Rev. Mark Sykes

1711 - 1783  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Mark Sykes  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	Apr 1711  [4, 5, 6]
  Baptism	9 May 1711	Hull, Yorkshire, England   [4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Sep 1783  [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	All Saints, Roos, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Person ID	I21816	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Sykes,   b. 1678   d. 1726 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Kirkby   d. Abt Apr 1714
  Family ID	F12922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Decima Woodham,   b. Bef 24 Mar 1707   d. 9 Mar 1793 (Age > 85 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1735	Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England   [4, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Christopher Sykes,   b. 23 May 1749, Roos, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Sep 1801 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F12923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S5151] Ducatus Leodiensis, Or, The Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York: With the Pedigrees of Many of the Nobility and Gentry, and Other Matters Relating to Those Parts by Ralph Thoresby. London, 1715. [S5153] Mark Sykes: His Life and Letters by Shane Leslie. Introduction by Winston Churchill. London: Cassell and Company, 1923. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler. [S5150] "Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere, Hull History Centre Catalogue, Hull History Centre, Hull, Yorkshire, England., year only. [S5152] Neil Jeffares, "Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.", year only. [S4310] Complete Baronetage ed. G. E. C. Cokayne. 5 volumes. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1900-06.