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 of the Sind reserve in the Afghan war of 1838–9 : at the capture of Boodurghar : carried out important engineering works at Aden, Poona and other stations : retired as Maj-General in 1863 : died Jan. 21, 1876 : the father of Augustus Raymond Margary, who was murdered by the Chinese at Manwein, on the Chinese frontier, Feb. 21, 1875.  MARKBY, SIR WILLIAM (1829–)

Born 1829 : son of Rev. William Henry Markby : educated at King Edward's School, Bury St. Edmunds, and Merton College, Oxford : Scholar : 1st Class in Mathematics : Fellow of All Souls' College, and Fellow of Balliol College : called to the bar, 1856 : Recorder of Buckingham, 1865–6 : Puisne Judge of the Calcutta High Court, 1866–78 : Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University : Reader in Indian Law, University of Oxford, 1878–1900 : author of Lectures on Indian Law, Elements of Law, 1896 : D.C.L., 1879 : K.C.I.E., 1889 : Commissioner 1892, to inquire into the administration of justice in Trinidad and Tobago.  MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT (1830–)

Born July 20, 1830 : son of Rev. David F. Markham : educated at Cheam and Westminster : entered the Navy in 1844 : served in the Arctic expedition, 1850–1 : retired from the Navy, 1852 : travelled in Peru, 1852–4 : introduced cinchona trees from Peru into British India, 1859–62 : Geographer to the Abyssinian expedition : Secretary to the Roy. Geog. Society, 1863–8 : Secretary to the Hakluyt Society, 1858–87 : Assistant Secretary in the India Office, 1867–77 : President of Roy. Geog. Society, 1894–1900, and of the Hakluyt Society : K.C.B. 1896 : author of many works, including Memoirs of the Indian Surveys, History of Persia, History of the Abyssinian Expedition, Missions to Tibet, Travels in Peru and India.  MARKHAM, FREDERICK (1805–1855)

Son of Admiral John Markham : born Aug. 16, 1805 : educated at Westminster : joined the 32nd regt. in 1824 : imprisoned for a year for being a second in a fatal duel, 1830 : commanded a Brigade at the siege of Multan, 1848–9, and the Division at Surajkund : at Gujarat : C.B. and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Adjutant-General in India, 1854 : Lt-General in the Crimea : commanded a Division at the Redan, 1855 : died in London, Dec. 21, 1855 : wrote Shooting in the Himalayas : a Journal of Sporting Adventures in Ladak, Tibet, and Kashmir, 1854.  MARRIOTT, WILLIAM FREDERICK ( ? –1879)

General : went out to India as a cadet in 1838 : went up at once to the cam- paign in Sind and Afghanistan : took a prominent part in the storm and capture of Ghazni, 1839 : afterwards served in the engineer corps of the Bombay Army, and in the Secretariat : joined the Bombay Staff Corps: from 1865, to the time of his leaving the service, about 1876, he was Secretary to the Bombay Government in the Military, Marine and Ecclesiastical Departments : during this period he was constantly consulted in confidential matters by Sir Bartle Frere and succeeding Governors : was Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay. After his returement, General Marriott took service under the Egyptian Government, and was engaged in several engineering works of importance in Egypt : was C.S.I. : died Dec. 17, 1879.  MARSDEN, WILLIAM (1754–1836)

Son of John Marsden : born Nov. 16, 1754 : educated at Dublin schools : went out as a writer in the E. I. Co.'s service to Bencoolen in Sumatra, 1771 : stayed eight years : became Principal Secretary to the Government : devoted his time to literature and science : established an E.I. agency business in London, 1785 : became Second Secretary, 1795, and in 1804 First Secretary to the Admiralty till 1807 : F.R.S., Treasurer and Vice-president : Member of. Asiatic and several other learned Societies : D.C.L. of Oxford, 1786 : died Oct. 6, 1836 : wrote the History of Sumatra, 1783; Dictionary and Grammar of the Malayan Language, 1812; The Travels of Marco Polo, 1818; Numismata Orientalia illustrata, 1823–5 : and other works : presented his whole collection of coins to the British Museum in 1834, and his library and Oriental MSS. to King's College : voluntarily resigned a pension of £1,500.