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Loneys note to Annie:
"a Rear Admiral"; this is however incorrect; Loney probably confused him with Albert Hastings Markham, of Rosario (punishing the natives, 1871), Alert (Artic exploration, 1875) and
Camperduin (fatal collision with Victoria during peacetime manoeuvres, 1893) fame. That officer became a Rear-Admiral on 1 August 1891, and a Vice-Admiral on 23 August 1897. |
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| Alfred Markham R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of William Markham (1796-1852) |
| | | Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 26 June 1839 | | Born (Becca Hall, Aberford, Yorkshire, England) |
| 7 July 1880 | | Died (Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England) |
| | | Date | Rank |
| 11 November 1854 | Midshipman |
| 23 November 1858 | Mate |
| 26 November 1859 | Lieutenant |
| 18 February 1867 | Commander |
| 31 December 1875 | Captain |
| | | Date from | Date to | Service |
| 11 November 1852 | 10 November 1854 | Naval cadet in Agamemnon |
| 11 November 1854 | 14 February 1855 | Midshipman in Agamemnon, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons when the Anglo-French fleet first entered the Black Sea on 3 January 1854, just before the formal declaration of war against Russia. During the first bomrbardment of Sevastopol, on 17 October 1854, the ship suffered 4 dead and 25 wounded, was twice on fire and was hit 240 times. |
| 15 February 1855 | 5 May 1855 | Midshipman in Miranda, in the Black Sea fleet (Miranda took part in the Sea of Azof expedition in May 1855, apparently just after Markham had left her) |
| 14 June 1855 | 13 July 1855 | Midshipman in Victory |
| 26 July 1855 | 12 January 1856 | Midshipman in Sans Pareil1) |
| 13 January 1856 | 25 June 1858 | Mate in Royal Albert |
| 26 June 1858 | 30 September 1858 | Mate (acting) in Royal Albert |
| 1 October 1858 | 22 November 1858 | Midshipman in Royal Albert |
| 23 November 1858 | 25 November 1859 | Mate in Royal Albert |
| 24 January 1860 | 15 November 1860 | Lieutenant in Emerald, commanded by Arthur Cumming, Channel squadron |
| 16 November 1860 | 8 September 1864 | Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Edward Winterton Turnour, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry Keppel, Cape of Good Hope, then South America, then of Richard Laird Warren on the latter station (later - October 1862 - Captain Thomas Saumarez, then - November 1862 - Captain Arthur Mellersh) |
| 22 September 1864 | 17 February 1867 | Lieutenant in Achilles, commanded by Edward Westby Vansittart. Markham was in charge of gunboat Highlander: 14 Oct - 10 Nov 1865, 2 Dec 1865 to 21 Mar 1866 and 2 May - 5 May 1866 (probably in home waters as tender for coast guard, fishery protection, or suchlike). |
| 9 July 1870 | 17 September 1871 | Commander (2ic) in Warrior, commanded by Henry Carr Glyn, Channel squadron2) |
| 16 September 1871 | 1 January 1872 | Commander (2ic) in Hercules, commanded by W Montagu Dowell3) |
| 25 February 1873 | 11 January 1876 | Commander in Boscawen, harbour service, boys training ship |
| 1) | In one of the better known cases of official bungling in the Russian ('Crimean War'), Sans Pareil was - in August 1855 - belatedly dispatched to the Baltic with replacement mortars for the mortar boats on that station, after these had been withdrawn because most of their mortars were no longer in servicable condition; they arrived too late in the season to allow action to be resumed. |
| 2) | Warrior, launched 29 December 1860, was a revolutionary ship, the first effective combination of an iron hull, a screw propellor and armour. By 1870 she was approaching the end of her sea service, and was soon to be relegated to harbour duty. In the periode 1979-1987 she was restored to her former glory and can now be visited in Portsmouth. |
| 3) | v[ituals] o[nly] Sultan to 11 May 1871. m[erchant] s[hip] on passage from 2 Jan 1872 |
Source: Admiralty Record of Service ADM 196/14, folio 830
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