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1853 – 1902Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902)Died 26 March 1902, aged 48Rhodes was a British-born businessman and politician who founded the diamond company De Beers and served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. He was a driving force behind British colonial expansion in southern Africa, and the territories of Rhodesia were named after him.