| Sir Edwin Markham | |
|---|---|
 Sir Edwin Markham | |
| Born | 28 March 1833 |
| Died | 1 April 1918 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1850 - c.1902 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Royal Military College Sandhurst |
| Battles/wars | Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Markham KCB (28 March 1833 – 1 April 1918) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Military career[]
Markham was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1850[1] and served in the Crimean War and in India.[2] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1892 and went on to be Director General of Ordnance some four years later before being made Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1898.[3] He became incapacitated in July 1902.[4]
Family[]
In 1877 at Woolwich he married Emily Evelyn Lucy Stopford; they had two sons and a daughter.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 21167". 31 December 1850. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21167/page/
- ↑ Naval officers, their heredity and development by Charles Benedict Davenport
- ↑ Royal Military College, Sandhurst Hansard, 14 May 1900
- ↑ Sandhurst affair growing in importance; Incapacity of General Sir Edwin Markham - Lord Rosebery Said to be En-listed on the Side of the Expelled Cadets New York Times, July 1902
- ↑ The Peerage.com
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