Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet
Sir Robert Markham, 2nd Baronet (1644 - 27 October 1690) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1678 to 1685. Markham was the son of Sir Robert Markham, 1st Baronet of Sedgebrooke, Lincolnshire and his second wife Rebecca Hussey, daughter of Sir Edward Hussey, 1st Baronet. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 6 June 1660. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 2 February 1667. In 1678, he was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament. He was  elected MP for Newark in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. Markham died at the age of about 46 and was buried at Sedgebrooke. Markham married on 31 August 1665, at York, Mary Widdrington, daughter of Sir Thomas Widdrington, of Chesbourne, Northumberland, and his wife Frances Fairfax, daughter of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron.