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MARKHAM, CHARLES, son of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); b. 14 Mar 1803; adm. 3 Apr 1815 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1818; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 28 Jun 1821; Lieut., 1st Dragoons 23 Jun 1825; Capt., 29 Aug 1826; 60th Foot 7 Jun 1827; Maj., 31 May 1833; Lieut. -Col., 17 Aug 1841; m. 17 Jun 1834 Emma, dau. of Rev. Ralph Henry Brandling, Gosforth House, Northumberland; d. in Jamaica 2 Apr 1842.

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.

MARKHAM, ALGERNON AUGUSTUS, brother of Charles John Markham (qv); b. 15 May 1869; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (R ); left Jul 1888 (with Triplett); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1888; BA 1891; MA 1895; ordained deacon 1892, priest 1893 (Liverpool); Curate, Warrington, Lancs., 1892-9; Vicar of St. Jude’s, Liverpool 1899-1907; Vicar of Great Grimsby, Lincs., 1908-28; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1910; Vicar of Grantham, Lincs., 1928-33; Rector of North and South Stoke with Easton, Lincs., from 1933; Dean of Stamford from 1936; consecrated Bishop Suffragan of Grantham 30 Nov 1937; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Lincoln 1918-29, 1931-47; m. 3 Apr 1908 Winifred Edith, younger dau. of Lieut. -Col. Frederick St. John Barne, Sotterley Hall, Southwark; d. 27 Jun 1949.

MARKHAM, ALFRED, son of William Markham (KS 1811, qv); b. 26 Jun 1839; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (G); left 1852; Cadet, Royal Navy 1852; Lieut., 26 Nov 1859; Cdr., 18 Feb 1867; Capt., 31 Dec 1875; served in Black Sea during Crimean War; d. 7 Jul 1880.

Margitai (subsequently Maxwell), Peter Eugene, son of Leo Margitai, journalist, of Hampstead, and Johanna Antonia, d. of Konstantin Reichstaetter of Prague, Czechoslovakia; b. 23 Jan. 1921; adm. Jan. 1939 (H); left July 1939; assumed the name of Maxwell in lieu of Margitai Oct. 1944; 2nd Lieut. Queen’s Roy. Regt Jan. 1945, attd Punjab Regt IA Aug. 1945 (Maj. ); a film dir. and screen writer; latterly resident in Queensland, Australia; m. 8 May 1943 Kathleen Mary, d. of Alfred Harvey Wright of Guildford, Surrey; d. 5 Apr 2013.