Algernon Markham
{{Short description|Anglican bishop, the fifth Bishop of Grantham}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Algernon Markham
| title = Bishop of Grantham
| image = Algernon Augustus Markham Bassano 1937.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| alt =
| caption = Algernon Augustus Markham by Bassano Ltd (1937)
| diocese = Diocese of Lincoln
| term = 1937–1949
| predecessor = Arthur Greaves
| successor = Anthony Otter
| other_post = Rector of Stoke Rochford (1933–1949)
Dean of Stamford (1936–1949)
| ordination = 1892 (deacon); 1893 (priest)
| ordained_by = J. C. Ryle
| consecration = 1937
| consecrated_by = Cosmo Gordon Lang
| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|5|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saxby All Saints, Lincolnshire, {{nowrap|United Kingdom}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|6|27|1869|5|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, UK
| buried =
| nationality = British
| religion = Anglican
| residence =
| parents = Charles & Margaret née Barton
| spouse = Winifred née Barne
| children = one son; four daughters
| occupation =
| profession =
| education =
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge
}}
Algernon Augustus Markham (15 May 1869{{snd}}27 June 1949) was an Anglican bishop, the fifth Bishop of Grantham (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln).{{Who's Who | title=Markham, Algernon A. | id = U228824 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 8 January 2017 }}
Family and education
Markham was the fourth son of Charles Markham, Rector of Saxby All Saints (1866–1885),[http://www.bartonlife.co.uk/saxby/index.htm Saxby-All-Saints — North Lincolnshire] (Accessed 8 January 2017) and of Margaret née Barton, whose family owned nearby Saxby Hall and the lordship of the manor. Algernon was born at his father's rectory, and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was admitted a pensioner and matriculated at Michaelmas 1888, gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1891 and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1895.{{acad|id=MRKN888AA|name=Markham, Algernon Augustus}} He married Winifred née Barne (a granddaughter of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of HertfordMosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.) (Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), 2003) vol. II pp. 1886 & 1890; vol. III p. 3898 and niece of Victor Seymour, sometime Vicar of St Stephen's, South Kensington)Mosley, vol. II p. 1889 and they had one son and four daughters.
Presbyteral career
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Ordained a deacon on 12 June 1892{{Church Times | title = Ordinations on Sunday last. | archive = 1892_06_17_606 | issue = 1534 | date = 17 June 1892 | page = 606 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} and a priest on 11 June 1893,{{Church Times | title = Ordinations on Sunday last. | archive = 1893_06_16_634 | issue = 1586 | date = 16 June 1892 | page = 634 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} (both times by J. C. Ryle, Bishop of Liverpool, in Liverpool Cathedral), his first post was as a curate in Warrington."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" (London: John Phillips, 1900) From 1899 he was Vicar of St Jude's, Liverpool. In 1908, he married and moved to be Vicar of Grimsby, rising in time to be a Canon and Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral from 1911 and Rural Dean of Grimsby and Cleethorpes from 1913. He moved to become Vicar of Grantham in 1928, and again served as Rural Dean (of North Grantham, 1931–1933, and of South Grantham, 1932–1933). From 1933, he was rector of St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford (historically "North and South Stoke") with Easton, and he became, additionally, the incumbent (exceptionally called Dean) of Stamford at the end of 1936,{{Church Times | title = Personal. | archive = 1936_12_11_690 | issue = 3855 | date = 11 December 1936 | page = 690 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} before his appointment to the episcopate.The Times, Saturday, 4 December 1937 (Issue 47859) p. 17, col C Suffragan Bishop consecrated
Episcopal career
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His appointment to become Bishop of Grantham was announced on 12 November 1937{{Church Times | title = Changes in suffragan bishoprics. | archive = 1937_11_12_536 | issue = 3903 | date = 12 November 1937 | page = 536 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} — he succeeded Arthur Greaves, who was translated to the diocese's other suffragan see, Grimsby. He took up the post with his consecration as a bishop on St Andrew's Day (30 November){{Church Times | title = Presentation to the Bishop of Grantham. | archive = 1937_12_23_726 | issue = 3909 | date = 23 December 1937 | page = 726 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} by Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Consecration of three bishops. | archive = 1937_12_03_622 | issue = 3906 | date = 3 December 1937 | page = 622 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }} As Bishop suffragan of Grantham, he was also appointed honorary chaplain to the diocesan Bishop of Lincoln. He died in office at his rectory in Stoke.{{Church Times | title = in memoriam | archive = 1949_07_08_443 | issue = 4509 | date = 8 July 1949 | page = 443 | accessed = 8 January 2017 }}
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Category:People from the Borough of North Lincolnshire
Category:People educated at Westminster School, London
Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Category:Church of England deans