BARONETAGE
Last updated 27/06/2018 (8 Aug 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
I'ANSON
6 May 1652	E	1	Brian I'Anson	c 1590	c 1665	83
c 1665		2	Henry I'Anson	c 1617	c 1684	83
c 1684		3	Thomas I'Anson	c 1648	28 Dec 1707
28 Dec 1707		4	Thomas I'Anson	c 1701	10 Jun 1764
10 Jun 1764		5	Thomas Bankes I'Anson	30 Mar 1724	25 Jan 1799	74
25 Jan 1799		6	John Bankes I'Anson	13 Sep 1759	4 Nov 1799	40
4 Nov 1799 to     3 Mar 1800		7	John I'Anson Extinct on his death	1 Sep 1733	3 Mar 1800	66
IBBETSON of Leeds, Yorks
12 May 1748	GB	1	Henry Ibbetson	c 1706	22 Jun 1761
22 Jun 1761		2	James Ibbetson	c 1747	4 Sep 1795
4 Sep 1795		3	Henry Carr Ibbetson	c 1769	5 May 1825
5 May 1825		4	Charles Ibbetson	26 Sep 1779	9 Apr 1839	59
9 Apr 1839		5	Charles Henry Ibbetson	24 Jul 1814	6 Jul 1861	46
6 Jul 1861		6	John Thomas Selwin	c 1784	20 Mar 1869
20 Mar 1869		7	Henry John Selwin-Ibbetson He was subsequently created Baron Rookwood in 1892 with which title the baronetcy them merged until its extinction in 1902	26 Sep 1826	15 Jan 1902	75
IMBERT-TERRY of Strete Ralegh, Devon
2 Jul 1917	UK	1	Henry Machu Imbert-Terry	28 Jun 1854	1 Jan 1938	83
1 Jan 1938		2	Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry	10 Feb 1885	9 Oct 1962	77
9 Oct 1962		3	Edward Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry	28 Jan 1920	27 Nov 1978	58
27 Nov 1978		4	Andrew Henry Bouhier Imbert-Terry For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	5 Oct 1945	5 Sep 1985	39
5 Sep 1985		5	Michael Edward Stanley Imbert-Terry	18 Apr 1950
INGILBY of Ripley, Yorks
8 Jun 1781	GB	1	John Ingilby MP for East Retford 1790‑1796	9 May 1758	13 May 1815	57
13 May 1815 to     14 May 1854		2	William Amcotts-Ingilby MP for East Retford 1807‑1812, Lincolnshire 1823‑1832 and Lincolnshire North 1832‑1835 He had previously succeeded to the baronetcy of Amcotts in 1807 - both baronetcies extinct on his death	20 Jun 1783	14 May 1854	70
INGILBY of Ripley, Yorks and Harrington, Lincoln
26 Jul 1866	UK	1	Henry John Ingilby	28 Jan 1790	4 Jul 1870	80
4 Jul 1870		2	Henry Day Ingilby For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Oct 1826	5 Dec 1911	85
5 Dec 1911		3	William Ingilby	13 Dec 1829	17 Dec 1918	89
17 Dec 1918		4	William Henry Ingilby	28 Dec 1874	20 Sep 1950	75
20 Sep 1950		5	Joslan William Vivian Ingilby	1 Sep 1907	7 Jun 1974	66
7 Jun 1974		6	Thomas Colvin William Ingilby	17 Jul 1955
INGLEBY of Ripley, Yorks
17 May 1642	E	1	William Ingleby	c 1603	22 Jan 1652
22 Jan 1652		2	William Ingleby	13 Mar 1621	6 Nov 1682	61
6 Nov 1682		3	John Ingleby	9 Oct 1664	21 Jan 1742	77
21 Jan 1742 to     14 Jul 1772		4	John Ingleby Extinct on his death	c 1705	14 Jul 1772
INGLEBY of Kettlethirp, Lincs
11 May 1796	GB		See "Amcotts-Ingleby"
INGLEFIELD-WATSON of Earnock, Lanark
15 Jul 1895	UK		See "Watson"
INGLIS of Cramond, Edinburgh
22 Mar 1687	NS	1	James Inglis	17 May 1660	6 Dec 1688	28
Dec 1688		2	John Inglis	23 Sep 1683	3 Mar 1771	87
3 Mar 1771		3	Adam Inglis	21 Oct 1714	9 Nov 1772	58
9 Nov 1772		4	John Inglis	c 1716	5 Apr 1799
5 Apr 1799 to     24 Nov 1817		5	Patrick Inglis On his death the baronetcy became either extinct or dormant		24 Nov 1817
