George Markham (Australian politician)
George Markham (1822 – 2 February 1864) was an Irish-born Australian politician.[1]
He was born in County Cork to British captain John Markham. He migrated to Australia in the 1840s and became an auctioneer at Armidale. On 5 March 1854 he married Susan Allingham, with whom he had five children. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for New England.[2] He retired in 1862,[1] to be appointed superintendent for the southern district in the establishment of the Police Force, based at Cooma.[3]
In January 1864 he was cleaning or loading his revolver in his residence when it discharged and he was fatally wounded, dying aged 41–42 and leaving a widow and five young children.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mr George Markham (1822-1864)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1860 New England". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Appointments: New South Wales Police Force". New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime. No. 1. 5 March 1862. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Death of Mr George Markham". The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser. 13 February 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via Trove.