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William Markham (bishop)

Archbishop of York from 1777 to 1807

Field	Value
honorific-prefix
name	William Markham
honorific-suffix
title	Archbishop of York
image	William Markham by Benjamin West.jpg
caption	Contemporary portrait by Benjamin West.
province	Province of York
diocese	Diocese of York
term	17 January 1777 (conf.)–1807 (death)
predecessor	Robert Hay Drummond
successor	Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt
other_post	Lord High Almoner (1777–1807)
Dean of Rochester (20 February 1765 {instit.}–October 1767)
Dean of Christ Church (October 1767 {exch.}–1777)
Bishop of Chester (February 1771 {conf.}–1777)
birth_date	1719
birth_place	Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
death_date	(aged 88)
death_place	Mayfair, Middlesex, England
buried	11 November 1807, Westminster Abbey
nationality	British
religion	Anglican
residence	South Audley Street, Mayfair (at death)
parents	Major William Markham & Elizabeth née Markham
spouse
children	6 sons & 7 daughters
education	Westminster School
alma_mater	Christ Church, Oxford

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Dean of Rochester (20 February 1765 {instit.}–October 1767) Dean of Christ Church (October 1767 {exch.}–1777) Bishop of Chester (February 1771 {conf.}–1777) | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | date of priestly ordination = 17 December 1748 | place of priestly ordination = Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford | co-consecrators =

title=The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester}}</ref>

William Markham (1719 – 3 November 1807), English divine, served as Archbishop of York from 1777 until his death.

Early life

William Markham was born in 1719 to Major William Markham and Elizabeth (née Markham) of Kinsale in Ireland.

He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated on 6 June 1738, graduating BA 1742, MA 1745, BCL & DCL 1752.

Career

He was one of the best scholars of his day, and attained to the headship of his old school and college: he served as Headmaster of Westminster 1753–1765, and Dean of Christ Church 1767–1776. Between those headships, he held the deanery of Rochester 1765–1767. He held from time to time a number of livings, and in 1771 was made Bishop of Chester and tutor to George, Prince of Wales. In 1776 he became Archbishop of York, and also Lord High Almoner and privy councillor.

He was a fierce critic of pamphleteer Richard Price concerning the American rebellion. He was for some time a close friend of Edmund Burke, but his strong championship of Warren Hastings caused a breach. He was accused by Lord Chatham of preaching pernicious doctrines, and was a victim of the Gordon Riots in 1780.

Bishop Markham was also the person who composed the Latin memorial for George Berkeley, the famous philosopher.

Personal life

In 1759, Markham married Sarah Goddard, the daughter of John Goddard, a wealthy English merchant of Rotterdam, with whom he had six sons and seven daughters:

William Markham (1760–1815), of the East India Company, Private Secretary to Governor-General Warren Hastings
John Markham (1761–1827), Admiral of the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord
George Markham (1763–1822), Dean of York
Henrietta Sarah Markham (1764–1844), married Ewan Law MP
Elizabeth Catherine Markham (1765–1820), married William Barnett (as his second wife)
David Markham (1766–1795), Lieutenant-Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot, killed in the Second Maroon War in Jamaica
Robert Markham (1768–1837), Archdeacon of York
Osborne Markham (1769–1827), MP for Calne
Alicia Henrietta Markham (1771–1840), married Rev. Henry Foster Mills
Georgina Markham (1772–1793), died unmarried
Frederica Markham (1774–1860), married David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield
Anne Katherine Markham (1778–1808), died unmarried
Cecilia Markham (1783–1865), married Rev. Robert Philip Goodenough

Descendants

His granddaughter, Laura Markham, the second daughter of his son William, married William Mure, the Scottish scholar and politician who sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1855 as the Conservative MP for Renfrewshire and was Laird of Caldwell in Ayrshire. Their daughter, Emma Mure, (1833–1911) married Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (1828–1876) and had Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale.

His granddaughter, Emma Markham, another daughter of his son William, married the politician William Crompton-Stansfield who sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1853 as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield.

Memorial

File:Memorial to Archbishop William Markham in York Minster.JPG|Memorial to Archbishop William Markham in York Minster.

Footnotes

References

{{cite book | author-link1 = David Frederick Markham

References

{{CCEd
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"The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society.
"Markham, William (1)".
{{cite EB1911
Collected Works of George Berkeley, 1951, Thomas Nelson Press, editor [[A.A. Luce]], vol. VII p.385
(2010). "Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet".
(1848). "Historical Record of the Twentieth, or the East Devonshire Regiment of Foot". Parker, Furnivall, & Parker.
(2012). "The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney".
[http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1025&type=P William Mure]. Glasgow University (multi-tab page)

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