Usher Baronets

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.

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)

External links

* [http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/phs/history/johnUsher.php Short biography and painting of Sir John Usher, 1st Baronet]
* [http://www.the-house-of-usher.co.uk/history.htm History of the Usher family]

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]