Sir Cliff gave a controlling interest in Skeggs Group to his three sons, David, Graeme, and Bryan, on the condition any sale of the Bluff oyster subsidiary would be ‘over his dead body’.
David Skeggs with his parents Lady Marie and Sir Clifford.
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The sudden death of one of his three sons at the start of 2024 would have been keenly felt by 93-year-old Sir Cliff Skeggs, whose South Island tourism businesses are being