The Usher Baronetcy, of Norton in

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in the County of

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, and of Wells in Hobkirk in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the

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. It was created on 29 August 1899 for John Usher, a whisky distiller and benefactor, brother of

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. 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

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at the

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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

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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, *

External links

Short biography and painting of Sir John Usher, 1st Baronet
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