Background
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.
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.
Wadham College.
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. He was elected Member of Parliament for Newark in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681.
Markham died at the age of about 46 and was buried at Sedgebrooke.
Cavalier Parliament. Exclusion Bill Parliament. Habeas Corpus Parliament]
In 1678, he was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament.