Richard Sykes

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• Alternate birth: 1658

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According to his descendant Mark Sykes, while trafficking in the Baltic Richard Sykes rendered service to Peter the Great, and presentation pictures of the Tsar and Tsarina were still at Sledmere in Mark Sykes's lifetime.

Family/Spouse: Mary Kirkby. Mary (daughter of Mark Kirkby, Mayor of Hull) died about Apr 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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B.A. 1733, and then M.A. 1749, at Cambridge. D.D. in 1761. Rector of Roos. Created 1st Baronet Sykes of Sledmere 28 Mar 1783, six months before his death. Said to have been the first clergyman made a baronet.

Mark married Decima Woodham on 14 Feb 1735 in Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Decima (daughter of Twyford Woodham) was born before 24 Mar 1707; was christened on 24 Mar 1707 in Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 9 Mar 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Matriculated at Oxford (Brasenose College) 5 Nov 1767. M.A. 16 Jun 1770; D.C.L. 9 Jul 1773. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet Sykes of Sledmere 14 Sep 1783.

M.P. for Beverley, 1784-90. "Sykes was returned head of the poll for Beverley in 1784. He voted for parliamentary reform on 18 Apr. 1785, and supported Pitt over the Duke of Richmond’s fortifications plan, 27 Feb. 1786, and over the Regency. He is not known to have spoken in the House, and though he did not stand in 1790 he maintained an interest at Beverley. He died 17 Sept. 1801." [History of Parliament]

Christopher married Elizabeth Tatton on 23 Oct 1770 in Northenden, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Tatton and Hester Egerton) was born on 14 Apr 1748 in Wythenshawe, Cheshire, England; was christened on 20 Apr 1748 in St. Wilfrid's, Northenden, Cheshire, England; died on 27 Jul 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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4th Baronet Sykes of Sledmere.

"Sir Tatton Sykes, Baronet [1783], of Sledmere aforesaid, br. and h., b. 22 Aug. 1772 at Wheldrake, co. York; ed. at Westm. School, 1784-88; matric. at Oxford (Brasenose Coll.), 10 May 1788; was, at first, articled as an Attorney, but began sheep-farming in 1803, holding his 58th sale of sheep in 1861, being also one of the largest breeders of blood stock in the country; was an owner of racehorses from 1803 till his death, 60 years later, and for more than 40 years a Master of Foxhounds. He suc. to the Baronetcy, 16 Feb. 1823, and was Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1828-29. He m. 19 Jan. 1822, at Ingleby manor, co. York, Mary Anne, 2d da. of Sir William Foulis, 7th Baronet [1619], by Anne, da. of Edmund Turnor. She, who was bap. at Ingleby, 31 Oct. 1792, d. 1 Feb. 1861 at Sledmere, aged 68. He d. there, 21 March 1863, aged 90. [Complete Baronetage, citation details below]

He was present at the St. Leger horserace every year for 74 years running, 1789 to 1862, and in 1846 the winning horse was called, after him, Sir Tatton Sykes.

Tatton married Mary Anne Foulis on 19 Jan 1822 in Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of William Foulis and Mary-Anne Turnor) was born before 31 Oct 1792; was christened on 31 Oct 1792 in St. Andrew's, Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Feb 1861 in Sledmere, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]