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].
Marchetti, Alexander, younger son of George Marchetti, of Paddington, by Alexandra, daughter of Eustracio Petrocochino, of Paddington; b. Dec. 15, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in P. S. Batt. Royal Fusiliers Dec. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. (Res.) the Rifle Brigade May 19, 1915; went out to the western front March 1916; killed in action in France March 15, 1916; unm.
Marcus, L. Marcel, son of Dr. Lascar Marcus; b. Feb. 2, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (R); left July 1917; d.
MARFIELD, ROGER; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261).
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.
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.
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, 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, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT, son of David Frederick Markham (qv); b. 20 Jul 1830; adm. 26 May 1842 (Benthall); Min. Can. 1843; left Jun 1844; Cadet, Royal Navy 18 Jul 1844; Midshipman 28 Jun 1846; served in Capt. Austin’s Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin May 1850 – Oct 1851; left Navy 28 Dec 1851; travelled in Peru 1852-3; Clerk, Legacy Duty Office, Inland Revenue Dec 1853 – Jul 1854; Clerk, Board of Control Jul 1854; Clerk, Correspondence Dept., India Office; Private Secretary to T. G. Baring MP when Parliamentary Under-Secretary, India Office 1862-4; Assistant Secretary, Public Works Dept., India Office 1867-71, Judicial Public and Revenue Dept. 1871-7; CB 17 May 1871; KCB 20 May 1896; introduced the cultivation of cinchona into British India from Peru 1859-61; geographer with British Army in Ethiopia 1867-8; took an active interest in Polar expedition and largely responsible for the despatch of Sir George Nares’s expedition in 1874 and that of Capt. R. F. Scott in 1901; Secretary, Hakluyt Society 1858-86, President 1886-1909; Secretary to Royal Geographical Society 1863-88, Gold Medallist 1888, President 1893-1905; President, International Geographical Congress, London 1895; FSA 12 Dec 1861; FRS 12 Jun 1873; DSc Cambridge 12 Jun 1907, Leeds 11 Jun 1910; an enthusiastic Old Westminster; acted as Secretary to OW Crimean and Indian Memorial Committee, and Chairman of the Committee for the decoration of the School walls with the arms of distinguished OWW; contemplated writing his reminiscences of the School, and left in MS his recollections as a small boy up Benthall’s in 1842-4; President, Elizabethan Club 1898-1912; Busby Trustee from 16 May 1899; a Governor of the School 16 Nov 1899 – 28 Jul 1913; a voluminous writer on Peru and the history of geographical discovery; m. 23 Apr 1857 Mary Anne (Minna), dau. of Rev. James Hamilton John Chichester, Rector of Arlington, Devon; d. 30 Jan 1916, after a shock from a fire in his room by which he was seriously injured. DNB.
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.