In the last years of his life this man was stalked by a crazed Polish princess, who had him brought to trial for fraud.
In the last years of his life this man was stalked by a crazed Polish princess, who had him brought to trial for fraud. At the age of 20 he left his farm in the care of his business partner, Charles Rudd, and returned to England in order to study at Oriel College in Oxford. The support of Jan Hofmeyr helped him become prime minister, and he introduced the Glen Grey Act and the Franchise and Ballot Act. However, a failure to trigger an uprising of the Uitlanders [pronunciation guide: Ewtlanders] forced him to step down as leader of the Cape Colony in 1896, and on his death six years later he was buried on a hilltop in Matobo national park near Bulawayo, now the second- largest city in a country once named for him. FTP, name this British-born politician and industrialist who founded the De Beers Mining Company and funded a famous scholarship.
In the last years of his life this man was stalked by a crazed Polish princess, who had him brought to trial for fraud.
Cecil {Rhodes}