Papers of the British South Africa Company (the Cawston Papers) 1888-1911

British South Africa company

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The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was a mercantile company based in London. It was incorporated in 1889 under a royal charter (at the instigation of Cecil Rhodes) with the object of acquiring and exercising commercial and administrative rights in south-central Africa. The charter gave the BSAC rights to maintain or distribute vast territory, to make treaties, to establish a police force, and to set up banking firms. By 1900, the BSAC was administering both Southern...

Cawston George fl 1888-1911

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Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902

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British financier and politician. From the description of Cecil John Rhodes miscellany, 1886-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867143 Biographical/Historical Note British financier and politician From the guide to the Cecil John Rhodes miscellany, 1886-1930, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Cawston, George

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The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was a mercantile company based in London. It was incorporated in 1889 under a royal charter (at the instigation of Cecil Rhodes) with the object of acquiring and exercising commercial and administrative rights in south-central Africa. The charter gave the BSAC rights to maintain or distribute vast territory, to make treaties, to establish a police force, and to set up banking firms. By 1900, the BSAC was administering both Southern...

Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

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British explorer, botanist, zoologist, artist, and pioneer colonial administrator. He was closely involved in what has been called the Scramble for Africa by 19th-century colonial powers and between 1888 and 1891; he exercised much influence on British African policy. From 1891 to 1895 he served as the first British consul general and commissioner in Nyasaland (now Malawi) and obtained the treaties on which the United Kingdom based its claims to Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia. He served two yea...