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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 ]
Sir Charles Isham c. 1850. Sir Charles Isham near the gates at Lamport Hall when he was aged about 80. Charles Isham inherited Lamport Hall at about the age of 26 in 1846 when his elder brother Justinian died. He had a particular interest in gardening and his garden featured in many of the journals of that day.
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).
Nicholas Ambraseys (civil engineer) – Founder of Engineering Seismology at Imperial College London; Eric Ash (engineer) Sir Alec Skempton (founding father of soil mechanics) Ayodele Awojobi (first African awarded the D.Sc degree in mechanical engineering; main field: vibration) Cecil Balmond (civil engineer) Baron Richard Beeching (engineer)
The first president was Thomas Telford who had the office bestowed upon him for life in recognition of his contributions to the civil engineering profession. It became a biennial office with the election of Sir William Cubitt in 1849 and an annual office with the election of Sir George Berkley in 1891, which it has remained since.
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
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.
Isham was married on 1 May 1739 at Brockhall, Northamptonshire to Elizabeth Panting (1717-1808), who was the daughter of Matthew Panting, the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. 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 Warden of All ...
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