Denys Finch Hatton

Denys Finch-Hatton
Born
Denys George Finch-Hatton

(1887-04-24)24 April 1887
Died14 May 1931(1931-05-14) (aged 44)
EducationEton College
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
Parent(s)Henry Stormont Finch-Hatton, 13th Earl of Winchilsea
Anne Jane Codrington
RelativesGuy Finch-Hatton, 14th Earl of Winchilsea (brother)
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankLieutenant
UnitEast African Mounted Rifles
Battles / warsFirst World War
AwardsMilitary Cross
Coat of arms

Denys George Finch-Hatton MC (24 April 1887 – 14 May 1931) was a British aristocratic big-game hunter and the lover of Baroness Karen von Blixen (also known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen), a Danish noblewoman who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa, first published in 1937. In the book, his name is hyphenated: "Finch-Hatton".