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Barney 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 of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I.
Jun 9, 2024 · Barney Barnato (born 1852, London, Eng.—died June 14, 1897, at sea) was a financier, diamond magnate, and gold baron who first rivaled and then later allied with Cecil Rhodes in struggling for control in the development of the Southern African mining industry.
Feb 6, 2018 · Born in 1851 in the ‘Petticoat Lane’ area of Whitechapel in London’s East End, Barnett ‘Barney’ Isaacs was the son of Isaac Isaacs – a dealer in second-hand clothes and rags - and his wife, Leah, who died when Barney was just two years old.
Barney Barnato was a television mini-series based on the life of British diamond mining magnate Barney Barnato. It was produced in South Africa, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. It was first shown on television in South Africa by the South African Broadcasting Corporation on 9 April 1990.
Jun 14, 2015 · On June 14, 1897, the South African diamond magnate Barney Barnato, who was for some time one of the world’s wealthiest men, drowned after falling – or jumping – from a boat into the Atlantic, off the island of Madeira. The circumstances of his death have never been satisfactorily resolved.
Barney Barnato was a South African financier and mining magnate who founded the Barnato Diamond Mining Company and became a life governor of De Beers. He was also a prominent figure in Johannesburg politics and a lover of Shakespeare and fancy waistcoats.
Mar 26, 2012 · But Barney Barnato had learned about fighting in London’s East End and had a punch like a mule. He promptly knocked out the Portuguese, then put on a juggling act with his bowler hat and three bottles of beer, rounding off the performance with a speech from “Hamlet”, delivered standing on his head!
