The Usher Baronetcy, of Norton in
Ratho
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in the County of
Midlothian
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, and of Wells in Hobkirk in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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.
It was created on 29 August 1899 for
John Usher, a whisky distiller and benefactor, brother of
Andrew Usher. The brothers founded Andrew Usher & Company and later the North British Distillery Company, and John assisted in founding the John Usher Institute of Public Health and a chair in
public health
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at the
University of Edinburgh
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in 1898.
John married Mary Balmer, and together they had seven children, including Robert Usher, the 2nd Baronet.
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 (born 1963)
The
heir apparent
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to the baronetcy is Rory James Andrew Usher, eldest son of the 8th Baronet (born 1991)
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
Short biography and painting of Sir John Usher, 1st Baronet
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