He was also the grandson of James Usher of Toftfield who sold the property to Sir Walter Scott who bought it for his close friend Adam Ferguson and re- named the house Huntly Burn.

[4] Andrew Usher II was the first Chairman of the NB Distillery, serving from its start in 1885 until shortly before his death on 1 November 1898.

[5] Usher also played a major role in improving the fishing village and harbour of St Abbs in Berwickshire.

[6] He purchased the Northfield estate on the edge of the village, enlarging and finishing the building of a countryside manor by the coastal shore in 1892.

[6] Usher also gave funds for the building of the local church in 1892 and the extension of the outer harbour wall in 1890.