INGLIS of Glencorse, Ross
22 Feb 1703	NS	1	Kenneth Mackenzie	c 1673	3 Oct 1704
3 Oct 1704		2	Alexander Mackenzie	1700	9 Jun 1766	65
9 Jun 1766		3	Alexander Mackenzie	c 1730	13 Apr 1770
13 Apr 1770		4	Hector Mackenzie Lord Lieutenant Ross 1815‑1826	Sep 1758	26 Apr 1826	67
26 Apr 1826		5	Francis Alexander Mackenzie	1798	2 Jun 1843	44
2 Jun 1843		6	Kenneth Smith Mackenzie Lord Lieutenant Ross & Cromarty 1881‑1899	25 May 1832	9 Feb 1900	67
9 Feb 1900		7	Kenneth John Mackenzie	6 Oct 1861	4 Dec 1929	68
4 Dec 1929		8	Hector David Mackenzie Lord Lieutenant Ross & Cromarty 1936‑1955	6 Jun 1893	10 May 1958	64
10 May 1958		9	Maxwell Ian Hector Inglis Lord Lieutenant Midlothian 1964‑1972	18 Oct 1903	22 Jul 1974	70
22 Jul 1974		10	Roderick John Inglis	25 Jan 1936	19 Jun 2018	82
19 Jun 2018		11	Ian Richard Inglis	9 Aug 1965
INGLIS of Milton Bryan, Beds
6 Jun 1801	UK	1	Hugh Inglis MP for Ashburton 1802‑1806	30 Apr 1744	21 Aug 1820	76
21 Aug 1820 to     5 May 1855		2	Robert Harry Inglis MP for Dundalk 1824‑1826, Ripon 1828‑1829 and Oxford University 1829‑1854; PC 1854 Extinct on his death	12 Jan 1786	5 May 1855	69
INGOLDSBY of Lethenborough, Bucks
30 Aug 1661	E	1	Henry Ingoldsby MP [I] for Clare County 1695‑1699	16 Jan 1623	Mar 1701	78
Mar 1701 to     25 Apr 1726		2	William Ingoldsby Extinct on his death	1670	25 Apr 1726	55
INGRAM of Swineshead Abbey, Lincs
9 Aug 1893	UK	1	William James Ingram MP for Boston 1874‑1880, 1885‑1886 and 1892‑1895	27 Oct 1847	18 Dec 1924	77
18 Dec 1924		2	Herbert Ingram	26 Sep 1875	1 Jun 1958	82
1 Jun 1958		3	Herbert Ingram	18 Apr 1912	3 Jul 1980	68
3 Jul 1980		4	James Herbert Charles Ingram	6 May 1966
INNES of Innes, Elgin
28 May 1625	NS	1	Robert Innes		c 1655
c 1655		2	Robert Innes		c 1690
c 1690		3	James Innes		c 1700
c 1700		4	Harry Innes	c 1670	12 Nov 1721
12 Nov 1721		5	Harry Innes		31 Oct 1762
31 Oct 1762		6	James Innes-Ker He subsequently succeeded to the Dukedom of Roxburghe in 1812 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	10 Jan 1736	19 Jul 1823	87
INNES of Balvenie, Banff
15 Jan 1628	NS	1	Robert Innes		c 1650
c 1650		2	Walter Innes		by Dec 1650
by Dec 1650		3	Robert Innes		8 Jun 1689
8 Jun 1689		4	George Innes		2 Feb 1698
2 Feb 1698		5	James Innes		1722
1722		6	Robert Innes For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	1702	31 Aug 1758	56
31 Aug 1758		7	Charles Innes	21 Feb 1704	8 Apr 1768	64
8 Apr 1768		8	William Innes		13 Mar 1817
13 Mar 1817		9	John Innes He was served heir to the 8th baronet 12 Jan 1818	23 Jun 1757	23 Mar 1829	71
23 Mar 1829		10	John Innes	1801	3 Dec 1838	37
3 Dec 1838		11	James Milne Innes	24 Feb 1808	11 May 1878	70
11 May 1878		12	John Innes	25 Nov 1840	2 May 1912	71
2 May 1912		13	James Innes	20 Jan 1846	7 Jan 1919	72
7 Jan 1919		14	James Bourchier Innes	27 Oct 1883	20 Dec 1950	67
20 Dec 1950		15	Walter James Innes	8 Aug 1903	2 Sep 1978	75
2 Sep 1978		16	Ronald Gordon Berowald Innes	24 Jul 1907	26 May 1988	80
26 May 1988		17	Peter Alexander Berowald Innes	6 Jan 1937
INNES of Coxton, Moray
20 Mar 1686	NS	1	Alexander Innes	c 1652	28 Jan 1709
28 Jan 1709		2	George Innes		c 1735
