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, FRANCIS, son of William Markham (KS 1811, qv); b. 31 Oct 1837; adm. 10 Oct 1849 (G); Min. Can. 1852; left 1855; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 16 Mar 1856; Lieut., 3 Jun 1859; Capt. 5 Jan 1870; sold out 2 Feb 1872; DL JP Westmorland, High Sheriff 1889; JP Cumberland 1873; author, Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster 1849-55, 1903, which provides many interesting details and anecdotes of his school life; m. 20 Apr 1868 his cousin Maria, dau. of William Rice Markham (qv); d. 27 Oct 1921.

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, 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, HENRY SPENCER, son of Robert Markham (adm. 1776, qv); b. 8 Jan 1805; adm. 25 May 1818 (Best's); left 1 May 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1823; BA 1828; MA 1830; ordained deacon 12 Oct 1828 (York), priest 1829 (lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Addingham, Cumberland 1829; Prebendary of York from 4 Feb 1830; Rector of Clifton, Notts. (disp. to hold with Conisborough 1830); Vicar of Conisborough, Yorks., 1830; m. 18 Oct 1831 Sophia Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. (adm. 1777, qv); d. 2 Sep 1844.

MARKHAM, JOHN, son of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); b. 6 Jun 1797; adm. 1805 (second quarter) (G); left 1810; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 20 Mar 1820; 1st cl. Volunteer, Royal Navy 1810; Lieut., 30 Jan 1824; invalided Aug 1824; Cdr., 1 Jul 1864; emigrated to USA and settled in Trempeleau Co., Wisconsin; m. 1834 Marianne Georgina Davies, dau. of John Brock Wood; d. 26 Oct 1870.

Markham, Michael Frank, son of Frank Reynolds Markham of Cape Town and Mary Sarah, d. of Rev. Robert Sheard, Rector of St James, Worcester, Cape Province; b. 15 Feb. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left July 1939; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1940-2, BSc; ACGI CEng MIEE; sen. res. engineer Standard Telephones & Cables 1942-6; Prin. Sci. Officer Nat. Physical Lab. 1946-81; hon. sen. lecturer Univ. of Surrey 1981-6; retd 1986; m. 17 Apr. 1948 Marjorie Amy, d. of Isaac Joseph Girling, solicitor; d. 10 Aug. 1990.

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, OSBORNE, only son of Osborne Markham (adm. 1778, qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Feb 1814; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (G); Min. Can. 1828; Ensign, 90th Foot 27 Sep 1831; 34th Foot 10 May 1833; Lieut., 9 May 1834; Capt., 3 Nov 1837; 32nd Foot 25 Dec 1838; retd. 18 Apr 1845; adm. Gray’s Inn 17 Apr 1845; d. unm. 13 Nov 1847.

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.