1. Solomon Barnato Joel was a British-South African business magnate.
12 Facts About Solomon Joel
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Solomon Joel moved to Cape Colony in the 1880s where he made his fortune in connection with diamonds, later becoming a financier with interests in mining, brewing and railways.
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On Barney Barnato's death in 1897, Solomon Joel became head of the family business, the Barnato Brothers.
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Solomon Joel established the Van Ryn Deep Mine in 1902; the Government Gold Mining Areas Consolidated Limited, in 1910; and the New State Areas Ltd.
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Solomon Joel married a beautiful young actress named Ellen "Nellie" Ridley.
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Solomon Joel disapproved of one of his sons, Stanhope's, marriage for two years.
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Solomon Joel's interests were wide and varied and included many business concerns.
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Solomon Joel was kept busy with his enlarged family's diamond and gold mining interests, activities in brewing, the theatre and railways.
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Solomon Joel was renowned for being a generous man who purchased the first motorised ambulance for the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
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Solomon Joel established a stud at New Farm, which was renamed Home Stud Farm located near his own estate.
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In 1903 Solomon Joel purchased the Maiden Erlegh Estate in Earley, near Reading in Berkshire.
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Solomon Joel died in 1931 at Moulton Paddocks and immediately his estate and possessions were sold at auction.