Hugh van Cutsem
| Hugh van Cutsem | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 July 1941 |
| Died | 2 September 2013 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | English |
| Education |
Ampleforth College University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Landowner Banker Businessman Horsebreeder |
| Spouse(s) | Emilie Quarles van Ufford |
| Children | Edward van Cutsem Hugh Ralph van Cutsem Nicholas van Cutsem William van Cutsem |
| Parent(s) |
Bernard van Cutsem Mary Compton |
| Relatives | Jonkheer Pieter Quarles van Ufford (father-in-law) |
Hugh van Cutsem (21 July 1941 – 2 September 2013) was an English landowner, banker, businessman, and horse-breeder.
Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem was born on 21 July 1941. His father, Bernard van Cutsem (1916–1975), was a millionaire horse trainer and breeder. His mother was Mary Compton. The van Cutsems were Roman Catholic of Flemish origin who had moved to England in the nineteenth century. He graduated from Ampleforth College, a Roman Catholic boarding school in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, and from the University of Cambridge. He then served as an officer in the Life Guards.
Van Cutsem worked as an investment banker at Hambros Bank. Later, he started his own company and purchased further companies, including a data storage company.
Van Cutsem inherited his father's stud Northmore Farm in Exning near Newmarket, Suffolk in 1976. He also owned a 4,000-acre estate in Norfolk, best known for its private wild game shoots. In 2001, the estate had thirty-five pairs of Stone-curlews, a very rare bird. On top of this, he owned a hunting lodge and grouse moor on the North Yorkshire-Cumbria border. In the 1990s, he sold his father's farm in Exning and purchased the Hilborough estate, where he transferred his horsebreeding operations. In 1994, he won a Country Landowners' Association for his restoration of an old barn on the Hilborough estate; Prince Charles presented the award.
He was a founding member of the Countryside Movement, a conservationist non-profit organization. He was also a significant fundraiser for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, a British charity highlighting game and wildlife management for the benefit of conservation. Moreover, he served as Chairman of the Countryside Business Trust. He was also elected to the Council of the National Trust.
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