BARNATO, BARNETT

bärnäˈtō, 1852–97, South African financier, b. London. His name originally was Barney Isaacs; he first called himself Barney Barnato when he performed as a comedian. He went to South Africa in 1873 and made a fortune by buying worked-out diamond mines in the Kimberley area and mining the abandoned blue earth. He increased his fortune by speculation in diamond and gold mines until he was maneuvered by Cecil Rhodes into merging the Kimberley interests with Rhodes's De Beers interests. He was also plunged into Cape politics and served in the Parliament there. He committed suicide.

See biography by R. Lewinsohn (tr. 1938).

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Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature, 1870-1918
Book by Elleke Boehmer; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Commonwealth Countries--Literary Collections, Commonwealth Literature (English), English Literature--19th Century, English Literature--20th Century, Great Britain--Colonies--Literary Collections, Imperialism--Literary Collections
...indignation over this and subsequent events sparked off the writing of Trooper Peter. 220 Barnato and Beit : the Kimberley diamond magnate Barney Barnato Barnett Isaacs, 1852-97 , and the South African financier and mining magnate Alfred Beit 1853...
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Imperial Commonwealth
Book by Lord Elton; Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946
Subjects: Great Britain--Colonies--History, Great Britain--History
...474 Banks, Sir Joseph, 252 , 254 , 256 , 257 , 374 Barbados, 68 , 362 . Baring, Sir Evelyn, see Cromer, Lord Barnato, Barnett Isaacs Barney , 418 Baroda, 460 Barre, Isaac, on Pitt, 138 Barwell, Richard, 229 Bass, George, 258 , 259...
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Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate
Book by Joseph Jacobs; The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920
Subjects: Jews
...Bardi, the, 220 . Bardsleys Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature , 67 . Baring, Sir Francis, 238 , 239 , 240 . Barnato, Barnett, 243 . Barrett, 203 . Bassevi, Joseph, of Prague, 225 , 226 . Bayle, 290 . Baynes, A., 289 . Beaulieu...
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Imperial Commonwealth
Book by Lord Godrey Elton; Collins, 1945
Subjects: Great Britain--Colonies--History, Great Britain--History
...Banks, Sir Joseph, 252 , 254 , 256 , 257 , 374 . Barbados, 68 , 362 . Baring, Sir Evelyn, see Cromer, Lord . Barnato, Barnett Isaacs Barney , 418 . Baroda, 460 . Barre, Isaac, on Pitt, 138 . Barwell, Richard, 229 . Bass, George, 258...
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Who's Who in Jewish History: After the Period of the Old Testament
Book by Joan Comay; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Jews--Biography, Jews--Encyclopedias
...the retrieval of part of the nations lost heritage BARNATO, Barney (Barnett Isaacs) 1852-97. South African mining magnate...waistcoats, he adopted the theatrical-sounding name of Barnato. The brothers set up the Barnato Diamond Mining Company...
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Barnato, Barnett
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARNATO, BARNETT barna to, 1852 97, South African financier, b. London. His name originally was Barney Isaacs; he first called himself Barney Barnato when he performed as a comedian. He went to South Africa in 1873 and...
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Diamond
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were so many different claims, was an important factor in the series of amalgamations carried on by Cecil Rhodes and Barnett Barnato . Rhodes brought about the merging of their interests in the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., which established...


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