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{{short description|British actor and historian}}
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'''Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet''' (31 October 1903 – 29 January 1976) was an English aristocrat, [[actor]], and [[historian]].
==Life and career==
Gyles Isham was born 31 October 1903 in [[Lamport, Northamptonshire]], England to Sir Vere Isham, the 11th Baronet of Lamport, and his wife Millicent Vaughan. Educated at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], in 1926 he was President of the [[Oxford Union]] and graduated as a [[Bachelor of Arts]]  (promoted to [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1930). He became an actor, appearing from 1929 to 1938 in several [[Shakespeare plays]] at the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in [[London]], the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]], and other venues. He also appeared from 1933 to 1937 in ten films, including the acclaimed [[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|''Anna Karenina'']] of 1935. Enlisting in the [[British Army]] during the [[Second World War]], in 1940 he was commissioned as an officer into the [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]] and served in [[Libya]] in the [[Western Desert Campaign]], by 1943 reaching the rank of [[lieutenant-colonel]]. He also succeeded in
==Filmography==
* ''[[Anne One Hundred]]'' (1933) as Nixon
* ''[[Purse Strings]]'' (1933) as James Willmore
* ''[[The Iron Duke (film)|The Iron Duke]]'' (1934) as Czar of Russia
* ''[[What's in a Name? (1934 film)|What's in a Name?]]'' (1934) as Schultz
* ''[[Regal Cavalcade]]'' (1935) as Dining Officer
* ''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1935) as Levin
* ''[[The Imperfect Lady (1935 film)|The Perfect Gentleman]]'' (1935) as Man (uncredited and unconfirmed)
* ''[[The House of the Spaniard]]'' (1936) as John Gilchrist
* ''[[Secret Lives (film)|Secret Lives]]'' (1937) as Franz Abel
* ''[[Under Secret Orders]]'' (1937) as Lt. Hans Hoffman
==Selected publications==
* ''The Correspondence of Bishop Brian Duppa and Sir Justinian Isham 1650-1660,'' Northamptonshire Record Society, 1954.
* ''Sir Thomas Isham: an English collector in Rome, 1677-8,: A Selection of Pictures, Engravings, Books and Manuscripts Lent by Sir Gyles Isham, Bart., from Lamport Hall, Northampton: Exhibited at Central Art Gallery, Northampton, 12th July to August, 1969,'' County Borough of Northampton - Museums and Art Gallery, 1969.
* {{cite book | date = 1970 | title = The Triangular Lodge: Rushton, Northamptonshire. Official Guide | publisher = Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) | pages = | url = https://archive.org/details/rushton-triangular-lodge}}
* He also annotated the 1971 translation by Norman Marlow of ''The diary of Thomas Isham of Lamport (1658-81),'' Gregg Publishing, 343 p.
==Notes==
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==References==
* ''Lamport Hall - Past and Present (the official guidebook)'', 1992, Lamport Hall Preservation Trust, Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, 28 p.
* Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition,'' Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A, and London, England, 3 vol.
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0410861}}
* [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-gyles-isham-19031976-49261 Portrait of Sir Gyles Isham at Lamport Hall]
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| years = 1941&ndash;1976
| before = [[Sir Vere Isham, 11th Baronet|Vere Isham]]
| after = [[Sir Ian Isham, 13th Baronet|Ian Isham]]
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