Gardner Williams person
also: Williams
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Exploration Company recruited
Gardner Williams documented
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“It was the Exploration Company which, albeit indirectly, revived the Rothschilds’ interest in diamonds when it recruited another American engineer, Gardner Williams, to report on mining prospects in South Africa.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
Cecil Rhodes appointed
Gardner Williams documented
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“Identifying Williams... as his entrée to New Court, he hastily offered him the job of general manager at De Beers…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)