Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet
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.
The manor and barony of De Ros (Roos) had been purchased in 1709 by the eminent Hull merchant Mark Kirkby (d.1718) of Sledmere, and descended with Sledmere to his son-in-law Richard Sykes (1678-1726),[4] the father of Rev Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet, Rector of Roos. The manor of Roos and 1,100 acres was sold in 1867 by "Mr York", the nephew and heir of Rev. Christopher Sykes[5] (1774-1857), Rector of Roos, the 3rd son of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet. In All Saints' Church, Roos: "A tablet in the chancel records the memory of the Rev. Sir Mark Sykes, Bart., of Sledmere, who was rector of this parish 48 years, and died in 1783; also of Dame Decima, his wife, who died in 1793; also of Sir Christopher Sykes, Bart., LL.D., of Sledmere, and Dame Elizabeth, his wife".[6]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Simon Sykes (2004). The Big House. p. 57.
- ^ Stirnet
- ^ Roos Parish information from Bulmers' 1892[1]
- ^ Roos Parish information from Bulmers' 1892[2]
- ^ Roos Parish information from Bulmers' 1892[3]