This monument in the memory of Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. & 12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society was erected in the year 1921 by the Peruvian nation in gratitude for his services as historian of their country.
SW7, Kensington Gore, Royal Geographic Society
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Markham
12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society. Born at Stillingfleet, Yo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Markham
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