Admiral John Markham, (13 June 1761 – 13 February 1827) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the American Revolutionary War. He...
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John Markham may refer to: John Markham (judge), English judge John Markham (Royal Navy officer) (1761–1827), British admiral Johnny Markham (1908–1975)...
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States John Markham (judge) (died 1479), an English judge and Chief Justice John Markham (Royal Navy officer) (1761–1827), a Royal Navy officer during...
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Sir John Ross CB (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored...
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for launching the polar career of Robert Falcon Scott. Markham began his career as a Royal Navy cadet and midshipman, during which time he went to the...
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the Fleet Sir John Norris PC (1670 or 1671 – 13 June 1749) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine...
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The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's...
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham GCB, MVO, DL (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was a Royal Navy officer. A qualified senior navigator...
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former Royal Navy officer. He is the only living person, apart from King Charles III, holding the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy since...
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Graham Moore GCB, GCMG (1764 – 25 November 1843) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar during the...
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Sir Albert Hastings Markham KCB (11 November 1841 – 28 October 1918) was a British explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he was invested...
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degree he joined the Royal Navy and was stationed on board HMS Investigator, tasked with finding the lost expedition of explorer Sir John Franklin. Investigator...
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return in December 1685 his friends were desirous that he should enter the Royal Navy, but it was not till January 1687–8 that he was received as a volunteer...
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Vice-Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton KCB (8 November 1811 – 25 September 1880) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Naval Lord. John Walter Tarleton...
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Sir Charles Saunders KB (c. 1715 – 7 December 1775) was a British Royal Navy officer. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and led her in action...
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Andrew Jones, GCB, DL (born 14 February 1960) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. After service in the South Atlantic in 1982 during the Falklands...
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1944 Birthday Honours (BEM) (section Royal Navy)
Royal Naval Flag Officer-in-Charge, London. Frederick Neath, Welfare Officer, Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. Alexander Nelson, Boatswain, Merchant Navy....
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– 7 October 1930) was a Royal Navy Officer. As a junior officer he took part an expedition to rescue Commander Albert Markham who had got into difficulty...
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James Fitzjames (category Royal Navy captains)
1813 – c. May 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. The illegitimate son of a man with ties to the Navy, Fitzjames distinguished himself...
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Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in an expedition...
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Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (redirect from Thomas Hardy (Royal Navy officer))
1st Baronet, GCB (5 April 1769 – 20 September 1839) was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797,...
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HMS Defence (1763) (redirect from David Atkins (Royal Navy officer))
Defence was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 31 March 1763 at Plymouth Dockyard...
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Minet Staveley GCB, DL (10 November 1928 – 13 October 1997) was a Royal Navy officer. Staveley saw service as a minesweeper commander on coastal patrol...
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Graham Gore (category Royal Navy officers)
1809 – between 28 May 1847 and 25 April 1848) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in two expeditions to the...
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First Sea Lord (category Naval Staff of the Royal Navy)
the highest-ranking officer to serve in the Royal Navy, the chief is the principal military advisor on matters pertaining to the navy and a deputy to the...
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Ben Key (category Royal Navy admirals)
Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key, KCB, CBE, ADC (born 7 November 1965) is a senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as First Sea Lord since November 2021...
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Admiralty, John Dugdale, who praised Markham's “outstanding ability and devotion during five of the most strenuous years in the history of the Navy. It would...
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GCB, KCVO, FRS (21 January 1855 – 14 December 1929) was a British Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Anglo-Zulu War he established an early reputation...
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Martin George Guisse (redirect from Martin Guise (Royal Navy officer))
Smith, David Bonner (2013). "Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy". "Vice Admiral Martin Guisse". Markham College. 2013. Archived from the original...
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1944 Birthday Honours (OBE) (section Royal Navy)
Service. Arthur Markham, Chief Engineer Officer, Merchant Navy. Captain Egerton Gabriel Baynes Martin, Master, Merchant Navy. Major John Cecil Masterman...
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