c 1735		3	Alexander Barclay-Innes	c 1715	by 1790
by 1790		4	James Innes		3 Jun 1790
3 Jun 1790		5	David Innes		8 Oct 1803
Oct 1803		6	Alexander Innes		7 Sep 1811
7 Sep 1811		7	David Innes	1781	11 Aug 1866
11 Aug 1866 to     25 Aug 1886		8	George Innes On his death the baronetcy became dormant	1834	25 Aug 1886	52
[25 Aug 1886]		9	[Charles Innes]	20 Apr 1825	15 Jul 1907	82
[15 Jul 1907]		10	[Charles Gordon Deverell Innes]	1 May 1870	22 Oct 1953	83
[22 Oct 1953] 1973		11	Charles Kenneth Gordon Innes Claim allowed 1973	28 Jan 1910	27 Dec 1990	80
27 Dec 1990		12	David Charles Kenneth Gordon Innes	17 Apr 1940	21 Aug 2010	70
21 Aug 2010		13	Alastair Charles Deverell Innes	17 Sep 1970
INNES of Lochalsh, Ross
28 Apr 1819 to     16 Aug 1831	UK	1	Hugh Innes MP for Ross-shire 1809‑1812, Tain Burghs 1812‑1830 and Sutherland 1831 Extinct on his death	c 1764	16 Aug 1831
IRBY of Boston, Lincs
13 Apr 1704	E	1	Edward Irby MP for Boston 1702‑1708	31 Jul 1676	11 Nov 1718	42
Nov 1718		2	William Irby He was subsequently created Baron Boston in 1761 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	8 Mar 1707	30 Mar 1775	68
IRVINE of Ardscragh, Tyrone
31 Jul 1677 to     Oct 1689	I	1	Gerard Irvine Extinct on his death		Oct 1689
IRVING of Woodhouse, Dumfries
10 Sep 1809	UK	1	Paulus Aemilius Irving	30 Aug 1751	1828	76
1828			Paulus Aemilius Irving	19 Jan 1792	c Dec 1838	46
c Dec 1838 to     1866		2	Thomas St. Lawrance Irving Extinct on his death	18 Feb 1795	1866	71
ISHAM of Lamport, Northants
30 May 1627	E	1	John Isham	27 Jul 1582	8 Jul 1651	68
8 Jul 1651		2	Justinian Isham MP for Northamptonshire 1661‑1675	20 Jan 1610	2 Mar 1675	65
2 Mar 1675		3	Thomas Isham	15 Mar 1656	26 Jul 1681	25
26 Jul 1681		4	Justinian Isham MP for Northampton 1685‑1690 and 1694‑1698, and Northamptonshire 1698‑1730	11 Aug 1658	13 May 1730	71
13 May 1730		5	Justinian Isham MP for Northamptonshire 1730‑1737	20 Jul 1687	5 Mar 1737	49
5 Mar 1737		6	Edmund Isham MP for Northamptonshire 1737‑1772	18 Dec 1690	16 Sep 1772	81
16 Sep 1772		7	Justinian Isham	8 Jul 1740	1 Apr 1818	77
1 Apr 1818		8	Justinian Isham	24 Apr 1773	26 Mar 1845	71
26 Mar 1845		9	Justinian Vere Isham For further information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	7 Nov 1816	25 Aug 1846	29
25 Aug 1846		10	Charles Edmund Isham	16 Dec 1819	7 Apr 1903	83
7 Apr 1903		11	Vere Isham	10 May 1862	11 Feb 1941	78
11 Feb 1941		12	Gyles Isham	31 Oct 1903	29 Jan 1976	72
29 Jan 1976		13	Ian Vere Gyles Isham	17 Jul 1923	20 Oct 2009	86
20 Oct 2009		14	Norman Murray Crawford Isham	28 Jan 1930	9 Nov 2021	91
9 Nov 2021		15	Richard Leonard Vere Isham	30 Dec 1958
ISHERWOOD of Ruggleswood, Chislehurst, Kent
20 Jun 1921	UK	1	Joseph William Isherwood	23 Jun 1870	24 Oct 1937	67
24 Oct 1937 to     29 May 1946		2	William Isherwood Extinct on his death	28 Jan 1898	29 May 1946	48

	Sir Andrew Henry Bouhier Imbert‑Terry, 4th baronet
	Sir Andrew was murdered in Zimbabwe in September 1985. The following report appeared in The Guardian on 6 September 1985:-
	A baronet, Sir Andrew Imbert-Terry, was yesterday found apparently murdered at his home in [Harare] Zimbabwe.
