England, in his flag-ship the Tonnant, of 80 guns; and on the 12th Aug. 1819, he was promoted to the rank of full Admiral. He hoisted his flag in the Impregnable, of 98 guns, as Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, Feb. 1, 1821.
The subject of this memoir married, in April 1788, Maria, daughter of David Shaw, of New York, Esq., and relict of Sir Jacob Wheate, Bart., Captain R.N., by whom he has had several children, the eldest of whom is a Post-Captain, and has received the honour of Knighthood for his services. One of the Admiral’s daughters is the lady of Captain Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart. R.N.
JOHN MARKHAM, Esq
Admiral of the Blue, and M.P. for Portsmouth.
The subject of this memoir is a younger son of the late venerable and learned Dr. William Markham, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England, Lord High Almoner to the King, and Visitor of Queen’s College, Oxford; who, in 1776, previous to his translation from Chester to the archiepiscopal see of York, was chosen by his late Majesty to be Preceptor to our present gracious Sovereign.
Our officer was educated at Westminster School, and entered the service at an early age. He obtained the rank of Post-Captain, Jan. 3, 1783, and in the following year commanded the Sphinx of 24 guns, on the Mediterranean station. At the commencement of the war with the French republic, he was appointed to the Blonde frigate, and served in her during the West India campaign[1]. On his return from the Leeward Islands he cruized some time in the Channel, and then removed into the Hannibal, of 74 guns, in which ship he joined the squadron on the Jamaica station, where he captured la Gentille, French frigate of 40 guns, and several privateers.
We next find Captain Markham commanding the Centaur 74, on the coast of Ireland, under the orders of Commodore Duckworth, whom, towards the end of the year 1798, he
