Richard Markes (1671–1704) was a
M.P.
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for
Petersfield.
He was born in
Portsmouth, the only son of Richard and Anne Markes. In 1693 he married Mary Randall of Petersfield: they had 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was Clerk of the Rope Yard in
Portsmouth Dockyard from 1691; and a
Freeman of
Portsmouth from 1702.
['One hundred years of a pocket borough: Petersfield and Parliament, 1685–1783' Surry, N. p8: Petersfield; Petersfield Area Historical Society (Paper No. 7); 1983 ]
References
Politicians from Portsmouth
English MPs 1701–1702
English MPs 1702–1705
1671 births
1738 deaths
People from Petersfield
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