Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes

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6th Baronet of Sledmere. M.P. for Central Hull in 1911. He was the Mark Sykes of the infamous 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement.

Tatton married Edith Violet Gorst on 28 Oct 1903. Edith (daughter of John Eldon Gorst and Mary Elizabeth Moore) was born on 5 Aug 1872 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 21 Jul 1930; was buried in St. Mary's, Sledmere, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mark Tatton Richard Tatton-Sykes was born on 24 Aug 1905; died on 24 Jul 1978.

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5th Baronet Sykes of Sledmere.

"Sir Tatton Sykes, Baronet [1783], of Sledmere aforesaid, 1st s. and h., b. 13 March 1826 at Westoe, co. York; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 17 Oct. 1844, aged 18; suc. to the Baronetcy, 21 March 1863; Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1869-70. He m. 3 Aug. 1874, at Westm. Abbey, Jessica Anne Christina, 1st da. of the Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck, sometime (1875-80) Judge Advocate General (grandson to the 3d Duke OF Portland), by Prudence Penelope, da. of Col. Charles Powell Leslie, of Glaslough, Co. Monaghan. She was b. 4 July 1852." [Complete Baronetage, citation details below]

Tatton married Christina Anne Jessica Cavendish-Bentinck on 3 Aug 1874 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Christina (daughter of George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck and Prudentia Penelope Leslie) was born on 4 Jul 1852; died on 2 Jun 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1856

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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]

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He was a grandson on his father's side of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1738-1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, and a grandson on his mother's side of William Lowther (1757-1844), 1st Earl of Lonsdale.

George married Prudentia Penelope Leslie on 14 Aug 1850. Prudentia (daughter of Col. Charles Powell Leslie) was born on 8 Nov 1830; died on 22 Jun 1896. [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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Also called Elizabeth Egerton. The Cokayne Complete Baronetage (citation details below) states that she was born 25 Apr 1748; Genealogics (citation details below) gives the date shown here, citing a more recent edition of Cokayne which we do not have.

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7th Baronet Foulis.

William married Mary-Anne Turnor in 1781. Mary-Anne (daughter of Edmund Turnor and Mary Disney) was born before 6 Dec 1761; was christened on 6 Dec 1761 in St. Martin's, Kirmond-le-Mire, Lincolnshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]