Background
Edmund Isham was born on 18 December 1690 to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Turnor.
Edmund Isham was born on 18 December 1690 to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Turnor.
There is a painting of Sir Edmund by Thomas Hudson that hangs at Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire.
He was easily elected a few days later on 31 March 1730 to his brother"s seat in Parliament as the Tory Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire, and he ran unopposed each successive term after that for the rest of his life.