Sir Nicolaas Frederic de Waal KCMG (1853–1932) was the first Administrator of the Cape Province in South Africa. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands and arrived in South Africa in 1880 where he settled in Middelburg and opened a law practice. He became a leading figure in the Afrikaner Bond and in 1898 became a member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1908 he became Colonial Secretary in the cabinet of John X. Merriman. De Waal served as Chief Scout for the Boy Scouts Association in the Cape Province between 1912 and 1926.