Sykes Baronets
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The Sykes Baronetcy, of Basildon in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 10 June 1785 for the diplomat and politician Francis Sykes. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament
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for Wallingford
Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)
Wallingford was a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was a parliamentary borough created in 1295, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire . It used to return two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons; this was cut to one in 1832, and...
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The Sykes Baronetcy, of Sledmere in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 28 March 1783 for Reverend Mark Sykes. He was the son of Richard Sykes, a prosperous merchant, of Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
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. The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Beverley
Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for three separate periods. From medieval times until 1869, it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the market town of Beverley, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons...
. The third Baronet represented York in the House of Commons
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. The fourth Baronet was a well-known sportsman. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire
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in 1869. The sixth Baronet was a traveller, Conservative
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politician and diplomatic adviser. The seventh Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1948. He adopted the surname of Tatton-Sykes by deed poll
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in 1977.
Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Christopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes (MP)
Sir Christopher Sykes was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1892. He was a friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales....
, second son of the fourth Baronet, was a Member of Parliament. Christopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes (author)
Christopher Hugh Sykes FRSL was an English author. Born into a wealthy north-of-England land-owning family, he was the second son of the diplomat Sir Mark Sykes ....
, second son of the sixth Baronet, was an author. The family seat is Sledmere House
Sledmere House
Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is located in the village of Sledmere, between Driffield and Malton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...
, Yorkshire
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. See Sykes family of Sledmere
Sykes family of Sledmere
The Sykes family of Sledmere own Sledmere House in Yorkshire, England.-Family history:The Sykes family settled in Sykes Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland during the Middle Ages. The earliest correspondence in the Sykes archives relates to Richard Sykes , from his factors in Danzig and local gentry...
for a more extensive history of the family.
The Sykes Baronetcy, of Cheadle in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 July 1917 for Alan Sykes
Sir Alan Sykes, 1st Baronet
Sir Alan John Sykes, 1st Baronet was an English businessman in the bleaching industry and Conservative politician in Cheshire....
, Member of Parliament for Knutsford
Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)
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. The title became extinct on his death in 1950.
The Sykes Baronetcy, of Kingsknowes in Galashiels in the County of Selkirk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 June 1921 for Charles Sykes, a woollen manufacturer and Member of Parliament for Huddersfield
Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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Sykes Baronets, of Basildon (1781)
- Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet (1732-1804)
- Sir Francis William Sykes, 2nd Baronet (c. 1767-1804)
- Sir Francis William Sykes, 3rd Baronet (1799-1843)
- Sir Francis William Sykes, 4th Baronet (1822-1866)
- Sir Frederick Henry Sykes, 5th Baronet (1826-1899)
- Sir Henry Sykes, 6th Baronet (1828-1916)
- Sir Arthur Sykes, 7th Baronet (1871-1934)
- Sir Frederic John Sykes, 8th Baronet (1876-1956)
- Sir Francis Godfrey Sykes, 9th Baronet (1907-1990)
- Sir Francis John Badcock Sykes, 10th Baronet (b. 1942)
Sykes Baronets, of Sledmere (1783)
- Sir Mark Sykes, 1st BaronetSir Mark Sykes, 1st BaronetSir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet was an English reverend and rector of Roos in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Sykes was created a baronet in 1783, shortly before his death; the baronetcy was originally designed for his son Christopher, who insisted it be conferred upon his father.He married Decima...
(1711-1783) - Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd BaronetSir Christopher Sykes, 2nd BaronetSir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet D.C.L. was an English Tory politician and a Member of Parliament for Beverley from 1784 to 1790....
(1749-1801) - Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, 3rd Baronet (1771-1823)
- Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet (1772-1863)
- Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet (13 March 1826 – 4 May 1913). Sykes was a landowner, racehorse breeder, church-builder and eccentricEccentricity (behavior)In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual. This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive...
. At the age of 48, he married Christina Anne Jessica Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-BentinckGeorge Cavendish-BentinckGeorge Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck PC, JP , was a British barrister and Conservative politician. An MP from 1859 to 1891, he served under Benjamin Disraeli as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1874 to 1875 and as Judge Advocate General from 1875 to 1880.-Background and...
and Prudentia Penelope Leslie, on 3 August 1874. His bride was 30 years younger, and it was not a happy marriage. The couple eventually separated, with Sir Tatton disowning his wife's future debts. It is through this marriage that the Sykes are related indirectly to Queen Elizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
through George Cavendish-BentinckGeorge Cavendish-BentinckGeorge Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck PC, JP , was a British barrister and Conservative politician. An MP from 1859 to 1891, he served under Benjamin Disraeli as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1874 to 1875 and as Judge Advocate General from 1875 to 1880.-Background and...
to Charles William Frederick Cavendish-BentinckCharles William Frederick Cavendish-BentinckCharles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck was a great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...
, the great-grandfather of the Queen. Sykes died in May 1913, aged 87, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Mark.
- Sir Mark Sykes, 6th BaronetSir Mark Sykes, 6th BaronetColonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician and diplomatic adviser, particularly about matters respecting the Middle East at the time of World War I...
(1879-1919) - Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Tatton-Sykes, 7th Baronet (1905-1978)
- Sir Tatton Christopher Mark Sykes, 8th Baronet (b. 1943)
Sykes Baronets, of Cheadle (1917)
- Sir Alan John Sykes, 1st BaronetSir Alan Sykes, 1st BaronetSir Alan John Sykes, 1st Baronet was an English businessman in the bleaching industry and Conservative politician in Cheshire....
(1868-1950)
Sykes Baronets, of Kingsknowes (1921)
- Sir Charles Sykes, 1st Baronet (1867-1950)
- Sir (Benjamin) Hugh Sykes, 2nd Baronet (1893-1974)
- Sir John Charles Anthony le Gallais Sykes, 3rd Baronet (1928-2001)
- Sir David Michael Sykes, 4th Baronet (b. 1954)