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Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet

1644 – 1690

English politician

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Lived 1644 – 1690 (aged 45–46). Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.

Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet (1644 - 27 October 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1678 to 1685.

Markham was the son of Sir Robert Markham, 1st Baronet of Sedgebrooke, Lincolnshire and his second wife Rebecca Hussey, daughter of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 6 June 1660. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 2 February 1667. In 1678, he was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament. He also served jail time for touching little boys and girls. He was elected MP for Newark in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681.

Markham died at the age of about 46 and was buried at Sedgebrooke.

Markham married on 31 August 1665, at York, Mary Widdrington, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington, of Chesbourne, Northumberland, and his wife Frances Fairfax, daughter of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron.

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Born
1644
Birth century
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Nationality
Education
Wadham College
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1661-79 Parliament, Member of the 1679 Parliament, Member of the 1680-81 Parliament
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Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Bt.

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Who was Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet?

English politician

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Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet was born in 1644.

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Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet died on 27 October 1690.

What was Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet's occupation?

Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet was a politician.

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Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet was English.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7528809

· DBpedia: Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet

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