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Raoul Gradis
Raoul Gradis (15 June 1861 – 18 June 1943) was a French painter, composer and shipowner.
Origins.
Raoul Gradis was the son of Moïse Henri Gradis (1823–1905) and Hanna Claire (Brandame) Gradis (1835–1925).
His family was Jewish, and had probably moved to Bordeaux from Portugal around 1495.
From 1685 onward the Gradis family was a wealthy line of merchants and shipowners. 
They corresponded with all the main markets of Europe, and were prominent in trade between
), who married Bernard Blanchy, and Jean Gradis (1900–1975).
In 1899 his sister Esther Lucie Gabrielle Alice Emma Gradis (1866-1925) married Georges Julien Schwob d'Héricourt.
Georges Schwob d'Héricourt became Raoul Gradis's business partner.
Later career.
Raoul Gradis succeeded his father as head of the Maison Gradis 1905, working with Georges Schwob d'Héricourt.
During World War I (1914–18) "David Gradis et Fils" was responsible for ensuring France's entire supply of sugar.
Raoul's sons