"New Biography of Admiral Sir Arthur Markham" Topic

I've just uploaded a review of Frank Jastrzembski's recently published biography of Admiral Sir Arthur Markham to my blog. I thoroughly recommend it.

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The title should read NEW BIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL SIR ALBERT MARKHAM.

I share a last name with Admiral Sir Markham…I wonder if he is a relation.

For those not familiar with Adms. Tryon and Markham see Andrew Gordon's "Rules of the Game."

Thanks for the link! Will read it!

Interesting. Markham was less responsible for the sinking of "Victoria" than Tryon, but not by much. Tyron's death in the tragedy effectively prevented the Navy from court-martialling Markham, and such justice as was served was done through the informal court of public opinion.

Gordon's account of the disaster in "The Rules of the Game" is the most compelling I have read, including Hough's "Admirals in Collision," which was explicitly devoted to the incident. There are some tantalizing fragments of biographical remark about Hastings in both books that can be usefully expanded upon- he had been involved in another navigational accident while in command of "Vernon," IIRC.

It would be interesting to see whether the biographer attempts to revise any of the verdicts on him, and whether the case is compelling.