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   Barney Barnato

   Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs) (5 July 1852 – 14 June 1897) was a South African Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s.
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   Solomon Joel

   Known as "Solly", he was born into a Jewish family, being one of three sons of Joel Joel (a London tavernkeeper of the King of Prussia), and Kate Isaacs, who was a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later to be called Barney Barnato.
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   Woolf Barnato

   He was the son of Barney Barnato, who had made a fortune as a "Randlord" in South African diamond and gold mining.
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   Barnato

   Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs)
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   Diana Barnato Walker

   She vowed never to marry again, and became the lover of married English-based American pilot Whitney Straight, who like her father had been a pre-war champion racing driver - the couple had a son Barney Barnato in 1947, and having never asked Straight to leave his wife, her only comment was: "I was perfectly content.
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   Joel family

   Their father was Joel Joel (1836-1893) and their mother Catherine Isaacs (1840-1917)"Kate", a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later to be known as Barney Barnato.
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   Randlord

   Barney Barnato (1852–1897)
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   John Hays Hammond

   Over 10,000 people wrote tributes to Hammond, including: Hearst whose father gave him his first job, Woolf Barnato whose father (Barney Barnato) took him to South Africa, Sir Lionel Phillips who was condemned to death with him, the Guggenheims who employed him at a fabulous salary, former President Taft who offered him an Ambassador position, and President Calvin Coolidge who consulted with him on the coal situation.
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   Whitney Straight

   Whitney Straight was the father of Barney Barnato (born 1947) out of a long term relationship with Diana Barnato Walker, the British air ace, who herself was the first British woman to break the sound barrier (Source - "Spreading My Wings" by Diana Barnato-Walker).
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    W. O. Bentley

    The "Bentley Boys" came up with the money, with Woolf Barnato, heir to Kimberley diamond magnate Barney Barnato, becoming the majority shareholder.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Barney Barnato,
• Solomon Joel,
• Woolf Barnato,
• Barnato,
• Diana Barnato Walker,
• Joel family,
• Randlord,
• John Hays Hammond,
• Whitney Straight,
• W. O. Bentley