Algernon Markham

Plaque Algernon Markham at St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford

Algernon Augustus Markham (15 May 1869, Saxby, Lincolnshire – 27 June 1949) was an Anglican bishop, the fifth Bishop of Grantham.^[1]

Algernon Augustus Markham was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2] Ordained in 1893, his first post was as a curate in Warrington.^[3] From 1899 he was Vicar of St Jude’s, Liverpool. In 1908 he married Winifred Barne^[4] and moved to be Vicar of Grimsby, rising in time to be a Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral. He was then Dean of Stamford, Lincolnshire before elevation to the Episcopate.^[5] Between 1933 and 1949 he was rector of St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford. He died on 27 June 1949.

Notes

1. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
2. "Markham, Algernon Augustus (MRKN888AA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. thePeerage.com
5. The Times, Saturday, Dec 04, 1937; pg. 17; Issue 47859; col C Suffragan Bishop consecrated