The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Markham, Sir Clements Robert
Markham, Sir Clements Robert, K.C.B., (1896), F.R.S., F.S.A.; b. 1830; s. Rev. David F Markham; educ: at Cheam and Westminster; entered the Navy, 1844; served in the Arctic Expedition, 1850-51; retired, 1852; travelled in Peru, 1852-4; introduced cinchona trees from Peru into India, 1859-62; Geographer to the Abyssinian Expedition; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society, 1863-68; Secretary, Hakluyt Society, 1858-87: Assistant Secretary, India Office, 1867-77; President, Royal Geographical Society and of the Hakluyt Society, 1894-1900. Publication: Memories of the Indian Surveys; History of Persia; History of the Abyssinian Expedition; Missions to Tibet; Travels in Peru and India; Lord Fairfan; The Fighting Vans. Address: 21, Eccleston Square, S. W. Club: Athenaeum.