| LC control no. | n 50052521 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | British South Africa Company |
| Variant(s) | BSAC BSACo |
| See also | Product of merger: Charter Consolidated |
| Beginning date | [1888,1889] |
| Ending date | 1965 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Zimbabwe Zambia South Africa |
| Located | London (England) |
| Found in | Charter International plc website, 12 May 2010: history (traces back to 1889 when the British South Africa Company was formed; in 1965 Charter Consolidated was est. by the merger of British South Africa Company, Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited, and Consolidated Mines Selection Company Limited; in Aug. 1993 Charter plc was created following a reconstruction of Charter Consolidated; on 22 Oct. 2008 Charter International became the new holding company of Charter plc) Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (Chartered 1889) Wikipedia, April 11, 2022 (British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo); incorporated in October 1888, chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd; the company received a Royal Charter modelled on that of the British East India Company; Rhodes' main focus was south of the Zambezi, in Mashonaland and the coastal areas to its east, from which he believed the Portuguese could be removed, and in the Transvaal, which he hoped would return to British control; as part of administering Southern Rhodesia until 1923 and Northern Rhodesia until 1924, the BSAC formed what were originally paramilitary forces, but which later included more normal police functions; although its land claims in Southern Rhodesia were nullified in 1918, its land rights in Northern Rhodesia and its mineral rights in Southern Rhodesia had to be bought out in 1924 and 1933 respectively, and its mineral rights in Northern Rhodesia lasted until 1964; the BSAC also created the Rhodesian railway system and owned the railways there until 1947; headquarters in London; in 1964 the company handed over its mineral rights to the government of Zambia, and in 1965 the business of the British South Africa Company was merged with the Central Mining & Investment Corporation Ltd and the Consolidated Mines Selection Company Ltd into the mining and industrial business of Charter Consolidated Ltd) |
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