Family and Education
bap. 22 May 1730,Thonrhill par. reg. (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xxx). 4th s. of Francis Sykes of Thornhill, Yorks. by Martha Fearnley. educ. J. Randall’s acad. Heath, Yorks. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1766, Catherine (d. 25 Dec. 1768), da. of John Ridley of Calcutta, 2s.; (2) 2 Sept. 1774, Hon. Elizabeth Monckton Arundell, da. of William Monckton Arundell, 2nd Visct. Galway [I], 1da. cr. Bt. 8 June 1781.
Offices Held
Writer, E.I.Co. (Bengal) 1751; asst. at Cossimbazar 1754, chief 1759 – 61; factor 1757; home Jan. 1761–4; member of council 1765 – 69; resident, Murshidabad and gov. Cossimbazar 1766; returned to England 1769.
High steward, Wallingford 1799 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Basildon Park, Berks.
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Commons 1790-1820
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SYKES, Sir Francis (1730-1804)
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