	Friends and neighbours who found the body said the 39-year-old former Life Guards captain was lying fully-clothed on the living room floor with a single bullet wound in the head. They said smashed ornaments in the room showed there had been a struggle.
	Friends informed the baronet's former wife, the former Georgina Massey-Taylor, who also lives in Harare.
	Police said an assailant had broken a window at the house and that three shots had been fired altogether. The witnesses said there was no sign of a weapon at the scene.
	The murder was the second in six weeks of a prominent figure in the affluent northern suburbs of Harare, widely regarded as one of the least violent cities in Africa.
	The Spanish Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jose Luis Blance Briones, was found strangled close to his car in the nearby suburb of Mount Pleasant [!] on July 22 in still unexplained circumstances.
	The Eton-educated baronet, who served with the Life Guards in Northern Ireland and Oman, came to Zimbabwe around independence in 1980 and originally worked for a food company. He recently started his own lamp-manufacturing business.
	Friends said Sir Andrew had a licensed pistol in his house, but it was not known which weapon was used in the killing.
	On 27 February 1987, The Times reported that
	Zimbabwe's High Court yesterday passed the death sentence on a 26-year-old former convict, John Marichi, for the murder of a British baronet, Sir Andrew Imbert-Terry, in Harare 17 months ago.
	Sir Andrew, aged 39, a former Life Guards captain, was found dead with a single gunshot wound in the head on September 4, 1985, in his home in the suburb of Borrowdale.
	Mr. Justice Wilson Sandura, the Judge President, found Marichi guilty. Marichi was arrested within a week of the killing with Sir Andrew's pistol in his possession. He has previous convictions for house breaking.
	The Judge found that Marichi had broken into Sir Andrew's home at about midnight, but had been surprised. Sir Andrew fired several shots at him but missed. Marichi tackled him, took the pistol and shot him in the head.
	Sir Andrew, stepson of the sixth Baron of Sackville, came to Zimbabwe shortly after independence and ran a business in market gardening and lamp making.
	On 26 June 1993, The Times contained a short paragraph which stated that Marichi's death sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment.
	Sir Henry Day Ingilby, 2nd baronet [UK 1866]
	Sir Henry committed suicide in December 1911. The following report on his death appeared in The Times on 6 December 1911:-
	Sir Henry Day Ingilby, Bt., of Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, died there yesterday morning at the age of 85. Sir Henry was in London until the end of July, but about a fortnight afterwards he was taken ill with an internal complaint, and had been practically confined to his rooms at Ripley Castle ever since. He underwent an operation on Saturday, and another was contemplated. On Monday he was about as usual and went into one of the rooms of the Castle unattended. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon his nurse and valet went in search of him and found Sir Henry suffering from a bullet wound in the head, with a revolver by his side. Doctors were sent for from Harrogate, and an operation was performed, but it was unavailing.
	The subsequent inquest was reported in The Scotsman on 7 December 1911:-
	An inquest was held at Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, yesterday, on Sir Henry Day Ingilby, Bart., who was found shot in a room at Ripley Castle on Monday.
	Evidence was given by a professional nurse and a valet of finding the deceased on a sofa in a room where he occasionally sat, some little time after he had been seen writing in the smoking-room. He was then unconscious, and there was a wound in the right side of the head and a pistol in his right hand.
