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Markham, William, 1760-1815
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1760-1815
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MARKHAM, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Markham (adm. 1733, qv); b. 5 Apr 1760; adm. 3 Feb 1767; KS (Capt. ) 1773; Writer, EICS Bengal 1777; arrived in India 3 Jul 1777; Assistant to Resident, Benares 1778; acting Postmaster 1779; Resident, Benares Jan 1781 – Mar 1783; Private Secretary to Warren Hastings (qv) 1782; returned to England Nov 1783, owing to persecution by Sir Philip Francis; purchased Becca Hall, Yorks.; assisted Hastings during his trial; one of donors of Warren Hastings cup; m. 20 Aug 1795 Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Oldfield Bowles, North Aston, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Jan 1815.
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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.