Rev. Euseby Isham, D.D. (6 November 1697 – 17 June 1755) was an

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academic administrator at the

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. Isham was born probably at

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, to

Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet (11 August 1658 – 13 May 1730) was an English landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons almost continuously from 1685 until his death in 1730. He was the longest serving member, later terme ...

(1658-1730), of Lamport, and his wife Elizabeth Turnor (1666-1713). His father and two older brothers were successively the 4th, 5th and 6th baronets.Brainard (1938), p. 65-66. He matriculated at

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in 1716, earning a

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there in 1718, going on in 1721 to receive a

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and in 1733 a

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. Upon entering holy orders while at Oxford, he became Rector in 1729 of Lamport, and was elected in 1731 Rector (head) of Lincoln College, a post he held until 1755. He also served concurrently from 1744 until 1747 as

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.University of Oxford Calendar (1817), p. 28 & 33. He died in Northamptonshire and is buried there in the Lamport parish church. Isham was married on 1 May 1739 at

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to Elizabeth Panting (1717-1808), who was the daughter of

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, the Master of

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. They had four children, including Sir Justinian Isham IV (1740-1818), who became the 7th Baronet of Lamport, and Edmund Isham (1747-1817), who became

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. A painting of Rev. Euseby Isham by an unknown artist hangs at

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* Brainard, Homer Worthington (1938),
A survey of the Ishams in England and America; eight hundred and fifty years of history and genealogy
'' Tuttle publishing company, inc., Rutland, Vt, 672 p. *
Oxford University Calendar
(1817), printed for J. Parker at al. by W. Baxter, Oxford, 315 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Isham, Euseby 1697 births 1755 deaths Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford Younger sons of baronets

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