William Markham (Governor)

William Markham (Governor)

William Markham (1635 – 12 June 1704) served as deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. Markham was the acting governor of Pennsylvania from 1681 to 1682 and from 1693 to 1699. He was a member of the Church of England and tended to favour the interests of minority religious groups in the primarily Quaker colony.