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About John Markham
Admiral John Markham was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the American Revolutionary War. He commanded the third-rate HMS Hannibal in the action of 10 April 1795 and then the third-rate HMS Centaur, capturing a French frigate squadron in the action of 18 June 1799, during the French Revolutionary Wars. He went on to be a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and First Naval Lord under Earl St Vincent. He also served as MP for Portsmouth.
Everything about John Markham →- Occupation
- politician, naval officer
- Position held
- member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- June 13, 1761
- Died
- February 13, 1827