Robert Robert Markham DD (bef. 1727 - 1786)

Born before 18 Jun 1727 in Tarporley, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Died 25 Sep 1786 after age 59 in England

Biography

Robert was christened on 18 June 1727 in Tarporley.^[1]

17-10-1763 to 03-03-1766: Rector of Chetwynd.^[2]

• 23-12-1768 to 23-12-1786: Rector of Whitechapel London.

13-03-1769 to 01-02-1779: Lecturer at Minchinhampton, Rodborough Chapel. Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty George III. Robert Markham son of Ralph Markham, Clerk, Cheshire.

• Patience in affliction. A sermon, preached in the church of St. Mary, Whitechapel, on the Sunday following the funeral of the Rev. Robert Markham, ... By the Rev. Edward Robson.
• Will:1786-12-02: ( PROB 11/1148/88): Will of Reverend Robert Markham, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of Saint Mary Whitechapel , Middlesex. [3]
• Ref.: Robert Markham, D.D., late Rector of St. Mary, Whitechapel. aet:59y. [4] [5]
• 1778-05-19: A sermon preached in the chapel of the Asylum for female orphans, at the anniversary meeting of the quardians of that Charity. By Robert Markham, D.D. rector of St. Mary's, Whitechapel.
• On a monumental tablet in the Tarporley church is an inscription in Latin "To the memory of Ralph Markham, M.A., for 17 years rector of that church : and to his wife Elizaheth Aldersey, who died on the 26th Dec. 1761 ; and to their son Ralph Markham, Vicar of Minshull. This monument was erected by Robert Markham, D.D., Rector of Whitechapel, London, and Chaplain to George III., to his parents and his brother. This Robert Markham died in London 25th Sept. 1786, aged 58, and was interred under this stone."
• Photo. [6]

Robert was an undergraduate at St John's College Cambridge, taking his BA in 1748. He took his MA in 1752. He moved to Brasenose College, Oxford and was made a Fellow in 1754, & vice-principal in 1767.^[3]

The Wellcome Collection holds a published sermon which he preached on 17 May 1781 in St Paul's Cathedral. He was vicar of St Mary's, Whitechapel at the time.^[4]

He died in 1786. The British Museum has an engraved portrait of him which gives the exact date of his death.[7]

The sermon preached on the Sunday following his funeral.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7BK-TMB : 12 February 2018), Robert Markham, 18 Jun 1727, Christening; citing 26, , Tarporley, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,106,813.
2. ↑ https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/4412/page/43756/view/
3. ↑ [1] Brasenose College Register 1509-1909 P341
4. ↑ [2]
5. ↑ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2792389