	Deceased's medical attendant said Sir Henry had been suffering from a distressing and painful illness for some years, which became acute in September. He was depressed at times about his illness.
	The Coroner said among the papers found near Sir Henry was a note, unsigned and undated, but in Sir Henry's writing, containing the words - "Be careful with the pistol; it might be loaded". A letter addressed to Lady Ingilby, mostly of a private character, read - "My dear wife, I think if you know what I am going through, and realised, as I do, the wretched prospect of a continued life, you would not have the heart to blame me."
	A verdict was returned of suicide during a temporary fit of insanity caused by a distressing and painful illness.
	Sir Robert Innes, 6th baronet of Balveny
	The following tale appeared in Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Tracts published circa 1844. Unfortunately, the style of writing is incredibly prolix, so I have taken the liberty of summarising some passages. Words in quotations are from the original article.
	When, in 1722, Robert Innes succeeded to the baronetcy, he inherited the title only, without any landed estates or income. Whilst he had received a good education, he lacked the training which fitted him for most professions. As a result, he joined the army as a private.
	"While standing sentry one evening at the quarters of Colonel Winram, the commander of the regiment, he was accosted by a stranger, apparently an officer of another regiment, who inquired if the colonel was at that moment engaged. The sentinel courteously answered that he believed he was, but probably would soon be at leisure, and then recommenced his short perambulations. The stranger followed, and continued the conversation, in order, ostensibly, to while away the time until the colonel should be at liberty to receive him, but in reality to satisfy himself on a point of curiosity which had sprung up in his mind. When the gentleman who had been in conference with Colonel Winram was seen to depart, the stranger took leave of the sentinel, and entered the commandant's quarters."
	The visitor, who had recognised Innes, asked Colonel Winram if he was aware of the identity of his sentry. When Winram answered that he was not, his visitor explained who the sentry was and also the circumstances behind his presence in Winram's regiment. Winram immediately summoned the sentry and questioned him as to his identity and his reasons for enlisting in the army. Innes reluctantly confirmed his identity and explained that he "chose to enter on the humble yet independent condition of a common soldier, rather than make any attempt at gaining a maintenance in my own degree by drawing on the bounty of others, and eating what must have been, at best, the bread of dependence."
	The kindly colonel, recognising Innes' breeding and rightful station, undertook to gain an officer's posting for him. The young baronet and his commanding officer quickly became intimate friends, until one day Colonel Winram invited Sir Robert to accompany him on a carriage journey to visit his daughter at her boarding school.
	"She was a young lady in the very spring of womanhood, and beautiful in countenance, though the full graces of her person were scarcely yet developed. The Scottish baronet thought to himself that he had scarcely ever seen filial affection under a more captivating aspect than when Miss Winram, unconscious of a stranger's presence, ran into the room to welcome her father, whose carriage she had seen at a little distance. In short, Sir Robert Innes thought the daughter of his old friend the most charming girl he had yet seen, and the impression was not decreased by her modest, yet lively and intelligent conversation. When the visit drew to an end, he was even a little discomposed, while the veteran exhibited a more open degree of parting sadness. The young lady also looked regretful, but that of course was accounted for as relating to the departure of her father.
	"The colonel and his young friend were not very communicative for some space. At length the conversation turned on the young lady, on whom her father expatiated with the fondness of a parent; and his observations being assented to somewhat warmly, the colonel, to the surprise of Sir Robert, hinted that his daughter might do worse than take him for a husband. The young man was completely stunned for the moment by this most unlooked-for overture. He could not believe that the veteran meant to sport with his feelings, yet some such notion suggested in part the answer which he gave to the colonel, after a pretty lengthened pause. "Colonel Winram," said he. "I am poor - penniless - and you are wealthy. All I have I owe to you; but"--
	"The veteran somewhat impatiently interrupted the baronet. 'Well, well, that is exactly what I am thinking of. Margery happens to have a small fortune of her own, the bequest of a deceased aunt; and you have a title; a fair equivalent. I have always honoured ancestral dignities, at least when borne by such as yourself, whom I already love as a son. My girl has been a good daughter, and will be a good wife."
