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UNDERHILL, HENRY, eldest son of Capt. Samuel Underhill, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Yarnton, Oxfordshire, Royalist supporter during Civil War, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Gibbs, Kt, Honington, Warwicks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1665, having thrice been recommended by Charles II for election into College (CSP Dom 1660-1, 146; ibid. , 1661-2, 255, 273); failed to obtain election to either University 1667; drowned in the Thames with Robert Richards (qv) Jun 1667, and buried with him in same grave in West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 26 Jun 1667.

Uloth, Arthur Wilmot, son of Alexander Wilmot Uloth MC MD, of Teddington, and Joan, d. of Edward Mowll Worsfold FCA, chartered accountant, of Dover, Kent; b. 19 Dec. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1947; a journalist; edited Map Magazine 1955; m. Alma; d. 5 Jan. 2022.

Udny-Hamilton, Robert Edward Archibald, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, only son of Lieut. Archibald William Hamilton, R.N., by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of William Whalley Billyard, of Bath, Somerset; b. April 8, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 5, 1885; left July 1888; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots Fusiliers Nov. 8, 1890; Probationer I.S.C. Feb. 24, 1893, Lieut. 4th Ghurkas Nov. 24, 1893; Capt. July 10, 1901; transferred to the Super­numerary List June 28, 1908; Major Nov. 8, 1908; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 8, 1916; retired in 1923; served with the Chitral Relief Force 1895, in the operations against the Mazra Rebels in East Africa 1895-6, in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, and with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force 1915-8; was employed by the Govt. oflndia in several civil posts 1898-1923; Kaisar-i­-Hind Medal Jan. 2, 1905; C.l.E. Aug. 26, 1918; succeeded his uncle as 11th Baron Oct. 31, 1920; Scottish Representative Peer 1922; assumed the additional surname of Udny on succeeding to the Udny estates, Aberdeenshire, 1934; m. 1st Nov. 15, 1898, Kathleen Gonville, daughter of Col. Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, Bart., C.B.; 2nd March 25, 1938, Sheila de Hauteville, daughter of Capt. Algernon George Pearson, D.S.O., Royal Berkshire Regt.; d. Oct. 26, 1950.

Of Hampshire ; b. c.1504 (aged 12 at Christmas 1516, when described as of parish St.Cross, Southampton) ; ed.Winchester Coll., scholar 1517, and Corpus Christi Coll.Oxford, scholar 18 Jun 1520 ; BA 1524 ; MA 1534 ; Probationer Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll. 30 May 1524 (still lecturer there 1526-8) ; by 1533 probably usher at school attached to St.Anthony’s Hospital, London ; Head Master, Eton Coll. Midsummer 1534 – Mar 1540/1, when he was committed to the Marshalsea Prison and dismissed for misconduct with a pupil ; when at Eton acquired the reputation of being “the greatest beater of his time” ; ordained ; Vicar of Braintree, Essex 27 Sep 1537- Dec 1544 ; Canon of Windsor 14 Dec 1551 – Jun 1554 ; Rector of Calborne, Isle of Wight 26 Mar 1553-4 ; Head Master, Westminster School, from Dec 1555 ; author, Ralph Roister Doister, 1566 (the first English comedy), and other works ; buried unm. St.Margaret, Westminster 23 Dec 1556 (as Nicholas Yevedale). ODNB.

UBANK, THOMAS, eldest son of Roger Ubank, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, stationer, and Elizabeth Bancks (IGI); b. 20 Jun 1712; adm. 1 May 1722; in under school list 1725; of St. Andrew’s, Holborn; d. 9 Jun 1774.