Cecil John Rhodes Statue March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. An ardent believer in British colonialism, Rhodes was the founder of the southern African territory of Rhodesia, which was named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after Rhodes. He set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate. Cecil John Rhodes Statue The Cecil John Rhodes Statue is a monument erected at Company's Garden in Cape Town. The statue was erected in 1908. It features a full body replica of Rhodes wearing a three-piece suit, standing with
Sydney Robinson (businessman) Sydney Robinson (businessman) Sir Sydney Walter Robinson JP (1876 – 17 November 1950) was an English farmer, building contractor and Liberal politician. Sydney Robinson was born in 1876 in Walthamstow which was then in the county of Essex, the son of Alfred and Georgina Robinson. He was educated in Walthamstow but then travelled to the USA where he studied at the Metropolitan College in Chicago. In 1898 he married Gwendolene Edith King. Robinson had business interests as a building contractor and was also a farmer with land near to Chelmsford. His speciality and success was in the breeding of pedigree