Denys George Finch Hatton (April 24, 1887 - May 14, 1931) was a big-game hunter, and presumably the lover of Karen Blixen (also known by her pen name as Isak Dinesen), who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa first published in 1937. In the book, his name is hyphenated Finch-Hatton. is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (April 17, 1885 – September 7, 1962), née Karen Dinesen, was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. ... Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke), first published in 1937. ...

Finch-Hatton was the son of Henry Stormont Finch Hatton, Earl of Winchilsea, and Anne Coddrington, daughter of a former Admiral of the British Fleet. The second son and third child, he was educated at Eton College, and Brasenose College, Oxford. Earl of Winchilsea is a title in the peerage of England, created in 1628. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and... and of the Brasenose College College name The Kings Hall and College of Brasenose Latin name aula regia et collegium aenei nasi Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister college Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Principal Prof. ...

In 1911, after a trip to South Africa, he traveled to British East Africa, and bought some land on the western side of the Great Rift Valley near what is now Eldoret. He turned over the investment to a partner, and spent his time hunting. British East Africa was a British protectorate in East Africa, covering generally the area of present-day Kenya and lasting from 1890 to 1920, when it became the colony of Kenya. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Eldoret is northwest of Nairobi, near Uganda (click map to enlarge) Eldoret is a town in western Kenya and the administrative centre of Uasin Gishu District of Rift Valley Province. ...

Finch-Hatton was not known to have had any serious romances before he met Blixen. They were introduced at the Muthaiga Club on April 5, 1918. Soon afterwards he was assigned to military service in Egypt. On his return to Kenya after The Armistice, he developed a close friendship with Karen and her husband Bror von Blixen-Finecke. He left Africa again in 1920, but returned in 1922, investing in a land development company. The Muthaiga Country Club is a club in Nairobi, Kenya. ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... A white flag is traditionally used to represent a truce. ... Bror von Blixen-Finecke (July 25, 1886 – March 4, 1946) was a Swedish baron, writer, and African big-game hunter; he was the original archetype of the Great White hunter One of a pair of identical twins born to an aristocratic Swedish family (his twin, Hans, died in a plane...

By this time, Karen Blixen had separated from her husband, and after their divorce in 1925, Finch-Hatton moved into her house and began leading safaris for wealthy sportsmen. Among his clients were Marshall Field and The Prince of Wales. Map of Africa 1890 Look up safari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ... Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20...

On 14 May 1931, Finch-Hatton's Gypsy Moth crashed shortly after take-off from Voi airport. He and his Kĩkũyũ servant were killed. May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth was a variant of the powered by the de Havilland Gipsy I engine. ... Voi is a market town in southern Kenya, lying on the edge of the Tsavo National Park. ... A Kîkûyû woman in traditional dress. ...

In accordance with his wishes, Finch-Hatton was buried in the Ngong Hills overlooking Nairobi National Park. Later, his brother erected an obelisk at the gravesite upon which he placed a simple brass plaque inscribed with Denys's name, the dates of his birth and death and an extract from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's narrative poem the Rime of the Ancient Mariner : "He prayeth well, who loveth well both man and bird and beast" The Ngong Hills are located close to Nairobi in southern Kenya. ... Nairobi National Park is 117 km² but is only a few km from the centre of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... One of a set of engraved metal plate illustrations by Gustave Doré. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem written by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797–1799 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads (1798). ...

Denys Finch-Hatton was played by Robert Redford in the 1985 film Out of Africa. Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke), first published in 1937. ...

References

• Too Close to the Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton (2006) by Sara Wheeler
• Out of Isak Dinesen (1998) by Linda G. Donelson
• The Eton College Chronicle (May 21, 1931)
• Silence Will Speak (1977) by Errol Trzebinski
• The Lives of Beryl Markham (1993) by Errol Trzebinski
• Out of Africa (1937) by Isak Dinesen (Pseudonym of Karen Blixen)