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Usher, Cyril George, son of Samuel Lawry Usher, of Clifton, Bristol, solicitor, by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Woodfin, of London; b. April 22, 1892; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1909; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1912; Lieut. South Wales Borderers Feb. 12, 1915; served in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Mesopotamia; M.C. Aug. 16, 1917, Bar Aug. 25, 1917; m. Sept. 22, 1923, Dorothy Margaret, daughter of John H. Worsfold, of London.

Usher, Charles Glyn, son of Gilbert Lewis Dumper of St Cross, Winchester, Hants, and Hilda Dorothea, d. of Col. Gerald Henry Farrell of Alverston Hall, Cheshire; b. 12 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), (KS) 1939; left July 1943; assumed the name of Usher in lieu of Dumper 1943; RNVR in WW2; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1950; joined Lloyd’s 1950; dep. sec. Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1953; man. T&N Ltd. Bombay, India 1956; sen. admin. officer BSI 1966; m. 1967 Diana, d. of Nigel Oliver Willoughby Steward OBE, HM Foreign Service, of Beckley, Oxford; d. 16 Feb 2010.

Urquhart, Sir Brian Edward, son of Murray McNeil Urquhart, artist, of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, and Bertha Rendell, teacher, d. of Edward Pratt Rendell of Bridport, Dorset; b. 28 Feb. 1919; adm. Jan. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, hon. student 1985; 2nd Lieut. Dorsetshire Regt. Jan. 1940, served 1st Airborne Divn. (Maj. ), severely injured 1942 when his parachute failed to open completely in practice; served North Africa, Sicily and NW Europe, despatches (NW Europe) Mar. 1945, MBE Oct. 1945; United Nations official Aug. 1945; private sec. to the sec. -gen. 1946-9; Chief of Specialised Agencies Section 1949-51; dir. Office of Special Political Affairs 1952-71; Under sec. -gen. for Special Political Affairs 1974-86; set up the Internat. Atomic Energy Agency; organised and directed UN peacekeeping ops. in Middle East, Kashmir, Congo, Cyprus, Lebanon etc.; KCMG 1986; scholar-in-residence Ford Foundn. 1986-96; Carnegie Foundn. Wateler Peace Prize; Grand Officer, Order of Cedars, Govt. of Lebanon; Order of the Rising Sun, Emperor of Japan; Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal; Dag Hammarskjold Medal; published numerous articles for New York Review of Books, New Yorker Magazine, Ford Foundation and Foreign Affairs Magazine; author of Dag Hammarskjold: A Biography 1972, Ralph Bunche: An American Life, and A Memoir, A Life in Peace and War 1987; numerous hon. degrees; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 1989; m. 1st, 31 Mar. 1944 Alfreda, d. of Constant Huntington, publisher, of Amberley, Sussex; 2nd, 26 Apr. 1963 Sidney Damrosch Howard, journalist, d. of Sidney Coe Howard, writer, New York City, USA; d. 2 Jan. 2021.

Urch, Frank, eldest son of Frank Urch, of Cheltenham, Gloucs, by Catherine, daughter of J. J. Carey, of Liverpool; b. June 23, 1873; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (R); Mure Scholar 1890; Captain of the School 1891; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1892, matric. Oct. 14, 1892; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1894; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1896; B.A. 1896; M.A. 1899; ordained 1897; Curate of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, 1897-9, and after holding other curacies in England and South Africa became Curate of Carshalton, Surrey, 1915-7; Chaplain and asst. master at St. Ronan's, Worthing, 1917; Curate of Amersham, Bucks, 1926-34; Rector of Hedgerley, Bucks, 1934; d. Nov. 9, 1943.

UPTON, JAMES, second son of John Upton, Faversham, Kent, and Westminster, and Margaret Seth; b. (aged 1 in 1619); adm.; KS 1633; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1637, adm. pens. 15 May 1637, scholar 1638, matr. 1637; BA 1641/2; under his father’s will he was to receive £100 on taking MA degree.

UPTON, FRANK DUNDAS; b. 10 Jan 1811; adm. 21 Apr 1824 (Stelfox's). [note will Frank Upton, Brighton, Sussex, proved PCC 16 Feb 1837]

UPTON, HON. ARTHUR PERCY, brother of Hon. Fulke Greville Howard (qv); b. 13 Jun 1777; adm. 26 Jun 1786; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 6 Nov 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 2 Dec 1795; Maj., 13th Foot 7 May 1807; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt., 14 May 1807; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 21 May 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1814; 1st Maj., 25 Jul 1814; Major-Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Gen., 11 Nov 1851; served in the Netherlands 1794, the Helder and Walcheren expeditions, and in Peninsular War 1811-4; CB 4 Jun 1815; Equerry to Queen Charlotte May 1807-18; MP Bury St. Edmunds 1818-26; played in first match between Gentlemen and Players at Lordís Jul 1806, and in most of the principal cricket matches of that time; d. unm. 22 Jan 1855.

Upsdell, Jack, son of Rev. George Edgar Skynner Upsdell, HM Central British Sch. Hong Kong, and Caroline Ruth, d. of Josiah Barrat of Woolwich; b. 18 May 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left July 1938; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1941, MA 1945; MB 1945; surgical Registrar Epsom District Hosp.; FRACS 1960; surgeon superintendent Whakatane Hosp. NZ; m. 29 July 1944 Mary Eileen, d. of A. F. H. Dick of Blackheath; d. 25 Sept. 1997.