Zaharoff, Sir Basil
Other Business Names:
- Maxim Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Paris, France
Sectors:
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Business services
Military advising & assistance services
Notes:
(Sir) Basil Zaharoff, 1849-1936, was an international arms dealer from the late 1870s, noted for his unscrupulous practices. In 1877 appointed representative in the Near East of the Swedish armaments business, Thorsten Nordenfeldt. Subsequently acquired a major stake in Hiram Maxim's Maxim Nordenfeldt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd which in 1897 was acquired by Vickers Ltd with which he was subsequently connected. 1914-18 was close to the British government's war efforts, especially in the Near East. Lived for long in Paris and also had interests, inter alia, in French banking [2023]
Publications:
- A conspiracy of silence? Lloyd George and Basil Zaharoff by Bloom, Cecil
- Arms and the Men. The arms trade and governments by Collier, Basil
- Arms Bazaar. The companies, the dealers, the bribes. From Vickers to Lockheed by Sampson, Anthony
- Basil Zaharoff. L'incroyable histoire du plus grand marchand d'armes du monde by Gaston-Breton, Tristan
- Career of Sir Basil Zaharoff by Lewinsohn, Richard
- 'Chocolate for Zedzed. Basil Zaharoff and the secret diplomacy of the Great War' in Records of the Permanent Under Secretary's Department. Liaison between the Foreign Office and British Secret Intelligence, 1873-1939 by Hamilton, Keith
- Man of Arms. The life and legend of Sir Basil Zaharoff by Allfrey, Anthony
- Men of Wealth. The story of twelve significant fortunes from the renaissance to the present day by Flynn, John T
- Pedlar of Death. The life of Sir Basil Zaharoff by McCormick, Donald
- Roi des Arms. La vie mysterieuse de Sir Basil Zaharoff by Rochat-Chenise
- Sir Basil Zaharoff and Sir Vincent Caillard as instruments of British policy towards Greece and the Ottoman Empire during the Asquith and Lloyd George administrations, 1915–8 by Maiolo, Joseph, & Tony Insall
- Zaharoff, High Priest of War by Davenport, Guiles
- Zaharoff. The armaments king by Neumann, Robert
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Maxim Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Paris, France
Sectors:
- Business services Military advising & assistance services
Notes:
(Sir) Basil Zaharoff, 1849-1936, was an international arms dealer from the late 1870s, noted for his unscrupulous practices. In 1877 appointed representative in the Near East of the Swedish armaments business, Thorsten Nordenfeldt. Subsequently acquired a major stake in Hiram Maxim's Maxim Nordenfeldt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd which in 1897 was acquired by Vickers Ltd with which he was subsequently connected. 1914-18 was close to the British government's war efforts, especially in the Near East. Lived for long in Paris and also had interests, inter alia, in French banking [2023]Publications:
- A conspiracy of silence? Lloyd George and Basil Zaharoff by Bloom, Cecil
- Arms and the Men. The arms trade and governments by Collier, Basil
- Arms Bazaar. The companies, the dealers, the bribes. From Vickers to Lockheed by Sampson, Anthony
- Basil Zaharoff. L'incroyable histoire du plus grand marchand d'armes du monde by Gaston-Breton, Tristan
- Career of Sir Basil Zaharoff by Lewinsohn, Richard
- 'Chocolate for Zedzed. Basil Zaharoff and the secret diplomacy of the Great War' in Records of the Permanent Under Secretary's Department. Liaison between the Foreign Office and British Secret Intelligence, 1873-1939 by Hamilton, Keith
- Man of Arms. The life and legend of Sir Basil Zaharoff by Allfrey, Anthony
- Men of Wealth. The story of twelve significant fortunes from the renaissance to the present day by Flynn, John T
- Pedlar of Death. The life of Sir Basil Zaharoff by McCormick, Donald
- Roi des Arms. La vie mysterieuse de Sir Basil Zaharoff by Rochat-Chenise
- Sir Basil Zaharoff and Sir Vincent Caillard as instruments of British policy towards Greece and the Ottoman Empire during the Asquith and Lloyd George administrations, 1915–8 by Maiolo, Joseph, & Tony Insall
- Zaharoff, High Priest of War by Davenport, Guiles
- Zaharoff. The armaments king by Neumann, Robert