South African diamond and gold mining entrepreneurs from the 1870s to World War I
Randlords (Afrikaans: randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I.
A small number of European financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of the diamond mining industry at Kimberley, Northern Cape. They set up an infrastructure of financing and industrial consolidation which they then applied to exploit the discoveries of gold from 1886 in Transvaal at Witwatersrand — the "Rand". Once based in the Transvaal, many set up residence in the mansions of Parktown.
Many of the Randlords received baronetcies in recognition of their contributions.
Randlords (Afrikaans: randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s up to World...
alphabetical order based on last name. Barney Barnato (1851–1897), British Randlord and diamond magnate Alfred Beit (1853–1906), Anglo-German gold and diamond...
Barnato (born Barnet Isaacs; 21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897) was a British Randlord and diamond magnate who was one of the entrepreneurs who gained control...
Pilgrim's Rest in 1873 Barberton in 1881 Kaapsehoop in 1882 Ferreirasdorp in 1886 (in the Witwatersrand Basin, Witwatersrand) Randlord Witwatersrand Gold Rush...
Westcliff, Melville and Richmond to the West. Originally established by the Randlords in the 1890s, Parktown is now home to many businesses, hospitals, schools...
Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector who became part of the English establishment...
sea, near the island of Madeira Barnato was a British entrepreneur and Randlord who disappeared at sea after mysteriously falling overboard was later found...
Smallholdings. One of these farms was owned by Sir George Herbert Farrar, a randlord who played a prominent role in planning the infamous Jameson Raid, one...
Cecil John Rhodes (/ˈsɛsəl ˈroʊdz/ SES-əl ROHDZ; 5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was an English mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served...
Whitechapel park in 1978 Barney Barnato, diamond mining industrialist and Randlord, 1851–1897 Richard Brandon (? – 20 June 1649), the reputed executioner...
standardisation processes Rand formula, formula in Canadian labour law Randlord, term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold...
death is debated and remains unsolved. Barney Barnato (46), an English Randlord and entrepreneur who was a prominent rival to Cecil Rhodes, was found dead...
created a super-wealthy class of miners and industrialists known as Randlords. Many Randlords built large estates and mansions on the Parktown Ridge. The Witwatersrand...
Dutch Revival style. In 1902, Baker was brought to Johannesburg by the Randlords following the British victory in the Anglo-Boer War and included the Cape...
Neumann (Anglicized name Sigmund) (1857 – 1916) was a mining magnate (Randlord) and financier on the Witwatersrand. Neumann was born in Fürth, Kingdom...
our prestige only. Chamberlain seized upon the fact that some of the Randlords were Jewish to argue in his letters to Cosima Wagner that the war was...
French Victorian style in 1881 by a Capt. John Spence. It was bought by the Randlord Sir J.B. Robinson in 1891 and was where he lived until his death in 1927...
Gustav Imroth (29 June 1862 – 10 October 1946) was a minor Randlord who played a role in the development of the South African diamond-mining industry and...
The 5th Baron Rossmore and wife of Sir Abe Bailey, the South African 'Randlord'. Barry McGuigan, world Boxing Champion 1985. Born in Clones 28 February...
mining millionaire. The large 1897 stone mansion, originally built for the Randlord Barnato, would not be used as he died before the completion of the mansion...
of the Geological Society (1982–1984). Sir Julius Wernher, German-born Randlord and art collector. Howel Williams, leading volcanologist. Robert Willis...
won 21 seats, twenty on the Witwatersrand and one in Pretoria with five Randlords winning seats.: 174 Other parties included the Nationalists (old Transvaal...
its exclusivity and extreme wealth. Sir Lionel Phillips was the first Randlord to build a mansion in Parktown. "Hohenheim" was built in 1894 and demolished...
The Randlord's (mine owners') exploitive employment of Chinese labor contributed to the Liberal Party victory in the 1906 elections. (Punch magazine, 1903)...
– 5 June 1937) was a South African gold and diamond mining magnate and Randlord. He was born in Port St Mary on the Isle of Man. Dale Lace came to South...
the next 70 years. In 1911, the Hall was rented by Sir George Farrar, a Randlord who made his fortune in gold in South Africa, and his wife Ella. Their...
mines. The enormous wealth of the mines was in the hands of European "Randlords" overseeing the mainly British foreign managers, mining foremen, engineers...
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