Johan de Fin

Field Marshal Baron Johan de Fin (1800–1887), was Chamberlain to Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria, an officer in the British German Legion, and Conservator of Forests in the Eastern Cape.

De Fin married Marie Eleonore d'Auersperg on 15 August 1827.

Soon after the re-incorporation of British Kaffraria in 1865 he was appointed as Forest Ranger and continued serving in this post until about 1880.

He lived at Rabula and in Keiskammahoek, where he acted as conservator and magistrate's clerk.

An oak tree at Stutterheim which was planted in 1838 was named after de Fin in 1934.