Udney
Udney is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Robert Udny or Udney (1725–1802), Scottish merchant and art collector * Udney Hay (1739–1806), soldier during the American Revolutionary War * Udney Richardson (1869–1943), Canadian politician See also * Udny (other) Udny may refer to: * Udny Station, a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Udny Green, a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Clan Udny, a Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland * Udny Yule (1871–1951), British statistician See also * ...

Udney Hay
Udney Hay (also spelled Udny) (1739 – September 6, 1806) was an American deputy quartermaster general during the American Revolutionary War. He was later a politician in Vermont. He was born in Scotland in 1739. In 1775–76, before his war service, he was a timber merchant living in Quebec and sustained financial losses supporting the revolution. Military service In January 1776, he joined the 2nd Canadian Regiment of Colonel Moses Hazen. In June, Brigadier General John Sullivan assigned him to take on the duties of deputy quartermaster general from Donald Campbell. On January 9, 1777, as recommended by General Horatio Gates, the Continental Congress appointed him lieutenant colonel and assistant deputy quartermaster general at Fort Ticonderoga. After the resignation of Thomas Mifflin, the first quartermaster general, George Washington highly recommended Hay on January 1, 1778, to Henry Laurens, president of the Congress, noting that his generals thought him the "best quali ...
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Robert Udny
Robert Fullarton Udny or Udney (1725–1802) was a Scottish merchant, art collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. His collection, highly reputed in its time, was broken up at a sale in 1804. Life Udny was one of seven sons of James Udny (died 1761), an advocate in Aberdeen, and his wife Jean Walker. He became a sugar merchant, the owner of the Calivigny estate in Grenada. In 1767, Udny was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, then of Broad Street. In 1774, then of Cavendish Square, he began to buy and deal in property in Hertfordshire, with a purchase from John Hadley the younger (born 1738), son of John Hadley the astronomer. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785. He inherited property at Dudwick, Aberdeenshire in 1786 on the death of Robert Fullerton, a soldier of fortune and cousin. Udny later bought property in the London area, starting with a house in the High Street, Teddington in 1789, which became Udny House. A picture gallery was adde ...
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Udney Richardson
Udney Richardson (1869 - 1943) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Wellington East from 1911 to 1919 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was a member of the Ontario Liberal Party."Nominated for East Wellington: Reeve Richardson of Elora the Liberal Candidate". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 7, 1911. Prior to his election to the legislature, Richardson served as reeve of Elora, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca .... He was later reelected to that office, and was an owner of the local mill."County firefighters prevente ...
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