• Character Ugga is mentioned in a letter from Goodwin Kneen to his cousin Olaf in Norway describing an early Kwidditch match. Ugga missed hitting a “Blooder” (an old word for a Bludger) with his club and it hit Radulf the blacksmith, another member of his team. Read More
• Character Ulick Gamp was the head of the Wizengamot before he became the first Minister for Magic, in office from 1701 to 1718. He founded the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (Pm). Read More
• Character The second child of the unhappy marriage of Orford Umbridge and his Muggle wife, Ellen. The boy turned out to be a squib, and when the parents split up, Ellen took their son with her back to the Muggle world. Dolores never saw her brother again. Umbridge denied even the… Read More
• Character Dolores Umbridge was Senior Undersecretary to the Minister (OP8) and later highly unpopular teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts (OP11). She forced Dumbledore out and replaced him as Headmaster (OP28). In the Death Eater controlled Ministry of Pius Thicknesse, Umbridge… Read More
• Character The Umbridges are a family of mixed cultures, with a wizard father and Muggle mother. Notable family members include: Orford Umbridge Ellen Cracknell Umbridge Two children: Dolores, a witch, and a son who was a Squib Orford, a low-level Ministry of Magic employee, married a Muggle wife Ellen Cracknell. They… Read More
• Character Quintius Umfraville was the author of the book The Noble Sport of Warlocks, a seventeenth-century description of the game of Quidditch. His book describes a pitch with scoring areas – which simplified the Keeper’s role – and baskets mounted on higher goalposts than previously recorded (QA6). Read More
• Character Ron Weasley’s Uncle Bilius saw a Grim and died, twenty-four hours later (PA6). Fred missed him at Bill and Fleur’s wedding, saying he always good for a laugh (DH8). Bilius is also Ron’s middle name (DH7). Read More
• Character The uncle of Beatrix Bloxam who had a sordid affair involving a hag and a sack of Bouncing Bulbs. As a child, Beatrix heard all the disturbing details of this affair and was traumatized for life as a result (TBB/WHH). Read More
• Character Unctuous Osbert was the tenth Minister for Magic. He was in office from 1789 to 1798. He was viewed with suspicion due to his close ties with wealthy pure-bloods (Pm). Read More
• Character When he found Ravenclaw’s diadem in Albania, Voldemort killed a peasant and used his or her death to turn the priceless object into a Horcrux (BLC). Read More
• Character After stealing Salazar Slytherin’s locket from Hepzibah Smith, Tom Riddle used the murder of a Muggle tramp to turn the locket into a Horcrux with part of his soul inside (BLC). Read More
• Character Urg the Unclean was a rebel leader during the goblin rebellions of the eighteenth century. Read More
• Character Elphinstone Urquart was Minerva McGonagall’s boss at the Ministry of Magic where she worked for a time after leaving Hogwarts. Later, he proposed to her and — after first refusing him — eventually she accepted and they married. Ephinstone and Minerva lived for three years in Hogsmeade until his accidental… Read More
• Character Urquhart is the Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team during the 1996-97 season. His position on the team is as a Chaser. Before their match against Gryffindor, Urquhart tries to injure Harry Potter’s hand by squeezing too tightly. During the game, his first goal attempt against… Read More
• Character Urquhart Rackharrow invented the Entrail-Expelling Curse in the 1600s. A portrait of him hung in the Dai Llewellyn Ward at St. Mungo’s (OP22). Read More
• Character Ursula Flint was the wife of Hogwarts Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black, with whom she had five children (BFT). Read More