MAPLETOFT, JOHN, son of Rev. Joshua Mapletoft, Vicar of Margaretting and Rector of Wickford, Essex, and Susanna, dau. of John Collett, Bourn, Cambs.; b. 15 Jun 1631; adm.; KS in 1645; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1648, adm. pens. 20 May 1648, scholar 1649, matr. Mich. 1649; 9th in “ordo” 1651/2; BA Jan 1651/2 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1654); MA 1665; MD 1667 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1669); DD 1690; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1 Oct 1653 – c. 1662, Tutor 1656; adm. Gray’s Inn 12 May 1652; tutor in family of Earl of Northumberland 1658-60; went abroad to study medicine; subsequently medical practitioner in London to 1679, when he retired from practice; Professor of Physic, Gresham College 1675-9; ordained deacon and priest 3 Mar 1682/3; Rector of Braybrooke, Northants 5 Mar 1682/3-6; Vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, from 10 Jan 1685/6; the last survivor of the community at Little Gidding founded by Nicholas Ferrar; author, The Principles and Duties of the Christian Religion, 1710, and other works; m. 18 Nov 1679 Rebecca, dau. of Lucy Knightley, Hackney, Middlesex, Hamburg merchant; d. 10 Nov 1721. DNB.
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].
MARFIELD, ROGER; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261).
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.