George Markham (1822 – 2 February 1864) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in

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to British captain John Markham. He migrated to Australia in the 1840s and became an auctioneer at

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. On 5 March 1854 he married Susan Allingham, with whom he had five children. In 1860 he was elected to the

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for

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. He retired in 1862, to be appointed superintendent for the southern district in the establishment of the

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, based at

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. In January 1864 he was cleaning or loading his revolver in his residence when it discharged and he was fatally wounded, dying aged and leaving a widow and five young children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Markham, George 1822 births 1864 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians