There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Markham, one in the

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and one in the

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. The Markham Baronetcy, of Sedgebrooke in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 August 1642 for Robert Markham. The Markhams were a prominent family who took their name from Markham, Nottinghamshire and whose lineage extends to Sir Alexander de Markham, who was constable of

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during the time of King Henry III. The second Baronet represented

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...

and

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in the

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. The third Baronet sat as

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for Grantham. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1779. Their arms were ''azure, on a chief or, a semi-lion rampant issuing gules''. The Markham Baronetcy, of Beachborough Park in Newington in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 July 1911 for Arthur Markham. He was the founder of the Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries and also represented

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in the House of Commons as a

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. The third Baronet was a member of the Legislative Council of

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. The arms for the extant baronetcy are ''azure on a pale argent three lozenges sable, issuant from a chief engrailed or a demi-lion rampant gules''. The motto is ''Tenax propositi'' ("firm of purpose").

Markham baronets, of Sedgebrooke (1642)

*Sir Robert Markham, 1st Baronet (1597–1667) *

Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet (1644 - 27 October 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1678 to 1685. Markham was the son of Sir Robert Markham, 1st Baronet of Sedgebrooke, Lincolnshire and his second wife Rebecca ...

(1644–1690) *

Sir George Markham, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(1666–1736) *Sir James John Markham, 4th Baronet (1693–1779)

Markham baronets, of Beachborough Park (1911)

* Sir Arthur Basil Markham, 1st Baronet (1866–1916) *Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Baronet (1899–1952) * Sir Charles John Markham, 3rd Baronet (1924–2006) *Sir (Arthur) David Markham, 4th Baronet (born 1950) The fourth baronet has two daughters. The heir presumptive is his younger brother Richard Barry Markham (born 1954). The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his elder son, Nicholas Charles Markham (born 1987).

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Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

Legislative Council of Kenya Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1911 establishments in the United Kingdom