Isham baronets
The Isham Baronetcy, of Lamport in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Baronetage of England.
Isham baronets, of Lamport (1627)
History of the baronetcy
The Isham baronetcy was created on 30 May 1627 for John Isham, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire. He was succeeded by his son Sir [Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet|Justinian], the second Baronet, who fought as a Royalist in the Civil War and sat as member of parliament for Northamptonshire after the Restoration. Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet|Justinian II], the fourth Baronet represented Northampton and Northamptonshire in the House of Commons of [the United Kingdom|House of Commons] while Justinian III and Sir [Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet|Edmund], the fifth and sixth Baronets, both represented Northamptonshire. Sir Gyles Isham, the twelfth Baronet, in 1958 was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.The family surname is pronounced "Eye-shum", and derives from the village of Isham, Northamptonshire. The family coat of arms are described as, "gules, a fesse wavy, and in chief three piles, also wavy, points meeting in fesse, argent". The family seat is Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.
Succession
- John Isham, 1st Baronet">Sir John Isham">John Isham, 1st Baronet
- Sir Justinian Isham, 2nd Baronet
- Sir [Thomas Isham, 3rd Baronet]
- Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet
- Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet
- Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet">Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet">Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet
- Sir Justinian Isham, 7th Baronet
- Sir Justinian Isham, 8th Baronet
- Sir Justinian Vere Isham, 9th Baronet
- Sir Charles Edmund Isham, 10th Baronet
- Sir Vere Isham, 11th Baronet
- Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet
- Sir Ian Vere [Gyles Isham, 13th Baronet]
- Sir [Norman Murray Crawford Isham, OBE, 14th Baronet]
- Sir [Richard Leonard Vere Isham, 15th Baronet]