He was buried in the north cloister of the Abbey on 1st June 1771, age 86 but he has no gravestone or memorial. He was the eldest son of Daniel Markham of Kinsale in Ireland, who was descended from an ...

Derek Markham is a green living expert who started writing for Treehugger in 2012. Focusing on technology, transportation, and gardening, among other topics, Markham’s stories remain some of ...