Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet

Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet
portrait by George Chalmers
Baptised	9 May 1711
Died	14 September 1783
Occupation	Rector
Spouse(s)	Decima Woodham
Children	Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet, Maria de Ponthieu
Parent(s)	Richard Sykes  Mary Kirkby

Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet (9 May 1711 - 14 September 1783) was a priest in the Church of England, Rector of Roos in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ^[1] Sykes was created a baronet in 1783, shortly before his death; the baronetcy was originally designed for his son Christopher, who insisted it be conferred upon his father. ^[2]

He married Decima Woodham, daughter of Twyford Woodham of Ely on 9 March 1735. ^[3] Their marriage bore them a son, Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet.

In 1761 he inherited Sledmere House and its large estate from his elder brother, Sir Richard Sykes. He was succeeded by his son, Christopher.

See also

• Sykes family of Sledmere

References

1. Lodge, Edmund (1859). The genealogy of the existing British peerage and baronetage: containing the family histories of the nobility. With the arms of the peers. Hurst and Blackett. p. 837.
2. Christopher Simon Sykes (2004). The Big House. p. 57.
3. Stirnet

Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Sledmere) 1783	Succeeded by Christopher Sykes