[5] He married May Evelyn Wright on 12 June 1901 at the Nott family home at Windermere;[6] their only child (an unnamed daughter) died shortly after birth in 1904.
[7] Between about 1898 and 1903 Nott was involved in assaying and managing a cyanide works for the extraction of gold at Nelson (near Cairns, Queensland).
[3][5][8] For about two years, Nott worked as a chemistry demonstrator and assistant analytical chemist at the Queensland Agricultural College at Gatton under Mr. J.
[3] By 1912 he had established his own sugar farm called the Grange Plantation at Woongarra near Bundaberg.
[12] Nott died at his residence "Calminda", Riverton Street, Clayfield in Brisbane on 5 December 1927.