Tatton Sykes

1772 - 1863  (90 years)

• Name	Tatton Sykes  [1]
  Birth	22 Aug 1772	Wheldrake, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Baptism	22 Aug 1772	St. Helen's, Wheldrake, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 1863	Sledmere House, Yorkshire, England   [5, 6]
  Burial	27 Mar 1863	St. Mary's, Sledmere, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Person ID	I31490	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Christopher Sykes,   b. 23 May 1749, Roos, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Sep 1801 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Tatton,   b. 14 Apr 1748, Wythenshawe, Cheshire, England d. 27 Jul 1803 (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1770	Northenden, Cheshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Family ID	F12924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Anne Foulis,   b. Bef 31 Oct 1792   d. 1 Feb 1861, Sledmere, Yorkshire, England (Age > 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1822	Ingleby Greenhow, Yorkshire, England   [2, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Tatton Sykes,   b. 13 Mar 1826, Westow, Yorkshire, England d. 4 May 1913, Metropole Hotel, London, England (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F18692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler., year only. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site., date only.