The Isham Baronetcy, of Lamport in the County of Northampton, is a title in the

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Isham baronets, of Lamport (1627)

History of the baronetcy

The Isham baronetcy was created on 30 May 1627 for John Isham,

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. He was succeeded by his son

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, the second Baronet, who fought as a Royalist in the

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and sat as member of parliament for

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after the Restoration.

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, the fourth Baronet represented

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and

in the

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while Justinian III and

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, the fifth and sixth Baronets, both represented Northamptonshire.

Sir Gyles Isham Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet (31 October 1903 – 29 January 1976) was an English aristocrat, actor, and historian. Life and career Gyles Isham was born 31 October 1903 in Lamport, Northamptonshire, England to Sir Vere Isham, the 11th Baronet ...

, the twelfth Baronet, in 1958 was

. The family surname is pronounced "Eye-shum", and derives from the village of Isham,

. The family

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are described as, ''"gules, a fesse wavy, and in chief three piles, also wavy, points meeting in fesse, argent".'' The family seat is

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Succession

* Sir John Isham, 1st Baronet (1582–1651) *

Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet (20 July 1610 – 2 March 1675) was an English scholar and royalist politician. He was also a Member of Parliament and an early member of the Royal Society. Life He was admitted a fellow-commoner at Christ's C ...

(1610–1675) *

Sir Thomas Isham, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Isham, 3rd Baronet of Lamport (15 March 1656/57 – 26 July 1681) is known for a diary he wrote from 1671 to 1673 of his observations as a teenage member of the English aristocracy. Life Thomas Isham II, the eldest son and second chi ...

(1656–1681) *

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) * Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet (1687–1737) *

Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet (18 December 1690 – 15 December 1772) was a British Tory politician for several successive terms during the reigns of Kings George II and George III of Great Britain. Biography Edmund Isham was born on 18 Dec ...

(1690–1772) *

Sir Justinian Isham, 7th Baronet Sir Justinian Isham IV (8 July 1740 – 1 April 1818) was the 7th Baronet of Lamport and served in 1776 as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire. Early life and education Justinian Isham IV was born probably at Oxford, to Euseby Isham, the Vice-Ch ...

(1740–1818) * Sir Justinian Isham, 8th Baronet (1773–1845) * Sir Justinian Vere Isham, 9th Baronet (1816–1846) * Sir Charles Edmund Isham, 10th Baronet (1819–1903) * Sir Vere Isham, 11th Baronet (1862–1941) *

, 12th Baronet (1903–1976) * Sir Ian Vere Gyles Isham, 13th Baronet (1923–2009) * Sir Norman Murray Crawford Isham, OBE, 14th Baronet (1930–2021)The Times: Births, marriages and deaths, November 16, 2021
/ref> * Sir Richard Leonard Vere Isham, 15th Baronet (b. 1958) The

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to the baronetcy is the 15th Baronet's eldest son, Angus David Vere Isham (born 1992). His heir presumptive is his younger brother, Charles Vere Ian Isham (born 1996).

Notes

References

* ''Lamport Hall – Past and Present (the official guidebook),'' 1992, Lamport Hall Preservation Trust, Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, 28 p. * Betham, William (1801),
Isham of Lamport, Northamptonshire"
in ''The Baronetage of England, of the History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland, etc,'' Burrell and Bransby, Ipswich, England, v. 1, p. 298-305. * Debrett, John (1824),
Isham, of Lamport, co. Northampton"
in ''Debrett's Baronetage of England (Fifth Edition),'' G. Woodfall, London, v. 1, p. 104-107. *

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