Edwin Markham (British Army officer)

Sir Edwin Markham

Sir Edwin Markham
Born 28 March 1833(1833-03-28)
Died 1 April 1918(1918-04-01) (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

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 21167. p. 3537. 31 December 1850. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  2. ^ Naval officers, their heredity and development by Charles Benedict Davenport
  3. ^ Royal Military College, Sandhurst Hansard, 14 May 1900
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ The Peerage.com
Government offices
Preceded by
Charles Ewart		 Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1892–1895		 Succeeded by
Sir Edward Hopton
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Cecil East		 Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1898–1902		 Succeeded by
Gerald Kitson