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Elliott Maris was founded during 1873 by Robert Dundas Graham, only two years after Kimberley was founded. Mr. Graham was a mining partner with Cecil Rhodes and also held Mr. Rhodes’ Will.
Elliott Maris’s first offices were situated at Shippard Street, where the new modern Diamond Cutting Works is now situated. Mr. Graham was one of 74 original signatories who each pledged to take one debenture share worth 100 pounds when the Kimberley Club was founded in 1881.
During 1892 the firm received a post pox, being P.O. Box 179, which the firm still uses to this day. The firm became modernised during 1901 by installing a telephone, the number allocated being 45.