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 and leaving a widow and five young children.[1] [4]