, and was included with Rhodes in the censure passed by the House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission of Inquiry on the See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson See also:

• RAID

Raid (1896) . He was subsequently one of Rhodes's trustees . Personally of a modest, See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle, generous and retiring disposition, and strongly imbued with Rhodes's ideas of British imperialism, he was one of the South African millionaires of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth against whom the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-imperialist See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England were never tired of employing their sarcastic invective . But though shrinking from ostentation in any See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, his See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse was continually opened for public See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, notably his support of the Imperial See also:

• LIGHT

Light See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse and Imperial See also:

• YEOMANRY

Yeomanry in the South African See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1899-19o2, and his endowment of the professorship of colonial See also:

• HISTORY

history at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford (1905) . He gave £1oo,000 to establish a university in his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Hamburg and £200,000 for a university in See also:

• JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg .

He built a See also:

• FINE

fine house in See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, London, but was never prominent in social See also:

• LIFE

life . He died, unmarried, on the 16th of See also:

• JULY

July 1906 .