Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet

Sir Edmund Isham (18 December 1690 – 15 December 1772), 6th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire was a Member of Parliament for several successive terms during the reigns of Kings George II and George III of Great Britain.

Sir Edmund Isham
by Thomas Hudson

Biography

Lamport Hall, Isham, Norfolk

Edmund Isham was born on 18 December 1690 to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Turnor. He was educated at Rugby School and Wadham College, Oxford and embarked on a legal career, becoming an advocate in Doctors' Commons (1724) and a judge advocate in the Court of Admiralty (1731–41).

He unexpectedly became Baronet of Lamport on 5 March 1737 when his older brother Justinian III died young. He was easily elected a few days later on 31 March 1737 to his brother's seat in Parliament as the Tory Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire, and ran unopposed each successive term after that for the rest of his life. He also inherited the family seat of Lamport Hall.

He died on 15 December 1772. Although he had married twice he left no children and was therefore succeeded as baronet by his nephew Justinian Isham, the son of his younger brother, the Reverend Euseby Isham. There is a painting of Sir Edmund by Thomas Hudson hanging at Lamport Hall.

Notes

    • "ISHAM, Sir Edmund, 6th Bt. (1690-1772), of Lamport Hall, Northants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
    Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Sir Justinian Isham, Bt
    Thomas Cartwright
    Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire
    1737–1772
    With: Thomas Cartwright 1737–1748
    Valentine Knightley 1748–1754
    William Cartwright 1754–1768
    Sir William Dolben, Bt 1768–1772
    Succeeded by
    Lucy Knightley
    Sir William Dolben, Bt
    Baronetage of England
    Preceded by
    Justinian Isham
    Baronet
    (of Lamport)
    1737–1772
    Succeeded by
    Justinian Isham


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