Frank Markham
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| Member of Parliament for Buckingham | |
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| Preceded by | Aidan Crawley |
| Succeeded by | Robert Maxwell |
| Member of Parliament for Nottingham South | |
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| Preceded by | Holford Knight |
| Succeeded by | Norman Smith |
| Member of Parliament for Chatham | |
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| Preceded by | John Moore-Brabazon |
| Succeeded by | Park Goff |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office Template:En dash range Serving with John Worthington & Ralph Glyn | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay McDonald |
| Preceded by | Robert Morrison |
| Succeeded by | John Worthington & Ralph Glyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sydney Frank Markham Script error: No such module "person date". Stony Stratford, England |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Leighton Buzzard, England |
| Party | Conservative (after c. 1950) |
Other political affiliations | Labour (until 1931) National Labour (1931–1945) |
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Frances Lowman
(m. 1928) |
| Children | 5 |
| Wadham College, Oxford | |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | until 1921 |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
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Sir Sydney Frank Markham (19 October 1897 – 13 October 1975) was a British politician who represented three constituencies, each on behalf of a different party, in Parliament. He was elected as the Labour member for Chatham from 1929, and defected to the National Labour Organisation by the 1931 election, at which he was returned as the member for Nottingham South. He served until his defeat in 1945. He then joined the Conservative Party, and was the MP for Buckingham from 1951 to 1964.
Background
Born in Stony Stratford, he left school at the age of fourteen.[1] Following service in France, Greece and Mesopotamia during the First World War, he was awarded a commission, and left the Army in 1921.[1] He studied at Wadham College, Oxford and then became an assistant to Sir Sidney Lee with his work on Shakespeare.[1] He later became Secretary, then President, of the Museums Association.[2]
Political career
Having fought Guildford for Labour in 1924, he was elected for that party at the 1929 general election as MP for Chatham, and defected with Ramsay MacDonald to become a National Labour MP just before standing down at the 1931 general election.[1] It was under these colours that he was elected for Nottingham South in 1935.[1] He lost this seat standing as a 'National Independent' in the 1945 general election, following the official dissolution of National Labour.
At the 1950 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate in the Buckingham constituency, but failed to unseat the sitting Labour Member of Parliament, Aidan Crawley.[1] However, at the 1951 general election, he beat Crawley by a majority of only 54 votes. He held the seat with narrow majorities at the 1955 election and at the 1959 election and stood down before the 1964 general election.[1]
Personal life
In 1928, Markham married Frances Lawman from Newport Pagnel, and they had five children Three boys and two girls.[1]
He was conferred the honour of Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II on 30 June 1953 in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[3] He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Geographical Society.
In retirement, he was best noted for his A History of Milton Keynes and District (two volumes) Template:ISBN (see History of Milton Keynes). A secondary school in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - now replaced - was named after him. He died at his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on 13 October 1975, and is buried in Calverton Road cemetery, Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes, along with his wife Frances.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Frank Markham". The Times. 15 October 1975. p. 14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, John (n.d.). "Sir Frank Markham". Milton Keynes Heritage Association.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Whitehall, July 1, 1953" (PDF). London Gazette: 3676. 3 July 1953.
- UK General Elections since 1832 Script error: No such module "webarchive". at Keele University
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Frank Markham's headstone
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frank Markham
- The Monuments Men: Maj. S. F. Markham
- national archives
- National Portrait Gallery
- Credited books in worldcat.org/identities
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