Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh

Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh (11 January 1938 – 28 January 1970) was a British schoolmaster and rower. He won a silver medal in the coxless fours event at the 1964 Summer Olympics, together with John Russell, William Barry and John James. They were grandsons of Oswald Wardell-Yerburgh (1858–1913). He was brought up by his mother, who went to live at Meadow View, Westbury, Wiltshire.

In 1968 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Eton Vikings. The same year, he joined Plessey as a Senior Radar Systems Analyst.