MARKHAM, SAMUEL, son of John Markham, Paternoster Row, London, apothecary, and Elizabeth --- [probably Haywood (IGI)]; bapt. St. Faith’s, City of London 28 Mar 1722 (IGI); adm. (aged 80 Jan 1730/1; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – void 27 Jun 1755; BCL 1748; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jun 1743; migr. to Inner Temple 5 Feb 1745/6, called to bar 25 Jun 1748, tenant chambers there to Nov 1765; ordained deacon (Winchester) Dec 1759, priest (Peterborough) 2 Mar 1760; Curate, Charing, Kent 1763-5; Minor Canon, Rochester 1765-7; Vicar of Bearsted, Kent 4 Dec 1765-7; Rector of Leatherhead, Surrey, from 8 Dec 1767; evening preacher at St. Dunstan in the West, London; m. 27 Apr 1762 Jane Farr, Christ Church, London; d. 28 Mar 1797.
MARKHAM, ROBERT, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 28 Mar 1768; adm. 11 Sep 1776; KS 1782; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 – void 18 Dec 1793 (expiry year of grace as R. Barton from 19 Feb 1793); BA 1790; MA 1794; ordained deacon 24 Jul 1791 (York), priest 1792 (London, lit. dim. from York); Rector of Barton in Fabis, Notts. 1792-6; Prebendary of York 23 Apr 1792 – Jan 1833; Archdeacon of York and Chancellor of Richmond from 9 Jul 1794; Rector of Bolton Percy, Yorks., 1796; Vicar of Bishopsthorpe, Yorks., 1797 (disp. to hold with Bolton Percy); Prebendary of Carlisle from 29 Oct 1801; Canon Residentiary, York 1802; m. 2 Aug 1797 Frances Egerton, dau. of Sir Gervase Clifton, Bart.; d. 17 Aug 1837.
MARKHAM, OSBORNE, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 27 May 1769; adm. 30 Mar 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1783; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – Feb 1797, Faculty Student 2 Feb 1797 – Jun 1806; BA 1791; MA 1794; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jun 1790, called to bar 2 Jul 1794; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1795-1818; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1796-1804; Commissioner of the Navy 24 Aug 1803 – May 1805; MP Calne 17 Feb 1806 – Mar 1807; Commissioner of Barracks Apr 1807-16, Comptroller from 1816; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1806 Lady Mary Thynne, dau. of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquis of Bath KG PC; m. 2nd, 28 Jun 1821 Martha Honora Georgina, dau. of Capt. William Henry Jervis Ricketts, Royal Navy; d. 22 Oct 1827.
MARKHAM, GEORGE, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 20 Mar 1763; adm. 3 Apr 1771; KS 1776; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 – void 14 Feb 1789 (expiry year of grace as R. Becford from 14 Feb 1788); BA 1784; MA 1787; BD and DD 1803; ordained deacon 16 Oct 1785 (York), priest 1787 (Chester, lit. dim. from York); Prebendary of Southwell 9 Jun 1787-1802; Prebendary of York 8 Aug – Nov 1787, Chancellor 19 Nov 1787-1802; Rector of Becford, Yorks., 1788-91; Rector of Stokesley, Yorks., 1791; Dean of York from Apr 1802; m. 6 Jun 1789 Elizabeth Evelyn, sister of John Sutton (adm. 1779, qv) (Markham obtained £7000 damages in action for crim. con. against John Fawcett (afterwards Pulteney) (qv), 4 May 1802); d. 29 Sep 1822.
MARKHAM, FREDERICK, third son of John Markham (adm. 1768, qv); b. 16 Aug 1805; adm. 15 Jun 1814; KS 1820; expelled for a scrape which he got into when boating in Apr 1824 (A Naval Career during the Old War, 1883, pp 275-6); Ensign, 32nd Foot 13 May 1824; Lieut., 22 Oct 1825; Capt., 16 Apr 1829; Maj., 28 Sep 1839; Lieut. -Col., 22 Jul 1842; Brevet Col. and ADC to Queen Victoria 2 Aug 1850; Maj. -Gen., 28 Nov 1854; Lieut. -Gen., local rank, 30 Jul 1855; second to Capt. Smyth, 32nd Foot, in his fatal duel with Standish O’Grady 18 Mar 1830, and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment in Kilmainham Gaol; served in Lower Canada during insurrection of 1837, wounded at St. Denis; served in Punjab campaign 1848-9, wounded at siege of Mooltan; CB 5 Jun 1849; Adjutant-Gen., British Army in India Mar – Nov 1854; appointed to command of Peshawar division, but recalled from India in 1854 to proceed to the Crimea; commanded Second Division in attack on the Redan 8 Sep 1855; shortly afterwards invalided home; author, Shooting in the Himalayas, 1854; d. unm. 21 Dec 1855. DNB.
MARKHAM, DAVID, son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 1 Sep 1766; adm. 14 Mar 1774; KS 1780; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1784, matr. 9 Jun 1784, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1784 – deprived 29 Sep 1787 (absence); Lieut., 7th Foot 11 May 1785; Capt. -Lieut., 76th Foot 26 Jan 1788; Capt., 8 Sep 1789; Maj., 20th Foot 23 Feb 1793; Lieut. -Col., 29 Mar 1794; wounded in Mysore campaign 1792; killed while directing an attack against a redoubt near Port au Prince, Haiti 26 Mar 1795.
MARKHAM, DAVID WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, eldest son of David Frederick Markham (qv); b. 25 Dec 1828; adm. 30 Sep 1841 (Benthall's); QS 1842; left 1844; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1847; d. at sea on his passage home from Madeira 17 May 1850.
MARKHAM, CHARLES JOHN, son of Rev. Charles Warren Markham, Rector of Saxby, Lincs., and Margaret, dau. of John Watson Barton, Stapleton Park, Pontefract, Yorks.; grandson of Charles Markham (qv); b. 21 Jun 1862; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (R ); QS 1877; left Oct 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1881; Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps 27 Sep 1882; Capt., 25 Jun 1890; Maj., 15 Oct 1898; Lieut. -Col., 18 Mar 1904; Brevet Col., 18 Mar 1907; retd., half-pay 18 Mar 1908; Col., 10 Feb 1909; served in expedition to Manipur 1891, and in Burma 1891-2; raised and trained 42nd Infantry Brigade and commanded it in France 1915; commanded 205th Infantry Brigade Sep 1915 – Mar 1917; temp. Brig. -Gen., 6 Jun 1916; CBE 3 Jun 1919; m. 16 Nov 1893 Isabella Cameron, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Robert Gardner, RMA, Southsea, Hampshire; d. 7 Jul 1927.
MARFIELD, ROGER; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261).
MARCHE, RICHARD; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1588, adm. scholar 1590, matr. Lent 1588/9. [Perhaps Richard March, second son of Richard March, Brenyngfold (sic), Surrey, gent.; adm. Middle Temple 14 Oct 1591 (late of Cliffords Inn), called to bar 30 Oct 1601].