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    Deneys Reitz: soldier, lawyer, politician, ambassador, and author

    Nov 19, 2021 4 minutes

    Deneys Reitz was born in Bloemfontein in 1882 to Francis William and Blanca Reitz, and educated at Grey College.

    His father was at that stage Chief Justice of the Orange Free State, but the family later moved to Pretoria, where Reitz Sr opened a law firm and later served President Paul Kruger as the Secretary of State for the South African Republic (Transvaal).

    Reitz was 17 years old when the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) broke out, but he was rejected for service with the Boer forces as he looked considerably younger than he actually was.

    Determined to join up, he approached his father and Kruger, who in turn introduced him

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