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Markham, John, 1761-1827
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1761-1827
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MARKHAM, JOHN, second son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 13 Jun 1761; adm. 2 Jun 1768; entered Royal Navy on HMS Rodney 11 Mar 1775; served on American and West Indian stations; nearly wrecked and killed while in charge of a prize 1777; acting Lieut., 14 May 1781, confirmed Jan 1783; cashiered for firing on a cartel when in command of Volcano fireship, but reinstated by Rodney 1782; Post Capt., 3 Jan 1783; took part in reduction of Martinique 1794, capture of Minorca 1798 and blockade of Brest 1800; Rear Adm., 23 Apr 1804; Vice-Adm. 25 Oct 1809; Adm., 12 Aug 1819; a Lord of the Admiralty Feb 1801 – May 1804, Jan 1806 – Mar 1807; MP Portsmouth 12 Nov 1801-18, 1820-6; selections from his correspondence for the years 1801-4, 1806-7 were edited by Sir Clements Robert Markham (qv) and published by the Navy Record Society, 1904; m. 27 Nov 1796 Hon. Maria Rice, sister of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv); d. at Naples 13 Feb 1827. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.