William Broderick Cloete
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William Broderick Cloete (1851 – 7 May 1915) was a Cape Colony-born British industrialist active in the border zones between
Cloete is also noted for his belief in the legend of the Lost Nigger Gold Mine; he offered Lock Campbell, a Texan man, expenses of $10,000 if he would undertake an expedition to find it.[4] On 19 July 1899, Campbell and four other men signed an agreement to search for it, and one of the men later claimed to have discovered it in the Ladrones Mountains in New Mexico, but this was never verified.[5] He died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915, but his body was never identified.[2]
Sports interests
Cloete was also a famous owner and breeder of race horses, with his colt Paradox securing a number of major wins, including the Grand Prix de Paris, and claiming second place in the 1885 Derby. He played cricket for Crystal Palace CC, the Surrey Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1877–1893. He also played football for the original Crystal Palace FC between 1870–1875.[6]
References
- ^ Hart 2006, p. 182.
- ^ a b "Mr. William Brodrick-Cloete - The Lusitania Resource". The Lusitania Resource. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36824. London. 19 July 1902. p. 12.
- ^ Dobie 1978, p. 155.
- ^ Braddy 1945, p. 360.
- ISBN 979-8772662892.
Bibliography
- Braddy, Haldeen (1945). "A Legend of the Lost Nigger Gold Mine". California Folklore Quarterly. 4 (4). Western States Folklore Society: 359–363. JSTOR 1495620.
- Dobie, James Frank (1978). Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-71052-6.
- Hart, John Mason (2006). Empire And Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War. University of California Press. ISBN 0520939298.
