Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet

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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.

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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
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