William Orlando Markham

William Orlando Markham was christened on 23 September 1818 in Northampton. His father was Charles Markham, Clerk of the Peace for Northampton. William Markham was married twice. He married his first wife, Eliza Emma, daughter of John William Smith of Shrewsbury, on 29 April 1847. She gave birth to their son, Henry William Kennedy Markham, on 26 July 1848 and died on 19 August 1848. William Markham's second wife was Catherine, daughter of Dr. James Hamilton of Edinburgh and widow of Thomas Segrave. William and Catherine married in September 1854. Their daughter, Eliza Catherine Markham, was born on 4 September 1855. ==Selected publications==