Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
- Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet
Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet (born 3 May 1940) is a South African landowner and the head of De Grendel wines.
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.[cite web | title=History of De Grendel Wines | url=http://www.degrendel.co.za/about_history.htm | accessdate=2007-08-22] David took his undergraduate degree in agriculture at the University of Stellenbosch, preparatory to a career in farming, but also read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford and studied at the University of Grenoble. Like his father, he at one time entered South African politics, but withdrew in 1988.][cite web | title=The Family Farm - De Grendel | url=http://www.thepropertymag.co.za/pages/452774491/articles/2005/January/The_family_farm_-_De_Grendel_.asp | accessdate=2007-08-22] However, his principal occupation was farming, raising table grapes in the Hex River valley.]Sir David has four children by his wife, Sally, the eldest of whom, de Villiers, is heir apparent to the baronetcy and farms Sir David's property in the Hex River valley.
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