Peter Richard Markland (born 13 April 1951 in Bolton, Lancashire) is a British chess player.
He was a member of the British team at the Chess Olympiads in 1972 and 1974.
[1][2] Markland was listed as the highest ranked British chess player in the first official FIDE Elo list, published in July 1971.
[2] Since 1984, Markland is an ICCF Grandmaster.
[4] He worked as a banker and lives in Woodbridge, Suffolk.