Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. South Africa's Rhodes University is also named after him. Rhodes set up the provisions of the Rhodes Scholarship, which is funded by his estate, and put much effort towards his vision
James Morris (Canada West politician) of William Morris (Canadian businessman) The town of Morrisburg was named after him. James Morris (Canada West politician) James Morris (November 1, 1798 – September 23, 1865) was a businessman, banker and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1798, settled with his family at Elizabethtown (later Brockville) in Upper Canada in 1808 and was educated at Sorel in Lower Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1825. In 1836, he began working at a bank in Brockville. In 1838, he was appointed to a commission which administered funds raised for canal