Sir Simon Michael Hornby FBIM FRSA (29 December 1934 – 17 July 2010) was a British businessman.
He was chairman of WHSmith, the British retail chain, the Royal Horticultural Society and the Design Council.
[1] He grew up on his father's estate at Pusey House in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and was educated at Eton College, New College, Oxford and Harvard Business School.
They developed the Do It All DIY superstores and took a half-share in the Richard Branson created Virgin Megastores.
He wrote on gardening for The Tatler and was President of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1994 to 2001.