Adriaan Constant Tutein-Nolthenius (16 September 1892– 13 October 1954) was a Dutch-born Ceylonese tea planter, amateur naturalist, author and appointed member of parliament. Adriaan Constant Tutein-Nolthenius was born on 16 September 1892 in Vlissingen, Netherlands, the oldest son and second child of Henri Paul Jules Tutein Nolthenius (1861–1930), a Burgemeester, and Petronella Adriana van Haeften (1868–1942). He emigrated to Ceylon, taking on British nationality in 1921. Tutein-Nolthenius married Marjorie née Fellowes-Gordon (1885–?), the sister of Harry Fellowes-Gordon and the widow of Denis Rynd (1883–?). In 1925 he took ownership of a tea plantation in West Haputale, adjoining what is now the Horton Plains National Park.