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Sir Charles Edmund Isham, 10th Baronet (16 December 1819 – 7 April 1903) was an English landowner and gardener based at Lamport Hall, Northampton. He is credited with beginning the tradition of garden gnomes in the United Kingdom when he introduced a number of terracotta figures from Germany in the 1840s. [ 1 ]
Lamport Hall was the home of the Isham family from 1560 to 1976. Sir Charles Isham, 10th Baronet is credited with beginning the tradition of garden gnomes in the United Kingdom when he introduced a number of terracotta figures from Germany in the 1840s. [1]
In 1847, Sir Charles Isham, brought 21 terracotta gnomes manufactured in Germany by Philip Griebel back to Britain where they were called "gnomes" in English, [4] [5] and placed in the gardens of Isham's home, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. [6]
Sir Richard Leonard Vere Isham, 15th Baronet (born 1958) The heir apparent 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).
Susannah Isham (1767–1849) married George Purcas Brietzcke (c.1778–1817) of the Secretary of States office for the Northern and Southern Territories. He was the son of Charles Brietzcke (d. 1795), who is known for his diary. Sir Justinian Isham (1773–1845) became the 8th Baronet of Lamport.
Sir John Isham Bt (1582-1651) was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire and created the 1st hereditary Baronet of Lamport by King Charles I. John Isham of Lamport Hall. Circle of Gerlach Flicke (1495–1558). c.1567. Isham was born on 27 July 1582, and was the only son of Thomas Isham.
Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet (1687–1737) Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet (1690–1772) Sir Justinian Isham, 7th Baronet (1740–1818) Sir Charles Edmund Isham, 10th Baronet (1819–1903) Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet (1903–1976) Ashley Isham (b. 1976), fashion designer; Charles Bradford Isham (1853–1919), American historian
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire.. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial.