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- Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 1940 – 24 January 2015), was a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate. The son of Sir De Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet, he was born in 1940, after his father left to serve in the North African Campaign. Sir De Villiers became a prisoner of war in 1942, and would not meet his son until 1945. David took his undergraduate degree BSC Agric University of Stellenbosch, preparatory to a career in politics and farming, but also read politics, philosophy and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford and studied at the University of Grenoble. Like his father, he entered South African politics and served as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry under FW De Klerk, he retired in 1996. When he inherited the baronetcy and the family estate of De Grendel upon his father's death, he decided to experiment with viniculture and winemaking. Sir David was a director of Graaffs Trust and The Milnerton Estates Limited. He was the Honorary Colonel of the Cape Garrison Artillery until his death on 24 January 2015. Sir David is survived by his wife Sally and his four children, the eldest of whom, De Villiers, succeeded him in the baronetcy and farming at De Grendel Estate. (en)
- David de Villiers Graaff, 3de baronet (*3 mei 1940) is een Zuid-Afrikaans zakenman en eigenaar van De Grendel Wine Estate. Sir David de Villiers Graaff is de zoon van wijlen Sir De Villiers Graaff (1913-1999), tijdens een groot deel van de apartheidsperiode fractievoorzitter van de oppositiepartij Verenigde Party. Omdat De Villiers Graaff tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog deelnam aan verscheidene campagnes van het Zuid-Afrikaanse leger en van 1942 tot 1945 Italiaans en Duits krijgsgevangene was, zag hij zijn zoon pas in 1945 voor het eerst. Sir David studeerde aan de Universiteit van Stellenbosch en nadien aan de universiteiten van Oxford en . Net als zijn vader was Sir David politiek actief. Van 1991 tot 1994 was hij minister van Toerisme in het kabinet-De Klerk. Na zijn politieke carrière legde hij zich volledig toe op de wijnbouw. (nl)
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- Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, in the De Grendel Wines cellar. (en)
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- Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 1940 – 24 January 2015), was a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate. The son of Sir De Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet, he was born in 1940, after his father left to serve in the North African Campaign. Sir De Villiers became a prisoner of war in 1942, and would not meet his son until 1945. David took his undergraduate degree BSC Agric University of Stellenbosch, preparatory to a career in politics and farming, but also read politics, philosophy and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford and studied at the University of Grenoble. Like his father, he entered South African politics and served as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry under FW De Klerk, he retired in 1996. When he inherited the baronetcy and the family estat (en)
- David de Villiers Graaff, 3de baronet (*3 mei 1940) is een Zuid-Afrikaans zakenman en eigenaar van De Grendel Wine Estate. Sir David de Villiers Graaff is de zoon van wijlen Sir De Villiers Graaff (1913-1999), tijdens een groot deel van de apartheidsperiode fractievoorzitter van de oppositiepartij Verenigde Party. Omdat De Villiers Graaff tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog deelnam aan verscheidene campagnes van het Zuid-Afrikaanse leger en van 1942 tot 1945 Italiaans en Duits krijgsgevangene was, zag hij zijn zoon pas in 1945 voor het eerst. (nl)
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- Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet (en)
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