This page provides information about family and friends from the United Kingdom who attended the 2013 AAIAA launch. For information on attendees from elsewhere in the world, click on the appropriate following links:
- THE BARONETICAL FAMILY
- Family & Friends from the United States
- Family from South Africa & Zimbabwe
- Family in Australia
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Barbara Armishaw
Barbara Armishaw is the mother of Lynne Isham, mother-in-law of Vere Isham, and grandmother of Max and Oscar Isham. 
In early 2014, The Trumpet, the Uttlesford district’s online magazine, recognized her as a role model for people over age 50 working out to stay fit. She is identified in this story as a regular at a weekly exercise class in Takeley.
Barbara attended the 2013 AAIAA launch with her family. She was photographed in the Dining Room at Lamport Hall and on the front steps with Joan, Lady Isham, and new friend Carolyn Mitchell of Virginia (US).
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Letitia Bason-Leone
Letitia (Waugh) Bason-Leone is the daughter of Sir Norman’s cousin Diana (Schofield) Waugh and granddaughter of Sir Norman’s aunt Dorothy (Isham) Schofield. Thus–like her second cousins Libby Brayshaw and Richard and Vere Isham–she is a fourth-great-grandchild of Sir Justinian IV, 7th Baronet (1740-1818).
She is a Practice Nurse at Dedworth Medical Centre, Windsor. She and her colleagues share with patients their expertise in managing chronic diseases (e.g., asthma, diabetes, hypertension), providing child immunisations and travel vaccinations, and advising on family planning and lifestyle management.
She is pictured in the High Room at Lamport, both alone and in conversation with Jon Isham. For details of her relationships to the Isham and Lowndes families, see AAIAA Document:
For charts of the Schofields and other descendants of Arthur Charles Isham and his wife Evelyn Rose Selby-Lowndes, see:
- B01 to B05 The Ishams of Lamport
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Christopher Davidge, Esq, OBE
Christopher Davidge was a longtime friend of the Isham family from at least the baronetcy of Sir Ian, if not Sir Gyles. There is a Wikipedia article about his 1950s rowing career.
Educated at Eton and Oxford (like Sir Ian, 13th Baronet), Mr Davidge became accomplished at rowing, winning 9 Henley medals, serving as steward of the Henley Royal Regatta, and rowing at multiple Olympics and Commonwealth Games. In later years, he served in various senior leadership positions with the Amateur Rowing Association, the British Olympic Association, and the Commonwealth Games Council.
He was a successful businessman, having led or been among the senior leaders of several private companies, including Lloyd’s of London.
He also occupied senior leadership positions with a variety of public institutions, including St Andrew’s Hospital Northampton and Three Shires Hospital, Maidwell Hall School, the Northamptonshire branch of the British Red Cross, and the Northamptonshire Record Society. 
At the time of his death in December 2014, he was still serving as chairman of the Northamptonshire Record Society. In that role, on 26 June 2013, he opened an exhibition on Northamptonshire’s Lost Houses, noting that Lamport Hall itself was very nearly lost, and likely would have been had it not been for the “sheer determination” of Sir Gyles, 12th Baronet. 
Mr Davidge was the owner of the William Randolph house, just down the lane from his own home in Little Houghton, Northamptonshire. This house is the ancestral home of William Randolph who married Mary Isham, daughter of Capt. Henry Isham of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and Katherine Banks (widow of Joseph Royall). It is let as a private residence and is not open to the public.
He attended the 2013 AAIAA launch as a special guest of Sir Norman and Lady Isham. As a friend of the family and a leader of the Northamptonshire Record Society, he was a champion of the role of the Ishams and Lamport Hall in county history who will be sorely missed. His obituary appeared in The Times.
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George Drye
George Drye is the Executive Director of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust. As such he is responsible for the management of the Lamport Estate, including Lamport Hall and Gardens and the associated buildings and properties that sustain the estate. Sir Norman and his family are very grateful to George for his contributions to the continuing success of the estate.
A particular source of pride for George, who resides at Lamport Hall with his family, is the Gardens, in which he is known to invest a lot of personal interest and energy. The extent of the Lamport Gardens is easily overlooked by visitors, but they are one of the highlights of the property.
George and his colleague Neil Lyon attended the AAIAA launch, as did members of the Board of Trustees other than the two family members, Libby Brayshaw and Richard Isham.
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Rosemary Eady
Rosemary Eady is a local farmer, a Trustee of The Pytchley Church Heritage Trust, a Council Member of the Northamptonshire Record Society, and a Member of the Northamptonshire Archives Panel. She is a longtime friend of the Lamport Isham family, most especially Sir Gyles, 12th Baronet, and Sir Ian, 13th Baronet, with whom she shared a common interest in the history of Northamptonshire and particularly Lamport Hall.
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Lady Lucy French
In 2013, Lady Lucy French was Director of Development for the St James Theatre in London. Now focused on theatre and fundraising for the arts, she worked previously in journalism, public relations, and event management. In previous positions, she was associated with the Open Air Theatre at Regent’s Park and the Hampstead Theatre. In March 2014, she became Founder, CEO, and Trustee of the charity, Never Such Innocence, which aims to give children and young people across the world a voice on war and conflict.
Lady Lucy is a Lowndes cousin of Sir Norman and his family. Her father John was the third and last Earl of Ypres.
She attended the 2013 AAIAA launch with another Lowndes cousin, Gerald Kingsbury. She is pictured with him (right) and Richard Isham (left).
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Gerald Kingsbury
Gerald Kingsbury is a Lowndes cousin of Sir Norman. He attended the AAIAA launch with another Lowndes cousin of the Ishams–his own first cousin–Lady Lucy French.
He is a director of H. K. Wentworth Ltd., a private family company founded by his father, Henry Kingsbury. It produces a range of products for the electronics industry. As late as July 2018, when a memorial service was held for his late mother, Lady Patricia, he was still serving as chairman of the firm.
He is pictured in the entrance to Lamport Hall and in the Dining Room introducing his cousin Lady Lucy French to some of the American “contingent” (Diana Tope and Keith Lance, center, and Jon Isham and Tracy Himmel-Isham, left).
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Neil Lyon 
In 2013, Neil Lyon was the Assistant Property Manager in the Lamport Estate Office.
During the 2013 AAIAA event, he spoke about the history of the estate and the family during an event at All Hallows Church, Lamport.
He was photographed in conversation with Sir Norman at Lamport Hall and while speaking at the church.