Hugh van Cutsem

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hugh van Cutsem ( July 21, 1941 - September 2, 2013 ) was an English landowner, bank manager, businessman and horse breeder.

Life

Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem was born on July 21, 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 and of Flemish origin. The family had moved to England in the 19th century.

He attended Sunningdale School and Ampleforth College , a Roman Catholic boarding school in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, and graduated from the University of Cambridge .

Career

Van Cutsem worked as an investment banker at Hambros Bank . He later founded his own company and acquired other companies, including a storage company.

heritage

Van Cutsem inherited the Northmore Farm in Exining, near Newmarket in Suffolk, from his father in 1976 . He also owned a 4,000 acre property in Norfolk , best known for its private hunting events. In 2001 the property had 35 pairs of Triele (plover), a very rare species of bird. He also owned a cabin and moorland on the North Yorkshire - Cumbrian border. In the 1990s he sold his father's farm in Exining and acquired the Hilborough Estate, where he relocated his horse breeding. In 1994 he won a Country Landowners' Association Award for restoring an old barn on the Hilborough estate. It was Prince Charles who presented the award.

Van Custem was a founding member of the Countryside Alliance , a nonprofit conservation organization. He was a key fundraiser for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and chairman of the Countryside Business Trust. Van Custem was also appointed to the Council of the National Trust .

Private life

On June 10, 1971, he married Emilie Quarles van Ufford in the Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks. Emilie Quarles van Ufford was born in the Netherlands as the daughter of Jonkheer Pieter Quarles van Ufford. Hugh and Emilie had four sons.

  • Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem (born 1972) married Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor in 2004, daughter of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster and Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster. They had two sons and a daughter.
    • Jake van Cutsem (born 2009)
    • Louis van Cutsem (born 2012)
    • Isla van Cutsem (born 2015)
  • Hugh Ralph van Cutsem (born 1974) married Rose Nancy Longhorne Astor in 2005. Rose was born to David Waldorf Astor (who is a grandson of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor ) and Clare Pamela St. John. They had three children together.
    • Grace Emilie Clare van Cutsem (born 2007) who was one of the flower girls at Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding .
    • Rafe Michael Waldorf van Cutsem (born 2009)
    • Charles Hugh Valentine van Cutsem (born 2012)
  • Nicholas Peter Geoffrey van Cutsem (born 1977) married Alice C. Hadden-Paton on August 14, 2009, who was born the daughter of Cavalry officer Nigel Hadden-Paton and the sister of actor Harry Hadden-Paton.
  • Florence van Cutsem (born 2014); was bridesmaid at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding .
  • William Henry van Cutsem (born 1979) attended Ampleforth College and married Rosanna Ruck-Keene on May 11, 2013. He is the godfather of Prince George of Cambridge .

The family rented Notes Hall on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk for ten years . They later moved into a neo- Palladian country house, which was designed by the architect Francis Johnson in Hilborough and was located on their property.

A devout Roman Catholic , he built a chapel near his Hilborough residence for family occasions with guest preachers. But he also regularly attended mass at Our Lady of Pity in Swaffham with his family . In 1993 he was made a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta .

He was a friend of Charles, Prince of Wales, from university . His son Edward, whose godfather was Prince Charles, was Page at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. His granddaughters Grace van Cutsem and Florence van Cutsem were flower girls at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton that year 2011 or at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.

funeral

Van Cutsem died on September 2, 2013 at the age of 72. His funeral took place in Brentwood Cathedral and was held by Thomas McMahon , Bishop of Brentwood . Each of his four sons gave a speech. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor delivered the eulogy and the choir sang a " Pie Jesu ". It was attended by Charles, Prince of Wales, his sons William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , Andrew Parker Bowles, Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester , Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester , Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein , his wife Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau , Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland , Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster , Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster and Lady Tamara Grosvenor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Prince William's friend accused of horse whip attack on at Army trooper. In: dailymail.co.uk. September 23, 2011, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Hugh van Cutsem. In: telegraph.co.uk. September 3, 2013, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e 'He's been hit very hard': Prince Charles is in mourning after his close friend Hugh Van Cutsem dies. In: dailymail.co.uk. September 4, 2013, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  5. ^ William and Harry Join Prince Charles at Funeral of His Closest Friend. In: vanityfair.com. September 11, 2013, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Sombre Prince Charles joined by William, Harry and Camilla at the funeral of his closest friend Hugh van Cutsem. In: dailymail.co.uk. September 11, 2013, accessed March 17, 2020 .
  7. ^ Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Hugh Ralph van Cutsem. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Nicholas Peter Geoffrey van Cutsem. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Meghan Markle bridesmaids. In: ok.co.uk. May 19, 2018, accessed March 24, 2020 .
  11. ^ William Henry van Cutsem. In: thepeerage.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Management Team William van Cutsem. (No longer available online.) In: archive.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pigeon.co.uk
  13. ^ Prince George christening: profiles of the godparents. In: telegraph.co.uk. October 23, 2013, accessed February 5, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Meet the godparents. In: dailymail.co.uk. October 25, 2013, accessed February 5, 2018 .
  15. ↑ One requires a conservatory! In: dailymail.co.uk. October 1, 2013, accessed February 5, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Sombre Prince Charles joined by William, Harry and Camilla at the funeral of his closest friend Hugh van Cutsem. In: dailymail.co.uk. September 11, 2013, accessed April 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Van Cutsem, Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English landowner, bank manager, businessman and horse breeder
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1941
DATE OF DEATH 2. September 2013