See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN ROBINSON (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

ROBINSON (1845– )  , See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African mine-owner, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CRADOCK

Cradock, Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony, in 1845 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen he started business as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general trader, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-buyer and stock-breeder, but on the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of diamonds in South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa in 1867 he hastened to the See also:

• VAAL

Vaal See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DISTRICT

district, where, by purchasing the stones from the natives and afterwards by buying See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond-bearing See also:

• LAND

land, notably at See also:

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

Kimberley, he soon acquired a considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . He was See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Kimberley in 188o, and for four years was a representative of Griqualand See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West in the Cape See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . On the discovery of See also:

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

gold in the Witwatersrand district in 1886 . See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the Langlaagte and Randfontein estates, His views as to the See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly trend of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main gold-bearing See also:

• REEF (1)

reef were entirely contrary to the bulk of South African See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, but events proved him to be correct, and the enormous appreciation in value of his various properties made him one of the richest men in South Africa . As a See also:

• RAND

Rand capitalist he stood aloof from combinations with other gold-See also:

• MINING

mining interests, and took no See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg reform See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, maintaining friendly relations with See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• KRUGER, STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (1825-1904)

Kruger . He claimed that it was as the result of his representations after 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 that Kruger appointed the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission of 1897, whose recommendations—had they been carried out—would have remedied some of the Uitlander grievances . In 1908 he was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet .