{{Short description|British horticulturalist and businessman (1934–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Charles Roger Macpherson Notcutt | image = | caption = | birth_date = 30 May 1934 | birth_place = | death_date = 1 July 2015 | death_place = | occupation = Businessman | parents = | website = }}
'''Charles Roger Macpherson Notcutt''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE|VMH}} (30 May 1934 – 1 July 2015) was a horticulturalist and businessman.<ref name="telegraph-2015">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11780323/Charles-Notcutt-horticulturalist-obituary.html|title=Charles Notcutt, horticulturalist - obituary|date=3 August 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/lifestyle/property/tribute-paid-to-garden-centre-chain-boss-charles-notcutt-2215348|title=Tribute paid to garden centre chain boss Charles Notcutt|author=Sarah Chambers|work=East Anglian Daily Times|date=4 July 2015|accessdate=17 January 2021}}<br />- {{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/charles-notcutt-cz9kkh5swt9|title=Charles Notcutt|work=The Times|date=10 August 2015|url-access=subscription}}<br />- {{cite news|url=http://www.hortweek.com/industry-mourns-true-plantsman/retail/article/1355170|title=Industry mourns a 'true plantsman'|work=Horticulture Week|url-access=subscription}}<br />- {{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/BusinessRichList/article165459.ece|title=Charles Notcutt and family|work=The Sunday Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064336/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/BusinessRichList/article165459.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Scotsman'', in its obituary, said that Notcutt was "an inspirational and popular leader of the horticultural community, establishing and developing many trade bodies, as well as education and research in the field."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/appreciation-charles-notcutt-obe-horticulturalist-1-3844444|title=Appreciation: Charles Notcutt OBE, horticulturalist|work=The Scotsman|date=30 July 2015|author=Andrew Notcutt}} {{unreliable source?|date=January 2021}}</ref>
==Business career== In 1958, he began working at his family's garden business, later known as Notcutts Garden Centres. ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote in its obituary that Notcutt "transformed it into Britain’s largest family owned garden centre group with 19 centres around the country.".<ref name="telegraph-2015" />
==Political career== Notcutt was elected to the Woodbridge, Suffolk Town Council in 2009. He was the mayor of Woodbridge from 2012 to 2013.<ref name="telegraph-2015" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/woodbridge-s-new-mayor-excited-and-proud-to-be-taking-2267652|title=Woodbridge: New mayor Charles Notcutt 'privileged' to land role in exciting year|author=Craig Robinson|work=East Anglian Daily Times|date=13 May 2016|accessdate=17 January 2021}}</ref>
==Awards== * Order of the British Empire<ref name="telegraph-2015" /> * Victoria Medal of Honour from the Royal Horticultural Society<ref name="telegraph-2015" />
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