Usher Baronets

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The Usher Baronetcy, of Norton in Ratho in the County of midlothian, and of Wells in Hobkirk in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 August 1899 for John Usher, a whisky distiller and benefactor. He assisted in founding a chair in public health at the University of Edinburgh in 1898.

[edit] Usher Baronets, of Norton and Wells (1899)

• Sir John Usher, 1st Baronet (1828-1904)
• Sir Robert Usher, 2nd Baronet (1860-1933)
• Sir John Turnbull Usher, 3rd Baronet (1891-1951)
• Sir Robert Stuart Usher, 4th Baronet (1898-1962)
• Sir Peter Lionel Usher, 5th Baronet (1931-1990)
• Sir Robert Edward Usher, 6th Baronet (1934-1994)
• Sir William John Tevenar Usher, 7th Baronet (1940-1998)
• Sir Andrew John Usher, 8th Baronet (b. 1963)

[edit] External links

• Short biography and painting of Sir John Usher, 1st Baronet
• History of the Usher family

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page