About Robert Markham
Lived 1536 – 1606 (aged 69–70). Robert Markham was a politician.
Robert Markham (1536–1606) was an English politician.
He was born the eldest son of John Markham of Cotham, Nottinghamshire.
He was appointed a justice of the peace (J.P.) for Nottinghamshire from 1564 and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1571–2 and 1583–4.
He was a member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Nottinghamshire in 1571 and 1589 and Grantham in 1586.
He married twice: firstly Mary, the daughter of Francis Leck of Sutton in the Dale, Derbyshire with whom he had five sons and three daughters; and secondly Jane, the daughter of William Burnell of Winkburn.
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