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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.

ABBOT, CHARLES HENRY PHILIP, only son of Hon. Philip Henry Abbot (qv); b. 21 Mar 1832; adm. 7 Feb 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1846; left 1846; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1849, Canoneer Student 1850-65; BA 1853; MA 1856; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Bath & Wells); Rector of Withington, Herefs., from 1868; m. 3 Aug 1865 Maria Lear, younger dau. of Rev. John Comyns, Vicar of Bishopsteignton, Devon; d. 28 Dec 1878.

ALLEN, EDMUND EDWARD, second son of Lancelot Baugh Allen (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Feb 1824; adm. 1 Jul 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1837; left 1839; King’s Coll. London 1840; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Apr 1842, matr. Mich. 1842; BA 1846; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1847, priest 1848 (both Lichfield); Curate, St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury 1847-50; Curate, Yerbeston, Pembs. 1850-4; Vicar of Millom, Cumberland 1854-65; Rector of Porthkerry with Barry, Glamorgan, from 1865; Hon. Canon Llandaff from 1887; m. 2 Feb 1848 Bertha, fourth dau. of Roger Eaton, Parcglas, Pembs.; d. 3 Apr 1898.

ALLEN, GEORGE BAUGH, eldest son of Lancelot Baugh Allen (qv) and his first wife; b. 23 Apr 1821; adm. 3 Jul 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1838, adm. pens. 28 May 1838, scholar 1839, matr. Mich. 1838; BA 1842; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1842; a certificated special pleader 1846; the last of the great special pleaders; practised in the Temple 1846-96; author with W. B. Allen of Forms of Endorsements, 1883; of Cilrhiw, Pembs.; DL Haverfordwest, JP Pembrokeshire; m. 19 May 1846 Dorothea Hannah, dau. of Roger Eaton, Parcglas, Pembs.; d. 19 Sep 1898.

BAGOT, ALEXANDER, brother of George Talbot Bagot (qv); b. 10 Jun 1822; adm. 26 May 1834 (Benthall's); went to Charterhouse Sch. 1837; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1840; Ensign, N. I., unattached 18 Sep 1840; 15th N. I. 9 Jan 1841; Lieut., 16 Jul 1842; Capt., 23 Jul 1854; Brevet Maj., 24 Jul 1854; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 14 Apr 1862; Lieut. -Col. Commandant, 38th N. I., from 20 Jun 1865; Lieut. -Col., Bengal Staff Corps 18 Sep 1866; Brevet Col., 18 Sep 1871; served in Gwalior campaign 1843, Sutlej campaign 1845-6, Punjab campaign 1848-9; one of the best shots and keenest shikaris of his day in India; m. 28 Oct 1852 Gertrude Letitia, eldest dau. of Brig. -Gen. Robert Dampier Hallifax; d. at Bholan, India, 20 Oct 1874, having been accidentally poisoned by a native cook who used powdered arsenic, instead of baking powder, in preparing the chupatties for breakfast.

BAGOT, GEORGE TALBOT, second son of Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot PC GCB, Governor-Gen. of Canada, diplomat, and Lady Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley, eldest dau. of William Wellesley-Pole, 4th Earl of Mornington PC; grandson of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 14 Apr 1820; adm. 26 May 1834 (Benthall's); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1838; m. 20 Aug 1855 Charlotte Margaret, dau. of William Thomas Blair, Madras Civil Service (previously EICS Madras); d. 22 Nov 1907.

BARKER, HENRY RAINE, second son of Richard Barker, Fitzroy Square, London, and Margaret White (IGI); b. 11 Nov 1829; adm. 26 Jan 1843 (Benthall's); QS (Capt) 1844; rowed bow in the race against Eton 30 Jul 1846, and stroke in the same race 29 Jul 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848, Westminster Student to 1864; rowed in University Eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup, in University Four which won the Steward’s Cup, and in Christ Church pair which won the Silver Goblets at Henley Regatta, 1852; BA 1852; MA 1855; adm. Inner Temple 27 Jan 1858; a banker and army agent; m. 30 Jul 1868 Lina, second dau. of George Haynes; d. 23 Aug 1902.

BENTHALL, ARTHUR, brother of William Benthall (qv); b. 5 Apr 1825; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Benthall's); QS 1838; left 1839; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1843, matr. Lent 1844; BA 1848; MA 1851; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Nov 1843, called to bar 23 Nov 1848; a clerk in the Post Office 1850, subsequently Assistant Secretary; m. 1 Sep 1855 Alice Margaret, dau. of Rev. John Reynolds Wardale, Rector of Higham Gobion, Beds.; d. 16 Feb 1882.

BLAGDEN, HENRY, son of John James Blagden, Petworth, Sussex, surgeon, and Harriet Ayling (IGI); b. 25 Oct 1832; adm. 27 Sep 1844 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1847; Capt. of the School 184 (?) [check]; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1851, adm. pens. 30 May 1851, scholar 1852, matr. Mich. 1851; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon 1855, priest 1856 (both Ely); held curacies 1855-69; Vicar of Hughenden, Bucks., 1869-93; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, from 1892; m. Isabella Catherine, second dau. of James Searight, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London; d. 16 Dec 1922.

BONNOR, CHARLES CLIFFE JOHN, only son of Maj. Thomas Bonnor, Ceylon Rifles, and Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Hatch; b. 26 Nov 1832; adm. 11 Jun 1846 (Benthall's); QS 1847; d. at school of typhoid fever, 13 May 1848; memorial tablet in North Cloister.