Henry Heyward Isham (November 4, 1926 – June 18, 2009), was an American diplomat, Foreign Service Officer and editor.
His father Ralph Heyward Isham, born in New York City, was a noted retired British Army officer and collector of rare books.
[3] Isham studied International Relations at Yale College, graduating in 1947 before being posted to the American Embassy in Berlin during the Cold War.
[3][1] Son Christopher Isham was named Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for CBS News in July 2007.
Son Ralph Heyward Isham is the founder and managing director of GH Venture Partners LLC[5] and is a former Fellow with the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the SALT II treaty hearings, who served on the staffs of Congressman James W. Symington and Senator Edward Brooke,[5] and is married to designer and artist Ala von Auersperg, daughter of Sunny von Bülow and co-founder of the National Center for Victims of Crime.