Dirk Georg de Graeff

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Dirk Georg de Graeff (1953)

Jonkheer Dirk Georg de Graeff (* 1905 in The Hague ; † 1986 there ) was a Dutch aristocrat, courtier , manager and banker .

biography

Dirk Georg de Graeff was a descendant of the De Graeffs who were city ​​lords of Amsterdam in the 17th century . He was the son of Jonkheer Géorg de Graeff (1873-1954), a state engineer and inspector of public health in Zeeland and North Holland , and Lidia Christine Adelaide Dijckmeester. His younger brother Jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (* 1909) was director of the central office of the Shell oil company and president of the Royal Institute of Engineers. He came from the Hague branch of the De Graeff family and was the grandson of the diplomat Jhr, who was successful in Japan. Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroekand a nephew of the statesman Jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff . Dirk Georg de Graeff was with Jkvr. Wendela Johanna Leonia Hooft married.

Dirk Georg de Graeff was the agent and delegate of the Dutch trading company . The Dutch royal court he had the court offices Chamberlain and master of ceremonies at Queen Wilhelmina and her successor Queen Juliana held. In 1964 he was director of Twentsche Bank and one of the founders of Algemene Bank Nederland, which emerged from a merger of the Dutch trading company with Twentsche Bank. De Graeff then became the first Managing Director of Algemene Bank Nederland. In 1970 he received the Order of Orange-Nassau from the Mayor of Amsterdam, Ivo Samkalden .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Google Book Search: Wie is dat ?, Volume 6, p. 224
  2. ↑ Twentsche Bank; bijlagen ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.historischcentrumoverijssel.nl
  3. ↑ Google Book Search: The bankers' who's who: Volume 2, p. 270
  4. ↑ Photo archive
personal data
SURNAME Graeff, Dirk Georg de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graeff, Dirk Georg de Jonkheer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch aristocrat, courtier, manager and banker
DATE OF BIRTH 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH 1986
Place of death The hague