Barney Barnato (21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897), born Barnet Isaacs, was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s. He is perhaps best remembered as being a rival of Cecil Rhodes.
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Barnet Isaacs 21 February 1851 Aldgate, London
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14 June 1897 (aged 46) he was lost overboard near the island of Madeira, whilst on a passage home to England
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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