Show rhodes birthplace now museum of his relics LONDON cecil rhodes birth birthplace at bishop stortford Stort ford about 30 miles from london has been opened as a permanent rhodes museum furnished in the style of the time of his birth 1853 and filled with personal relics collected fromal from all over bouth south africa and england photographic copies of historic documents which figured in the great imperialists life have been made by the government archivist of southern rhodesia and now occupy most of one room at the museum another room is devoted to a comprehensive library of south african books manuscripts lef letters books and abad pictures are on display throng throughout hout the old house the most intimate of the personal relics is the tunic of the uniform in which rhodes inspected the troops in kimberley be aley shortly before it was besieged by the boers in 1899 |