Rowland Hill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Hawkestone, Shropshire, England

Family/Spouse: Margaret Whitehall. Margaret died before 17 Oct 1688; was buried on 17 Oct 1688 in St. Luke's, Hodnet, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Samuel Barbour on 7 Jan 1683 in St. Luke's, Hodnet, Shropshire, England. Samuel was born in of Prees, Shrosphire, England; died in 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John Egerton on 20 Apr 1707 in St. Chad, Prees, Shropshire, England. John was born on 12 Feb 1679 in London, England; was christened on 19 Feb 1679 in St. Andrew's, Holborn, London, England; died on 9 Jul 1724; was buried on 11 Aug 1724 in St. Mary's, Rostherne, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hester married William Tatton on 28 May 1747 in Holy Trinity, Capesthorne, Cheshire, England. William was born before 25 Jun 1703; was christened on 25 Jun 1703 in St. Wilfrid's, Northenden, Cheshire, England; died on 28 Apr 1776 in Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Elizabeth married Christopher Sykes on 23 Oct 1770 in Northenden, Cheshire, England. Christopher (son of Rev. Mark Sykes and Decima Woodham) was born on 23 May 1749 in Roos, Yorkshire, England; died on 17 Sep 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

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]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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]