vessel, on the North America and West India station, whence he returned in the following Sept. – and, 27 April, 1844, and 1 Sept. 1846, to that of the Sydenham and Torch steamers, on the Mediterranean and Home stations. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Mapleton married, first, in Jan. 1837, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. David Braimer, R.N. (1817); and, that lady dying in March, 1838, secondly, 21 July, 1840, Ann, daughter of David Compigne, Esq., of Gosport, Hants, by whom he has issue a son and two daughters. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
MARCH. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Charles March entered the Navy, 23 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hindostan store-ship, Capt. Lewis Hole; and in the following April, on his return from a visit to the Tagus, became Midshipman of the Egeria sloop, also commanded by Capt. Hole, with whom he continued to serve in the Channel, off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and in the North Sea (assisting intermediately at the capture of the Naesois privateer of 10 guns and 26 men, Aalborg cutter of 6 guns and 25 men, and Alvor privateer of 14 guns and 38 men), until transferred, 1 Aug. 1812, to the Cornwall 74, Capts. John Broughton, Edw. Tucker, and Edw. W. C. R. Owen, employed off Flushing and with the Brest fleet. In June, 1813, he rejoined Capt. Hole on board the Bacchus 16; and in Feb. and April, 1814, he became in succession attached to the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Vice- Admiral Wm. Domett, and Woodlark 10, commanded in the Channel and Mediterranean by Capts. Robt. Balfour and Wm. Cutfield. Of the latter vessel he was for a short time Acting-Lieutenant. Removing as Admiralty-Midshipman, in July, 1816, to the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Mr. March was afforded an opportunity of sharing in that ship in the battle of Algiers. He was in consequence advanced to his present rank by commission dated 16 Sept. in the same year; but has not been since afloat.
Lieut. March married, first, Mary, only daughter of the late J. Byles, Esq., of Stow Market, co. Suffolk; and (having been left a widower 22 Jan. 1842) secondly, 11 June, 1843, Emma, daughter of T. Ebbs, Esq., of Beccles, in the same shire.
MARCH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Jeremiah March entered the Navy, 13 Sept. 1806, as Ordinary, on board the Escort gun-brig, to which vessel, commanded by Lieuts. Wm. Smith and Geo. Vandeput Crosbe, he continued attached on the North Sea, Channel, and North American stations, until July, 1815 – the last five years and a half in the capacity of Midshipman. In the following Oct., after having been intermediately borne, at Sheerness and Portsmouth, on the books of the Namur 74, Queen Charlotte 100, and Wasp 16, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley, Edmund Boger, and Wm. Woolridge, he took up a commission bearing date 11 March in the same year, 1815. He has not been since employed. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
MARCUARD. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Richard Marcuard entered the Navy 19 Dec. 1828; passed his examination in 1835; obtained his commission 23 March, 1840; was then appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, as he subsequently was, 26 Dec. 1841, of the Dublin 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Thomas, both on the South American station, whence he returned at the close of 1842; and on 7 Nov. 1843, and 2 April, 1845, joined the Vestal 26, and Driver steam-sloop, commanded in the East Indies by Capts. Chas. Talbot and Courtenay Osborn Hayes. The latter vessel was paid off in 1847. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
MARKETT. (Lieutenant, 1833.)
John Markett entered the Navy 12 April, 1814; passed his examination in 1822; acquired the rank of Lieutenant 31 May, 1833; was appointed, 1 June, 1837, to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. John Paget; and since 14 July, 1838, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.
MARKHAM. (Lieut., 1824. f-p., 11; h-p., 26.)
John Markham, born 6 June, 1797, is second son of the late Wm. Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall, near Aberford, co. York, private Secretary to Warren Hastings, by Elizabeth, daughter of the late Oldfield Bowles, Esq., of North Aston, co. Oxford. He is brother (with the Rev. David Fred. Markham, Canon of Windsor, and Rector of Great Horkesley, co. Essex) of the present Wm. Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall, Colonel of the West York Militia, and a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding; also of Capt. Warren Markham of the 72nd Highlanders, who died at the Cape of Good Hope 15 Nov. 1831; and of Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Markham, of the 60th Rifles, who died at Jamaica 2 April, 1842. His eldest sister, Laura, is married to Wm. Mure, Esq., of Caldwell, Colonel of the Renfrewshire Militia.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Galatea frigate, Capt. Woodley Losack; and on his arrival in the following year at the Cape of Good Hope in the Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower, joined the Scipion 74,[1] bearing the flag of Hon. Robt. Stopford; with whom he removed to the Lion 64, and in 1812 returned to England in the President 50. He afterwards, until 1819, served on the Home, Mediterranean, St. Helena, and Jamaica stations, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis, Bellona and Devonshire 74’s, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley and Ross Donnelly, Eurotas 38 and Elizabeth 74, bearing each the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming, Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Granville Waldegrave, and Newcastle and Sybille flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and Sir Home Popham. Returning home then as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Esk 20, Capt. Geo. Gustavus Lennock, he next, after an interval of three years, joined, in Dec. 1822, and June, 1823, the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Créole, of similar force, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, both on the Brazilian station, where he was confirmed a Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 1824, in the Doris 42, Capts. Thos. Bourchier and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone. He invalided home in the following Aug. on board the Brazen sloop; and has not been since afloat.
He married Miss Marianne Wood, and by that lady has issue five sons. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
MARKLAND, C.B., K.L.A. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
John Duff Markland, born 14 Sept. 1780, at Leeds, is son of Edw. Markland, Esq., of that place (a descendant of the Marklands of Wigan, co. Lancaster, located there as far back as the reign of Edw. III.), by Elizabeth Sophia, second daughter of Josiah Hardy, Esq., H.M. Consul at Cadiz, and formerly Governor of the Jerseys in North America. He is nephew, by marriage, of Capt. John Cooke, R.N., who fell in command of the Bellerophon 74 at Trafalgar; first-cousin of Capts. G. W. H. D’Aeth and J. H. Godby, also of the R.N.; and a relative of Commander T. P. Le Hardy, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 27 May, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hebe frigate, Capt. Paul Minohin, stationed in the Channel; and in the following July became Midshipman of La Tourterelle 28, commanded by his uncle Capt. Cooke; whom, after cruizing for eight months on the Cork station in the Seahorse 33, Capts. John Peyton
- ↑ We believe he was present, in the Scipion, at the reduction of the island of Java.
