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Denys finch hatton8/12/2023 His lover, Karen (Tanne), Baroness von Finecke-Blixen lived in a small house below the Ngong Hills, some twelve miles outside Nairobi. In fact it was during the safaris for the Prince in 19 that Finch Hatton began to promote shooting on film rather than with a gun. His clients included the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). More symbols of shut-in-ness.ĭenys spent most of his life in Africa avoiding any kind of confinement – out in the Tsavo wilderness, running shooting safaris for the rich and aristocratic. We could not see the grave though, and soon found that it was deliberately hidden from view by an enclosure of old wooden doors. We could have bought a soda too, if we’d wanted. We parked in a paddock outside the farmhouse door and were charged a few shillings. When we visited years ago we found only a hand-painted signpost nailed to a tree. If you want to visit the place it is not easy to find – either her little smallholding on the Ngong Hills, or the grave within. Yet another woman, the one whose shamba this is, shows him a new kind of love, taking care of the garden around the obelisk. Yet here it is, the mournful stone obelisk, marking the grave of Denys Finch Hatton, son and heir of the 13th Earl of Winchilsea, Great White Hunter, and lover of two women far more famous than he is: writer Karen Blixen ( Out of Africa) and aviator and race horse trainer Beryl Markham ( West with the Night). In fact you could say it adds insult to irony: that a man so steadfastly dedicated to an unfettered life in the wilds should, in death, end up hemmed in, and so very domesticated within this small Kikuyu shamba.
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