Francis Sykes
Francis Sykes may refer to: *Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet (1732–1804), British diplomat, MP * Sir Francis Sykes, 2nd Baronet (c.1767–1804), MP for Wallingford * Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Baronet (c.1799–1842), husband of Lady Henrietta Sykes, lover of Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation o ...

Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet (1732–1804) was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1771 and 1804. He was sometime Governor of Kasimbazar in India, being styled an English nabob by his peers. Career Sykes was born in Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1732. Having joined the British East India Company, Sykes amassed a fortune in Bengal at the court of the Nawab. He became Governor of Kasimbazar. During his time in India, he became good friends with both Warren Hastings and Lord Clive. On his return to England, Sykes purchased Ackworth Park in Yorkshire and Basildon Park in Berkshire. He was for many years the Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, and then for Wallingford. He acquired a baronetcy in 1781. Sir Francis lived in Basildon, although he died in 1804, before his house there was completed. His son, Francis William Sykes (1767–1804) also served as the Member of Parliament for Wallingford. Memorial Both ...
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Sir Francis Sykes, 2nd Baronet
Sir Francis William Sykes, 2nd Baronet (12 November 1767 – 7 March 1804)''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953: 'Sykes of Basildon'. was an English baronet and politician. He was elected at a by-election in 1794 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford, in the interest of his father Sir Francis Sykes, 1st Baronet, of Basildon Park. He did not seek re-election in 1796. In 1797 he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Berkshire Militia, then stationed at Bristol. Considering that a letter signed 'Trim' that had appeared in ''Farley's Bristol Journal'' reflected badly on his conduct, he discovered that 'Trim' was a Mr C.F. Williams. Meeting Williams in College Green, Sykes asked if he was the author and if the letter referred to Sykes. Williams accepted that it did, whereupon Sykes struck him several times. A few days later they met for a duel. Standing at 10 paces' distance, they fired at each other four times (during which Sykes was slightly woun ...
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Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymo ...
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