	"While the words were yet on his lips, fortune suddenly gave an unexpected turn to affairs, by sending a troop of yearling cattle scampering into the highway from the open gate of a park. The horses of the colonel's carriage were startled, and, by their sudden bound aside, the reins were twitched from the coachman's hands. Feeling no control, the alarmed animals sprang forward at full speed; but they went no great way ere their divergence from the mid-line caused a violent overturn of the vehicle into a shallow side-ditch. The inmates, who had travelled in barouche fashion [i.e. facing each other], were thrown clear out upon one side of the road, which, fortunately, was a grass common. The coachman and Sir Robert Innes, being both of light frames, were very little injured, but the poor veteran's fall was a heavy and severe one. He lay at first perfectly insensible, with his usually ruddy complexion changed to an ashy whiteness. In a few minutes, however, he regained his consciousness, and in some degree his bodily strength, but complained much of pain in his chest and shoulder. Sir Robert, as may be supposed, was greatly agitated, and at a loss how to get his kind friend within reach of immediate advice and assistance. But the coachman was able, happily, to get the horses quieted and the coach raised with the baronet's assistance, and it was resolved to move slowly back to the boarding-school, from which they were only a mile and a half distant.
	"The distress of Miss Winram on seeing her kind-hearted father return so unexpectedly, and in such a condition, was extreme, and her solicitude was fully shared by her instructress, Mrs. [???] who instantly despatched a messenger for the surgeon of the district. This functionary soon arrived, and relieved a material portion of the pain suffered by the veteran, who, however, continued to be very feeble, and was besides discovered to have fractured one of his ribs. He occupied a sick-bed for several weeks. In that time, he had such a nurse as his daughter as often made him weep tears of gratitude to Heaven for its kindness in giving her to him. Our readers may well imagine that such a spectacle as this was a dangerous one for our Scottish baronet, who had also continued in attendance. In truth, this young gentleman surrendered his whole heart to the veteran's daughter, and did it willingly and consciously, having no alloy in his hopes for the future, excepting in as far as the state of the young lady's affections was unknown to him. But, in his capacity of occasional attendant on the veteran, the young baronet appeared in almost as favourable a light to Miss Winram as she did to him, and the state of each other's affections was soon made manifest by the kindly interference of Colonel Winram.
	"Our story draws to a close. Sir Robert proposed, and was accepted. The marriage took place as soon as the veteran could leave his couch; and the career of the young Scottish baronet, whom our narrative took up in so unpromising a condition, was, by the remarkable incidents detailed, rendered one of much happiness throughout the whole of its after-duration. His beautiful lady brought him one sole child and daughter [Catherine], whose personal charms in time attracted the admiration of the noblest in the land. One suitor for her hand was a gentleman who afterwards acceded to the title of Duke of Roxburghe; but eventually Miss Innes became the wife of the seventeenth Lord Forbes. Her grandson is the present possessor of that ancient title; and of her daughters, one became Duchess of Atholl, and another the wife of Sir John Hay of Hayston."
	Sir Justinian Vere Isham, 9th baronet
	Sir Justinian blew his brains out in August 1846, as reported in the London Morning Post of 28 August 1846 (reprinted from The Cheltenham Chronicle):-
	A very remarkable and distressing suicide by a gentleman of fortune, residing in this town [Cheltenham], was discovered yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. The unfortunate deceased, Sir Justinian Vere Isham, Bart., has been a resident of Cheltenham for about two years, and has resided during that time at Pittville Villas. His valet was alarmed that his master did not appear at the usual dinner hour, half-past six, and went to his bedroom for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of his absence, when he was surprised to find the door fast, and that he could obtain no answer from within. A police officer who was at hand was called in, as was also Mr. Newenham, chemist, of Leamington-place, and the door being forced open the deceased was discovered lying on his side in the bed in a pool of blood. He held a double-barrelled pistol in his right hand, and it was found upon examination that one of the barrels had been discharged. The ball appears to have penetrated the roof of the mouth and the brain, and it is conjectured that the result was instantaneous death. No report was heard by the inmates of the house, and from the state of the body life must have been extinct from two to three hours. Two other pistols lay upon the bed, and both, as also the second barrel of the pistol found in the hand of deceased, were loaded with ball. The unfortunate deceased was a fine athletic man, about thirty years of age, and has but lately succeeded his father in the title and estates. He was the eldest son of the late Sir Justinian Vere Isham, Bart., of Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire. He was rather eccentric in his habits and turn of mind, and it is presumed that melancholy induced him to the committal of the rash act.

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